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Indiana Medical History Museum, Indianapolis; International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago; Medical History Museum, Dr. Christopher S. Best House and Office, Middleburgh, New York; Mütter Museum, Philadelphia; National Museum of Health and Medicine, Silver Spring, Maryland; Touma Museum of Medicine, Huntington, West Virginia
A medical museum is an institution that stores and exhibits objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest that have a link to medicine or health. Displays often include models, instruments, books and manuscripts, as well as medical images and the technologies used to capture them (such as X-ray machines ). [ 1 ]
Pages in category "Medical museums in the United States" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Weighing the Evidence is an experience that helps visitors separate fact from fiction in healthcare decisions, featuring artifacts from the former Museum of Questionable Medical Devices. The museum acquired these pieces in 2002 when its original owner Bob McCoy, son of Wilson McCoy, retired and donated the collection.
The National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM) is a museum in Silver Spring, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. [1] The museum was founded by U.S. Army Surgeon General William A. Hammond as the Army Medical Museum (AMM) in 1862; [2] it became the NMHM in 1989 and relocated to its present site at the Army's Forest Glen Annex in 2011. [3]
Semmelweis Museum of Medical History; Siriraj Medical Museum; Surgical Instruments and Health Museum This page was last edited on 20 May 2024, at 05:45 (UTC). Text is ...
Audio-visual presentations introduce the history of the Department. Two large galleries house the medical equipment, uniforms, medals, insignia and artwork that make up the museum's exhibits. Museum holdings include material on medical personnel, POWs in World War II's Pacific Theater, unit insignia and archival documents and photographs.
The John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science, or The Health Museum in short, is a museum in the Museum District of Houston, Texas. The museum is a member institution of the Texas Medical Center. As of 2012 the museum gets over 180,000 annual visitors, including 22,000 schoolchildren who visit the facility during organized field trips.