Oxford Exhibitions
Launched in 2020, our three Oxford exhibitions explore the history of typhoid, of infectious disease research and control, and of vaccination.
THE WESTON LIBRARY Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG
Exhibition Finished
Typhoid and sanitation: Discover how typhoid influenced medicine and the design of the water and sewage systems under our feet.
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MUSEUM OF OXFORD
St Aldate’s, Oxford OX1
1BX
Permanent Exhibition
Typhoid and public health: Learn how Victorian planners tried to control typhoid in Alice’s city.
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| Friday – Saturday | 10am–5pm |
| Sunday | Closed |
| Monday – Thursday | 10am–5pm |
*Free entry*
THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE MUSEUM Broad St, Oxford OX1 3AZ
Permanent Exhibition
Typhoid and vaccines: Explore the long history and cutting edge research behind typhoid vaccination and rollout.
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| Friday – Sunday | 12–5pm |
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday – Thursday | 12–5pm |
*Free entry*
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2020 Alice In Typhoidland exhibition at the University of Oxford’s Weston Library and History of Science Museum
Use your cursor and the zoom function (+/-) to explore the exhibition and individual objects and movies – click “next scene” (bottom right) to move to the next display!
Samantha Vanderslott/Claas Kirchhelle; Design: Matthew Evans/ 360 Virtual Tours.
THE ADVENTURES OF ALICE IN TYPHOIDLAND
On a golden afternoon in 1864, Alice Liddell went on a magical tour. Whilst being rowed in a boat, she heard a story about a rabbit in a nice coat. But this is not the story of the trip that led to Wonderland. Glide with us on a murky ride as we journey down the sewer hole into Oxford’s underside – there is much to show in typhoidland…
(Credit: Concept & Script by Samantha Vanderslott & Claas Kirchhelle. Design by Ben Leighton)
DEATHS FROM TYPHOID AND ENTERIC FEVER
Discover how typhoid and enteric fever affected Oxford from 1872-1901 and the impact of new sewer and water systems on disease incidence.
(Credit: Data collection by Samantha Vanderslott & Claas Kirchhelle. ARCGIS Maps by Claas Kirchhelle and Mike Athanson. Web development by Discover eLearning)
SANITATION & TYPHOID IN OXFORD (1850-1887)
Poor drainage and the lack of sewers meant that low-lying parts of Oxford were described as “a swamp converted into a cesspool” in 1850. See the changes in water and sanitation structures that transformed the city.
(Credit: Concept & Script by Samantha Vanderslott & Claas Kirchhelle. Design by Ben Leighton)
Games
MAD HATTER PIPE CHALLENGE
It’s tea time but something is wrong in The Mad Hatter’s kitchen! Can you help to fix the pipes underneath his house before his guests arrive?
(Credit: Concept & Script by Claas Kirchhelle & Samantha Vanderslott. Game Development by Discover eLearning. Design by Ben Leighton.)
DEAN LIDDELL RIVER CHALLENGE
Alice’s dad is trying to improve Oxford’s drinking water. Help Dean Liddell to stop typhoid from running riot across the city!
(Credit: Concept & Script by Claas Kirchhelle & Samantha Vanderslott. Game Development by Discover eLearning. Design by Ben Leighton.)
TYPHOIDLAND MYSTERY GAME
Detectives of Typhoidland: From the brewery to the ice-cream shop, people are getting sick across typhoidland. Put on the hat of a ‘Medical Officer of Health’ and find the mysterious source of this outbreak.
(Credit: Concept & Script by Claas Kirchhelle & Samantha Vanderslott. Game Development by Renderheads. Design by Ben Leighton.)
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