In 2023, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) celebrated its 125 Anniversary. The work of LSTM has saved millions of lives, kickstarted extraordinary medical breakthroughs, democratised care across the globe and won a Nobel Prize. To mark this extraordinary anniversary, LSTM and Culture Liverpool came together to create a unique arts and engagement project – Alchemy. Alchemy brought together 10 extraordinary scientists with 10 leading artists to collaborate and create a series of new public realm commissions. These artworks each told the story of the research and development the scientists, individually these works provided a deep dive into the art of science, yet collectively told a story about human ingenuity, creative curiosity and the joy of discovery.