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7 unusual medical museums: Weird science
7 unusual medical museums
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Musée Fragonard
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Wayne
Jan 06 2013 at 3:58 PM
Shame the welcome collection in London isn't included here, truly great museum and the gift shop stocks products from www.medinc.co.uk
HEM
May 26 2012 at 5:36 PM
What about the Creationism Museum? You could LAUGH yourself to death THERE!
Flintstones, meet the Flintstones! They're a modern stone-age family!
museumofdeath
May 26 2012 at 1:36 PM
How about the Museum of Death in Hollywood California? Were we get falling down ovations.
James C. Skidmore
May 25 2012 at 12:12 PM
How about the Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago? Its on Lake Shore Drive. I haven't been there yet (maybe I'm too scared) but I hear it's really nasty.
Guest
May 26 2012 at 10:39 AM
Its a very interesting museum. Worth seeing and the artwork is fascinating.
Anette Stenslund
Dec 14 2011 at 2:02 PM
Thank you for the interesting reading. I only got one objection regarding the your remarks on the educational aspects of medical museums. There truly exist MORE unusual medical museums than the above mentioned. This house for instance: http://mm.ku.dk/
As a matter of fact I'm enrolled at Medical Museion as a PhD Student, and I can assure you that the overall raison d'etre is NOT purely educational in this house. Please take a look at our homepage or come visit us.
Tarrant
Oct 17 2011 at 10:26 AM
I generally like a good medical museum. Some of these however just disturb me. Which one(s) would you avoid?
Weird science
Does your taste in museums types veer toward contemporary art? How about museums dedicated to skin diseases?
Medical museums were once private affairs, granting access only to students and practicing physicians. But more recently, many permanent collections that revolve around deformed body parts floating in formaldehyde rather than pretty paintings have opened their doors to the public. There’s a macabre appeal to these museums, places where kindergarten field trips dare not tread, but their raison d'etre is purely educational. (Pictured here is "The horse and rider" at Musée Fragonard.)
Take a look at seven of the most intriguing medical museums from around the world. (Text: Matt Hickman)
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