Abbey After Dark: Historical Horrors with Felicity Miller

31 OCTOBER 2025

Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology

Discover all the world's evils, from torturous medical procedures and 'operations', to treatments for hysteria; as Pandora's Box is opened and unveiled how women have suffered all the world's evils at the hands of her womb.

The presentation will display medical instruments and equipment based on historical records.

This is an adults only event. Entry includes: Presentation by Felicity Miller. Charcuterie board served with a selection of drinks alcoholic and non-alcoholic available. Museum entry after closing. Themed gift.

Trigger warning: Mature audiences only. Some audiences may find content confronting. Some sexually explicit content and significantly violent content. Any controversial terms expressed by the speaker do not reflect the opinions of the speaker or the Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology and are expressed purely as reference to historical opinions and events.

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