The BAPRAS Collection has evolved from a small archive into a significant repository of plastic surgery history.
Since the early 1980s, the Archive, since 2021 renamed The BAPRAS Collection, has been managed by various dedicated heritage professionals and honorary curators. This online manifestation as a "Virtual Museum" was launched in October 2024 to overcome space limitations, a lack of phsyical exhibition space and to improve accessibility to the material.
The BAPRAS Collection is currently managed by Mr Martin Coady - the Honorary Curator, assisted by Rosannagh Maddock, who coordinates the administrative and physical aspects of the collection.
Accessing the Collection
Physical material in The Collection can be viewed in person by anyone.
Viewings are available by appointment only.
Get in touch to make an appointment
No charge is made for visits, but donations to support its preservation are always welcome.
Academics, Authors and Journalists
We welcome interest from academics authors and journalists wishing to undertake research in, or engage further with the Collection
There are some fees associated with reproducing copyrighted images and material from the Collection.
To find out more, please email collection@bapras.org.uk
Can you help?
We are constantly looking to expand and develop our Collection to ensure it is current, as well as remaining an important resource for learning and engagement.
You may have experience or knowledge of plastic surgery, past or present, memories of working with or being a patient of Harold Gillies, his contemporaries, or any other significant Plastic Surgeon.
Perhaps you were involved in a pioneering technique, or have some photographs, instruments or other artefacts relating to the specialty and which you feel may be of relevance to the history of British Plastic Surgery?
If this is the case, or simply wish to be involved in the development and expansion of the museum, we would be very pleased to hear from you!
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