Travellers who would like to visit local medical history museums may find the list below useful.
The list — which is taken from the website of the German Central Medical Library (Deutschen Zentralbibliothek für Medizin) — begins with German museums followed by museums in other countries, including a few web-based virtual museums. For example, I didn’t know there is a Virtual Toilet Paper Museum (not precisely a medical museum, except that it’s got something to do with public health, I guess)!
Unfortunately the list is non-discriminative, i.e., it lists all kinds of museums, whether big or small, good or bad, without any evaluation (typical librarian style). See the original here.
Aarhus, Dänemark
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Steno Museum |
Bainbridge, OH, USA
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The Dr. John Harris Dental Museum |
Baltimore, MD, USA
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Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry |
Baltimore, MD, USA
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University of Maryland School of Nursing’s Living History Museum |
Barrington, IL, USA
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Health World Children’s Museum |
Basel, Schweiz
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Anatomisches Museum der Universiät Basel |
Basel, Schweiz
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Pharmazie-Historisches Museum Basel |
Bergen, Norwegen
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Lepramuseet - St. Jørgens Hospital
Norwegian Page |
Berkeley, CA, USA
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Hall of Health |
Berkeley, UK
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The Jenner Museum |
Bern, Schweiz
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Museale Sammlungen des Instituts für Medizingeschichte der Universität Bern |
Bern, Schweiz
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Psychiatrie Museum Bern |
Bethesda, MD, USA
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DeWitt Stetten, Jr., Museum of Medical Research, National Institutes of Health |
Brüssel, Belgien
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Musée de la Médecine |
Budapest, Ungarn
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Semmelweis Orvostörténeti Múzeum |
Buenos Aires, Argentinien
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Museo de Historia de la Medicina y de la Cirugía “Vicente Aníbal Risolía”
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Carville, Lou, USA
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The National Hansen’s Disease (Leprosy) Museum |
Chicago, IL, USA
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International Museum of Surgical Science |
Cleveland, OH, USA
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Dittrick Museum of Medical History |
Dürnhof, Österreich
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Museum für Medizin-Metereologie |
Edirne, Türkei
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Museum of Health |
Florenz, Italien
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Natural Museum of Florence - Art and Wax Modeling |
Fort Sam, Houston, TX, USA
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U.S. Army Medical Department Museum |
Frederick, MD, USA
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National Museum of Civil War Medicine |
Genf, Schweiz
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International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum |
Gent, Belgien
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Museum Dr. Guislain - Geschiedenis van de Psychiatrie |
Glen Echo, MD, USA
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Clara Barton National Historic Site |
Gloucestershire. UK
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The Jenner Museum |
Göteborg, Schweden
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Medicinhistoriska museet - Medical History Museum of Göteborg |
Haarlem, Netherlands
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Het Dolhuys |
Heiden, Switzerland
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Henry-Dunant-Museum |
Hong Kong
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Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences |
Houston, TX, USA
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John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science |
(Hyattsville, MD) virtual
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Museum of Menstruation and Women’s Health |
Indianapolis, IN
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Indiana Medical History Museum |
Innsbruck, Österreich
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Das Anatomische Museum in Innsbruck - Medizinische Universität Innsbruck |
Iowa City, virtual
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University of Iowa Health Care - Medical Museum |
Johannesburg, Süd Afrika
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Adler Museum of Medicine |
Kaunas, Litauen
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Litauisches Museum für Geschichte der Medizin und Pharmazeutik |
Kiev, Ukraine
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National Museum of Medicine of Ukraine |
Kingston, ONT, Kanada
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Museum of Health Care |
Kopenhagen, Dänemark
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Medicinsk Museion - Københavns Universitet - Museum of Medical History |
Lahti, Finland
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Museum of Military Medicine |
Las Vegas, NV, USA
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Pierre Fauchard Museum of Dental History at the Community College of Southern Nevada |
Leeds, UK
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Thackray Museum |
Leiden, Niederlande
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Museum Boerhaave |
Liverpool, UK
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University of Liverpool - School of Dental Sciences Museum |
London, UK
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Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum |
London, UK
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Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives and Museum |
London, UK
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British Dental Association Museum |
London, UK
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British Optical Association Museum |
London, UK
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Florence Nightingale Museum |
London, UK
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Freud Museum |
London. UK
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The Museum of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children |
London, UK
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Museum of Veterinary Medicine of the Royal Veterinary College |
London. UK
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The Museum of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital |
London, UK
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The Old Operating Theatre - Museum and Herb Garret |
Lyon, Frankreich
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Musée d’Histoire de la Médecine et de la Pharmacie Université Claude Bernard |
Maisons-Alfort cedex, Frankreich
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Musée Fragonard |
Melbourne, Australia
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Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology |
Melbourne, Australien
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Dental Museum of the School of Dental Science in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne |
Melbourne, Australien
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Medical History Museum |
Monserrato, Italien
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Clemente Susini’s Wax Anatomical Models at the University of Cagliari |
Montpellier, Frankreich
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Musée d’Anatomie, Faculté de Médecine de Montpellier |
Montpellier, Frankreich
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Musée des Moulages - Le Musée Empereur Antonin -Université Paul-Valéry |
Mytchett, UK
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Army Medical Services Museum |
Nesstofa, Iceland
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The Medical Museum |
New Delhi, Indien
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Sulabh International Museum of Toilets |
Newark, NJ, USA
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United States HIV/AIDS Memorial Museum
In Planung für 2006
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North Oxford, MA
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Clara Barton Birthplace Museum |
Okayama, Japan
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Kawasaki Medical University Museum of Modern Medical Education |
Osaka, Japan
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Museum of Traditional Medicine |
Paris, Frankreich
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Musée d’Histoire de la Médecine
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Philadelphia, PA, USA
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The College of Physicians of Philadelphia - Mütter Museum |
Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Temple University School of Medicine - Historical Dental Museum |
Prag, Tschechische Republik
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Museum of Medicine and Public Health - part of the National Medical Library, Prag |
Richmond, VA, USA
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Chimborazo Medical Museum |
Rockville, MD, USA
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Stonestreet Museum of 19th Century Medicine |
San Francisco, CA, USA
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Institute of Dental History and Craniofacial Study - University of the Pacific |
Sibiu, Rumänien
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Das Brukenthal Museum |
South Bend, IN, USA
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Health Works - Kid’s Museum |
Stockholm, Schweden
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Medicinhistoriska museet |
St. Paul, MN, USA
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The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices |
Tartu, Estland
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Medical Collection of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tartu |
Tempe, AZ, USA
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The American Museum of Nursing - Arizona State University |
Toulouse, Frankreich
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Musée d’histoire de la médecine de Toulouse
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Vilnius, Litauen
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Litauisches Museum für Geschichte der Medizin der Medizinischen Fakultät der Universität Vilnius
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Vlaeberg, Süd Afrika
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Cape Medical Museum |
Washington D.C., USA
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American Red Cross Museum |
Washington D.C., USA
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National Museum of Health and Medicine |
Wien, Österreich
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Medizinhistorische Sammlung des Instituts für Geschichte der Medizin der Medizinischen Universität Wien |
Wien, Österreich
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Museum für Verhütung und Schwangerschaftsabbruch |
Wien, Österreich
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Pathologisch-anatomisches Bundesmuseum, Wien |
Wien, Österreich
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Sigmund Freud-Museum |
Wien, Österreich
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Verhütungsmuseum |
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Collection of Medical Antiques |
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The Cyber Museum of Neurosurgery |
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Smallpox - an online exhibit |
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Exhibitions in the History of Medicine of the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD |
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Erstes virtuelles Museum der Augenoptik
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Disability History Museum |
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The Virtual Toilet Paper Museum |
Zürich, Schweiz
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Medizinhistorisches Museum der Universität Zürich |
Zürich, Schweiz
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Moulagenmuseum, Universitätsspital Zürich |
Awesome, thank you (I’ve just sent them 2 museums in Brazil to be added to the list)
Now that you point it out: they’ve missed other important places as well, e.g., the Paul Stradin Museum in Riga, the Huntarian Museum in London and London’s Science Museum. And surely there are more museums in Paris (like the Pasteur Museum) than the Musée d’Histoire de la Médecine. That much for the famous German thoroughness :-). (I haven’t had time to compare the list with the list of members of the EAMHMS.)
Please add our museum to your list. We are located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry, University of Michigan.
Thanks, Shannon O’Dell, Curator.
Dear Shannon — thanks for this; we may ask one of our students to update the list (and then we shall add your place).
I didn’t think about these when planning holidays. Excellent idea (if that appeals to you) which is does very much for me. Thanks for sharing the list. Will bookmark and hope the list grows.
Thanks
I think this is an excellent article. Anyone got any more info about it?