An exhibition exploring the history, science and art of forensic medicine and our enduring cultural fascination with death and detection.

Alphonse Bertillon, inventor of the two-part mug shot

Crime Scene: Lady in the Bar

DNA swab collection kits

Miniature Crime Scene

The death of a noble lady and the decay of her body in nine stages

Jenny Holzer, Lustmord

Maggots from the bodies of Ruxton’s victims

Forensic pathologist, Sir Bernard Spilsbury

Brain section showing the journey of a bullet

Forensics: Anatomy of a Crime
Wellcome Collection, London.
Februrary 26 - June 21.

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