Thursday, September 9, 2021

U.S. Museums Showcasing the History of Medicine

This short blog post is based on an article from the Washington Post. 

Here we list 8 US museums showcasing the history of medicine. Have you visited any of them? 

  1. International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago
  2. National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Frederick, Md.
  3. Pry House Field Hospital Museum, Keedysville, Md.
  4. Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum, Washington, D.C.
  5. National Museum of Health and Medicine, Silver Spring, Md.
  6. New Orleans Pharmacy Museum, New Orleans
  7. Glore Psychiatric Museum, St. Joseph, Mo.
  8. The Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC BY-SA 3.0


1 comment:

  1. I think I took a tour of the Surgical Science Museum in Chicago a few years ago.
    The Mutter Museum is on my bucket list, but I haven't been there yet!

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