Guide to Collections Relating to the History of Artificial Internal Organs

Bakken Library and Museum Canada Science and Technology Museum Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Deutsches Medizinhistorisches Museum DeWitt Stetten Jr. Museum of Medical Research Dittrick Medical History Center Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences International Center for Artificial Organs and Transplantation International Center for Medical Technologies International Museum of Surgical Science John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center Mayo Foundation Archives, Mayo Clinic Medical History Museum of the University of Copenhagen Medical History Museum of the University of Zurich Medicinhistoriska Museet Minnesota Historical Society Museu Nacional de Historia da Medicina Museum Boerhaave Museum of Health Care at Kingston Mutter Museum National Library of Medicine National Museum of American History National Museum of Health and Medicine Science Museum of London Semmelweis Medical Historical Museum, Library and Archives Thackray Museum University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Medical Museum University of Utah, Marriott Library, Special Collections University of Washington Vanderbilt University Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine

Deutsches Hygiene-Museum   Lingnerplatz 1, 01069 Dresden, Germany +49 351 48 46 0 +49 351 48 46 599 www.dhmd.de   Klaus Vogel, Museum Director museum@dhmd.de   Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9 am - 5 pm; Wednesday 9 am - 8.30 pm Saturday, Sunday 10 am - 5 pm Monday closed   This museum about health and hygiene was founded in 1912. Its collection of objects related to various aspects of individual and public health care. The collection comprises about 12,000 objects, with supporting library and archive departments. The museum mounts permanent and travelling exhibits, as well as organizes and participates in congresses, education programs and courses concerning several topics. Current research is being done in medical history, prevention of diseases, health care, body culture and history, and ecology.     Collections Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Collections, predominantly 20th century     Approximately 12,000 objects.   The museum opened in 1930 with 10.000m2 of exhibition space, making it one of the largest and most modern museums of the time. By 1937, the Museum presented over 1200 European-wide exhibitions visited by over 30 million people. The centerpiece of the museum has always been mankind, the human body, man's social and cultural surroundings and his relationship to the environment. The main attraction is the "Transparent Man", first shown in 1930. Educational material about human anatomy, health and hygiene was produced by the museum. In the 1950s, the "Transparent Horse" and the "Transparent Cow" were presented. In 1996, the German Hygiene Museum co-designed the theme park "Man - Nature - Technology" for the World Exhibition EXPO 2000 in Hanover.   The collection includes wax models (Moulagen), wet specimens,   Collections database available onsite.   None   Various museum publications.

Last reviewed: 27 August 2008
Last updated: 02 March 2007
First published: 01 March 2002
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