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Headline events for 2022
Thursday July 28, 6pm-7.45pm
State Library of NSW
Join us for a free series of talks as we discover how to make Sydney healthier and happier after the COVID-19 pandemic. Hear from futurists, architects, clinicians and urban designers on how past pandemics helped shape the Sydney we know today and learn about how we’re making our cities more liveable in the future.
Friday July 29, 6pm-7.45pm
State Library of NSW
Celebrate the winning and shortlisted films from the 2022 World Health Organization (WHO) Health for All Film Festival. Watch the winning films and hear discussion with filmmakers and guests at this free event – the first in-person screening of the Health for All Film Festival in Australia.
First phase of program now live!
Jul28-2022
Medical Highlights of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences collection
Explore the extraordinary wonderland of the Powerhouse Museum’s underground collection store. Join curator Nina Earl on this entertaining small-group tour of treasures in the Museum’s health and medicine collection.
Powerhouse Museum
$10
Jul28-2022
Healthy Cities: How to make Sydney healthier and happier after the COVID-19?
Join us for a free series of talks as we discover how to make Sydney healthier and happier after the COVID-19 pandemic. Hear from futurists, architects, clinicians and urban designers on how past pandemics helped shape the Sydney we know today and learn about how we’re making our cities more liveable in the future.
State Library of NSW
Free
Jul28-2022
Immerse yourself in a by-gone era of medicine at the Brislington Medical and Nursing Museum
Step back in history at the Brislington Medical and Nursing Museum to discover over 150 years of medical science and hospital care in Parramatta. Visit the new Brown Room paying tribute to doctors who served the Parramatta Hospitals from Colonial days to the 1980s.
Brislington Medical and Nursing Museum
$5 donation
Jul29-2022
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Walking Tour and Museum
Join museum manager Scott Andrews for a guided history walk around the external grounds of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital followed by a special tour of the museum which tells the history of one of the country's most well-known hospitals since 1882.
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Museum
$2 donation
Jul29-2022
Celebrate the winning entries from the WHO Health for All Film Festival
Celebrate the winning and shortlisted films from the 2022 World Health Organization (WHO) Health for All Film Festival. Watch the winning films and hear discussion with filmmakers and guests at this free event – the first in-person screening of the Health for All Film Festival in Australia.
State Library of NSW
Free
Jul29-2022
Deadly diseases and dangerous therapies at the State Library of NSW
Join us at the State Library of NSW as we journey back through time to discover how patients were diagnosed and treated through some of the Library’s oldest books in their new exhibition 'Kill or Cure?' - including a special introductory talk from curator Elise Edmonds.
State Library of NSW
Free
Jul30-2022
Learn how to save a life with a free CPR class
Every year, around 54,000 Australians suffer a heart attack - the equivalent of one every 10 minutes. Learn how to identify a heart attack and perform basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) which could double the chance of survival.
Sydney Uni Sports & Aquatic Centre
Free
Jul30-2022
Learn first aid with our free masterclass
Most people don't know what to do if someone closeby needed emergency first aid - and we want to change that. Learning basic first aid can mean the difference between life and death.
Sydney Uni Sports & Aquatic Centre
Free
Jul30-2022
SPASM Museum Guided Tour
Join a guided tour of the Society for Preservation of the Artefacts of Surgery and Medicine (SPASM) Museum - one of the most unique medical museums in Australia - to learn about healthcare in the 19th and 20th centuries.
SPASM Museum
$5 donation
Jul31-2022
Team up and play to beat the next pandemic while learning about infectious disease
Four diseases have broken out in the world and it is up to you to find the cures. Join us for a evening playing Pandemic - one of most highly rated board games - as we challenge you save the world while having fun and learning more about infectious disease.
Double Kill Games
Free
More events coming each week!
