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Events

We’ll be celebrating throughout 2023 with a really wide variety of Barts900 events from concerts to banquets, art exhibitions to lectures and much more, hosted by the Barts900 partners at prestigious, world-renowned venues across London and beyond.

See the calendar to find out more about each event on the partner websites. Maps and links for the venues are at the bottom of the page.

Highlights…

Tuesday 20th June

Art & Disease

How were patients diagnosed before the invention of blood tests?

How would you diagnose a patient without a blood test? Put your analytical and diagnostic skills to the test in this interactive workshop.

Get your free tickets here on Eventbrite

Barts Great Hall, North Wing, located in the grounds of St Bartholomew’s Hospital

Outdoor exhibition: Life and death in the archives, 1123-2023

A free outdoor exhibition of photography, art and history from the archives and collections of St Bartholomew’s Hospital, held by Barts Health NHS Trust Archives

Until 20th September / St Bartholomew’s Square

2023 calendar

December

2023 – past events

February

Friday 24th

Architectural History Conference

Exploring the architectural history of Barts Hospital and St Bartholomew the Great with the British Archaeological Association.

Barts Great Hall

March

Throughout March

900 Years in 900 Stories

Open to the public until the end of March on display at the foot of the Hogarth Stair (entrance through the Hospital Museum), North Wing, St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

Medical Education and Mayhem

Exhibition curated by the Queen Mary Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Archivist, about student experiences at St Bartholomew’s Medical College. Explore archival records from as early as the 17th century; from the record of the first students, to snowball fights, and the admission of female students.

West Smithfield Library is open 12 – 8pm Monday to Friday.

Tuesday 7th

A Girl in a Forest of Men

A hybrid in-person and live broadcast lecture with Professor Dame Parveen Kumar.

Dame Parveen’s story will resonate with medical professionals across all generations, and in conversation with Robert Treharne Jones, she will talk about her early life, and her career, which has led to her current position as a world authority in medicine and an inspirational leader.

Henry VIII Room, North Wing, St Bartholomew’s Hospital

Wednesday 22nd

BBC Radio 3 Choral Evensong

On Wednesday the 22nd of March at 4:00 PM, Radio 3 Evensong will be broadcast live from St Barts the Great, to mark our 900th anniversary.

Members of the public are welcome to attend, although do note that you must be in your seat by 3:45 PM, so they can prepare the recording equipment.

St Bartholomew the Great

Thursday 23rd

Barts900 Foundation Day Symposium

Robin Brook Education Centre, St Bartholomew’s Hospital

Join Barts Health NHS Trust and Queen Mary University of London in celebrating the 900th anniversary of hospital’s founding. This all-day event will feature short talks and panel discussions under five distinct themes exploring the history, work, and impact of the hospital and the medical school.

Reserve a free spot

Friday 24th

Foundation Day Staff & Volunteers Celebrations

Open to staff and volunteers only.

The Atrium, KGV Building, St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

Friday 24th

Bart’s Health Archives Open Day

11 am – 2 pm

Drop in to Barts Health NHS Trust Archives, Kenton and Lucas Block (Entrance C) to explore a display of items from the St Bartholomew’s Hospital collection spanning nine centuries and find out more!

Kenton & Lucas Archives search room, St Bartholomew’s Hospital

Saturday 25th

St. Bartholomew the Great & Hospital 900th Anniversary Procession & Service

March 25th, 2023 marks exactly 900 years since the laying of the foundation stone of St Bartholomew’s Priory and and Hospital. The two institutions survive to this day and will be celebrating the anniversary in style.

At 3:00 PM there will be a procession starting in the Hospital Courtyard and will lead to a festal Eucharist in the church. The procession will mark historically significant locations along the route – with a brass band. There will be two brand new musical compositions for this service. After the service there will be a drinks reception to celebrate the anniversary.

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St Bartholomew the Great

A free outdoor exhibition of photography, art and history from the archives and collections of St Bartholomew’s Hospital, held by Barts Health NHS Trust Archives.
In 2023 St Bartholomew’s Hospital celebrates opening its doors to Londoners for 900 years. It is the oldest hospital still running on the same site in England.
The hospital’s archives tell the story of this unbroken history. From the famous to the forgotten, London lives fly from the pages of Barts’ ancient ledgers, with stories of crisis and caring, miracle and mayhem, living and loss, agony and healing.
The exhibition draws on the unique historic collections of St Bartholomew’s Hospital to tell new stories. Ancient account books, medieval marginalia, records, maps, art, diaries and photographs reveal the individuals who worked, lived and died at Barts.
The exhibition tours to open spaces in the city during summer 2023, moving to Aldgate Square after the Guildhall Yard. The exhibition will also display key stories in Barts Hospital’s King George V building throughout summer and autumn 2023.

June

Wednesday 14th

900 Years of Music and Medicine

An entertainment exploring a miscellany of connections between medical practice, doctors and music, and including three new commissions specially for this event.

The evening will portray doctors both real and fictional and tell medical anecdotes through history with gravity and humour. City Music Foundation Patron Simon Callow will narrate, and 18 CMF artists will be performing.

The programme will include three new works – a fanfare, a song cycle and a work about William Harvey – as well as music by Bach, Handel, Borodin, Cole Porter and Tom Lehrer.

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Barts Great Hall, North Wing, located in the grounds of St Bartholomew’s Hospital

Tuesday 20th

Art and Disease. How were patients diagnosed before the invention of blood tests?

How would you diagnose a patient without a blood test? Put your analytical and diagnostic skills to the test in this interactive workshop.

Get your free tickets here on Eventbrite

Barts Great Hall, North Wing located in the grounds of St Bartholomew’s Hospital

Monday 26th

Barts Academic Choir and Orchestra

Handel’s Messiah, 7:30 pm. Tickets on the door (cash only) £15 and £10 concessions.

Barts Great Hall, North Wing, located in the grounds of St Bartholomew’s Hospital

Wednesday 28th

The Musical Heart, Cardiac health and pathology through a musical lens

A lecture performance that explores two kinds of synergies between music and cardiology: one from mapping of arrhythmia to music, and another from music-induced cardiac responses. Both show music as a powerful instrument for gaining insights into cardiac arrhythmias and heart health.

Presented by: Elaine Chew, Professor of Engineering, King’s College London and Pier Lambiase, Cardiology Consultant and CV Research Co-Director, Barts Heart Centre and Professor of Cardiology, University College London

Get your free tickets here on Eventbrite

Morris Lecture Theatre, Robin Brook Centre, Located in the grounds of St Bartholomew’s Hospital

A free outdoor exhibition of photography, art and history from the archives and collections of St Bartholomew’s Hospital, held by Barts Health NHS Trust Archives.
In 2023 St Bartholomew’s Hospital celebrates opening its doors to Londoners for 900 years. It is the oldest hospital still running on the same site in England.
The hospital’s archives tell the story of this unbroken history. From the famous to the forgotten, London lives fly from the pages of Barts’ ancient ledgers, with stories of crisis and caring, miracle and mayhem, living and loss, agony and healing.
The exhibition draws on the unique historic collections of St Bartholomew’s Hospital to tell new stories. Ancient account books, medieval marginalia, records, maps, art, diaries and photographs reveal the individuals who worked, lived and died at Barts.
The exhibition tours to open spaces in the city during summer 2023, moving to Aldgate Square after the Guildhall Yard. The exhibition will also display key stories in Barts Hospital’s King George V building throughout summer and autumn 2023.

September

Sunday 10th

St Bartholomew’s Day Parish Garden Party – parishoners only

The party will start at 12:30. All parishoners are welcome and there are no tickets. The bars will be selling wine and soft drinks. The organisers are asking people to please bring food, and to email Charles Pitt to let him know what you plan to bring.

Email Charles Pitt

St Bartholomew the Great

Wednesday 20th

St Bartholomew Music Festival

Runs until 29 September / St Bartholomew the Great

October

Sunday 1st

Barts Hike for Health

Barts Hike for Health is now live and open for registrations on the Barts Charity website.

We’d love it if you signed up to join us and help make as much noise as possible around this event.

It would also be amazing if you can also share this with your family and friends and on your social media channels 🙏

For Trust and charity staff there is a discount code NHS50 – this will give you 50% off the registration fee. You just need to add this code at the shopping cart stage during the registration process.

Sign up on the Barts Charity website

Barts courtyard

Saturday 28th

Barts900 Symposium (Hybrid)

 
Tickets free on Eventbrite

08.30am – 13.35pm

Basilica di San Bartolomeo all’Isola
22 Piazza San Bartolomeo
All’Isola 00186
Rome
Italy

Event venues

St Bartholomew the Great

London’s oldest parish church, at the heart of Smithfield, was built when Henry I, son of William the Conqueror, was King of England.

greatstbarts.com

Robin Brook Centre

Education Centre with lecture theatre in the grounds of St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

Map of St Bartholomew’s Hospital site

Barts Great Hall, North Wing

Located in the grounds of St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London’s oldest hospital boasts one of its most extraordinary venues in the Great Hall.

Access via the Henry VIII Gate on West Smithfield at the end of Giltspur Street.

bartsheritage.org.uk

Guildhall

Home to the City of London Corporation with impressive Grade I-listed interiors, and publicly accessible Yard.

guildhall.cityoflondon.gov.uk

Barnard’s Inn Hall

Established as an Inn of Chancery in 1454 – parts of the original building can still be seen in the Council Chamber.

gresham.ac.uk

St Paul’s Cathedral

National treasure and London icon.

stpauls.co.uk

Barts Health NHS Trust

Delivering safe and compassionate care at
St Bartholomew’s Hospital, The Royal London Hospital, Mile End Hospital, Whipps Cross Hospital and Newham Hospital.

BartsHealth.nhs.uk

Royal Albert Hall

Iconic London venue hosting memorable performances in music, dance and more since 1871.

royalalberthall.com

Aldgate Square

Publicly accessible space next to Aldgate underground station.

West Smithfield Library

St John’s Gate

Publicly accessible space next to Aldgate underground station.

St Bartholomew the Less

The only parish church physically situated within a hospital.