Comments on: A medical history museum turned art gallery

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:52:26 +0000

You're right -- this would be a good aim for an international research project. Are there any good histories of, say, art museums? PS to new readers: this reply to Mike's comment was triggered by a comment I wrote on a post by Kathleen Stocker on A Repository of Bottled Monsters 2 March 2009.

By: Mike Rhode

Mike Rhode — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:29:49 +0000

Thomas, she may very well have purposefully decided to recreate an older version of a museum too, as the Mutter did in the 1980s. When I started at the Armed Forces Medical Museum (formerly the Army Medical Museum, now the National Museum of Health and Medicine) in 1986, many of the anatomical exhibits were just arrayed w/ almost no labels. The excellent museum in Edinburgh splits the difference with newer didactic exhibits that are well done and informative, but an older hall with anatomical specimens and minimal labeling.

We really need an edited volume on the history of medical museums.

By: Andre Street

Andre Street — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:26:48 +0000

I love seeing creative museum concepts like this. I am an artist, and my sister is a pediatric physician. We’ll have to look at taking a trip here.

By: Øystein Horgmo

Øystein Horgmo — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:53:19 +0000

I've heard about this museum before. I think maybe it was the BBC series Medical Mavericks. The display room looks absolutely beautiful. Suiting the collection too, as surgical instruments definitely are works of art in themselves.