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10 medical museums to check out this summer

  • 1.  10 medical museums to check out this summer

    Posted 05-23-2023 07:59:00 AM

    Summer vacation season is upon us. Why not check out one of these great medical museums?

    Boston
    The Paul S. Russell MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation at Massachusetts General Hospital

    Chicago
    International Museum of Surgical Science

    Cleveland
    Dittrick Museum of Medical History, part of Case Western Reserve University

    Houston
    The Health Museum

    Minneapolis/St. Paul
    Check out the “Questionable Medical Device Collection” at the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul

    Missouri
    Glore Psychiatric Museum, St. Joseph, MO

    Philadelphia
    The Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia

    Washington, DC area
    Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum, Washington, DC
    Pry House Field Hospital Museum, Antietam National Battlefield, Keedysville, MD
    National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Frederick, MD

    Not traveling? Take this 10 minute virtual tour of the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Silver Spring, Maryland.

    What did we miss? Are there any other museums we should add to the list? Share your recommendations here by replying to this discussion.



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    Penny Schnarrs she/her
    Director of Community Relations and Strategy
    Association of American Medical Colleges
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  • 2.  RE: 10 medical museums to check out this summer

    Posted 05-24-2023 08:26:00 AM

    I know it's dental...but it's a great museum! The Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry in Baltimore https://www.dental.umaryland.edu/museum/



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    Andrew Lentini
    Director of Marketing and Public Relations
    University of Maryland School of Medicine
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  • 3.  RE: 10 medical museums to check out this summer

    Posted 05-24-2023 08:55:00 AM

    Living in Chicago, I can attest that the Int'l Museum of Surgical Science is interesting for multiple reasons, one of them being that it is one of the OG stately mansions right on the lake just a few blocks north of the Magnificent Mile of shops, restaurants, and entertainment (and traffic). I added a few snaps I took during Open House Chicago last fall. There is a replica of an apothecary right in the house - my father (and great-uncle, and sister) were pharmacists so they thought it was interesting. 

    Max



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    Max Anderson
    Dir of Instructional Design and Learning Innovation
    University of Illinois College of Medicine
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  • 4.  RE: 10 medical museums to check out this summer

    Posted 05-24-2023 09:14:00 AM
    I'm also going to suggest the Pearson Museum at the SIU School of Medicine, in Springfield, IL. Exhibits include a life size-pharmacy and a medical office, and an early wheelchair with a wicker seat. If you decide to visit, please call 217-545-4261, to make sure there are no reservations for classes or events at that time.




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  • 5.  RE: 10 medical museums to check out this summer

    Posted 05-25-2023 08:56:00 AM

    If you are in the DC area check out the National Museum of Health and Medicine
    https://medicalmuseum.health.mil/
    Silver Spring MD



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    Dina Kurzweil, PhD
    Director - Education & Technology Innovation (ETI) Support Office at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU)
    Associate Professor - USU School of Medicine
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  • 6.  RE: 10 medical museums to check out this summer

    Posted 05-26-2023 08:48:00 AM

    Not in the US,  but the Museo Galileo in Florence has an interesting permanent exhibit on the History of Medicine from the Greeks to 18th century Florence. It's a smaller museum, so if you get tired of standing in line for the Uffizi head over! 
    Home - Museo Galileo

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    The Museo Galileo in Florence owns one of the world's major collection of scientific instruments, particularly the original instruments of Galileo Galilei. Both museum and research institute, the Museo Galileo is dedicated to the research, documentation and dissemination of the history of science in the broadest senses.
    View this on Museogalileo >

     



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    Maria Scardasis
    Program Manager
    McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
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  • 7.  RE: 10 medical museums to check out this summer

    Posted 05-26-2023 09:02:00 AM

    I think a field trip is in order, @Maria Scardasis !! Andiamo!



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    Max Anderson
    Dir of Instructional Design and Learning Innovation
    University of Illinois College of Medicine
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  • 8.  RE: 10 medical museums to check out this summer

    Posted 05-26-2023 09:02:00 AM
    Thank you so much for sharing this, Maria! My wife and I are heading to Florence this fall and she will love this!

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    Penny Schnarrs she/her
    Director of Community Relations and Strategy
    Association of American Medical Colleges
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  • 9.  RE: 10 medical museums to check out this summer

    Posted 05-26-2023 09:08:00 AM

    Is this the trip you are taking us all on, Penny? I forget! Have a lovely time in Florence. I have not been there since I was in early college. 



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    Max Anderson
    Dir of Instructional Design and Learning Innovation
    University of Illinois College of Medicine
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  • 10.  RE: 10 medical museums to check out this summer

    Posted 05-26-2023 09:19:00 AM
    LOL @Anderson, Max- I didn't cover the "champions volunteer appreciation vacation in Florence" on the last agenda, or did I? �� 

    And thanks, it's my wife's first time in Italy - I can't wait to see what she thinks. I've been lucky enough to have been in Florence a few times but this will be my first time in Venice (gotta get there before it sinks). 

    Penny Schnarrs 
    Director of Community Relations and Strategy
    Association of American Medical Colleges 
    AAMC
    communities.aamc.org 





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  • 11.  RE: 10 medical museums to check out this summer

    Posted 05-26-2023 11:25:00 AM

    The OHSU Library maintains a wonderful History of Medicine room on its Marquam Hill campus in Portland, Ore. It's by appointment, with more information here: https://www.ohsu.edu/historical-collections-archives.

    There is a small area of the Sachsenhausen Internment Camp just outside Berlin that has a display addressing some of the medical experiments performed on prisoners at the camp prior to and during WW II. Maybe others have seen similar accounts at some of the other sites?

    The Berlin Museum of Medical History at the Charité building is closed until this summer, but looks to be worth a visit: https://www.bmm-charite.de/en/index.html

    Thanks for the lead on Florence. I have long wondered if an alumni tour to medical museums and key locations in Europe might be of interest to alums. Is anyone doing something like this?



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    Mark Kemball
    Director, Alumni Engagement
    OHSU Foundation
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