Medical Museion (Copenhagen)

Medical Museion
The building on Bredgade
Established	1907
Location	62 Bredgade Copenhagen, Denmark
Director	Thomas Söderqvist
Website	Official website

Medical Museion (Danish: Medicinsk Museion) is a museum and research unit in Copenhagen, Denmark, dedicated to the history of health and disease in a cultural perspective. Part of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at University of Copenhagen, its principal area of interest is the recent history of the material and iconographic culture of biomedicine. It is based in a listed building from 1787 on Bredgade in Frederiksstaden.

History

Chirurgisk Akademi

The collections were founded by a circle of medical doctors in Copenhagen in 1906. The first exhibition of medical history opened on 22 August 1907 as part of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Danish Medical Association. The museum was then located in the Rigsdag building in Fredericiagade, which now houses the High Court of Eastern Denmark, but moved to its current premises in 1947.^[1]

The museum has been part of University of Copenhagen since 1918 and was called the Museum of Medical History until 2004 when it received its current name.

Building

The museum is based in a Neoclassical building from 1787 designed by Peter Meyn which used to house Academy of Surgery, an institution which was responsible for the education of surgeons in Copenhagen between 1785 and 1842. The central exhibition space is the former auditorium where dissections were carried out as part of the training.^[2]

References

↑ "Medicinsk Museion får en kærlig hånd…" (in Danish). Medicinsk Museion. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
↑ "Medicinsk Museion" (in Danish). Kulturklik.dk. Retrieved 2011-09-27.

External links

Official website

University of Copenhagen

Academics

Faculties	Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Faculty of Humanities Faculty of Law Faculty of Science Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Theology

Centres & departments	Bioinformatics Centre Department of Chemistry Department of Computer Science Department of Mathematical Sciences Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports Nano-Science Center Center for the Philosophy of Nature and Science Studies Center for Planetary Research Center for Protein Research Søren Kierkegaard Research Center

Institutes & laboratories	Arnamagnæan Institute Hans Christian Ørsted Institute Niels Bohr Institute University of Copenhagen Arctic Station Urban Culture Lab

Schools	Royal School of Library and Information Science School of Pharmaceutical Sciences School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science

Other	Copenhagen–Tartu school TOPPS Master of International Health Museum Tusculanum Press

University

Campuses	City Campus Frederiksberg Campus North Campus South Campus

Historical dormitories	Borchs Kollegium Elers' Kollegium Hassagers Kollegium Regensen Valkendorfs Kollegium

Museums	Natural History Museum of Denmark University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden University of Copenhagen Geological Museum University of Copenhagen Zoological Museum Medical Museion

Museums in Metropolitan Copenhagen

Art museums and galleries	Arken Cisternerne National Gallery of Denmark The David Collection Frederiksborg Castle Gammel Holtegård Hirschsprung Collection Kastrupgård Kunstforeningen Louisiana Museum of Modern Art North Atlantic House Nivaagaard Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Ordrupgaard Øregård Museum Royal Cast Collection Rudolph Tegner Museum Thorvaldsen Museum

Other	Amber Museum Amalienborg Museum Bakkehuset Brede House Brede Værk Carlsberg Visitor Centre Museum of Copenhagen Danish Architecture Centre Danish Jewish Museum Danish Maritime Museum Danish Museum of Hunting and Forestry Danish Police Museum Danish Revue Museum DieselHouse Danish Museum of Art & Design Frieboeshvile Frilandsmuseet University of Copenhagen Geological Museum Jægerspris Castle Lille Mølle Karen Blixen Museum Kronborg Kroppedal Lightvessel Gedser Rev Medical Museion National Museum Natural History Museum Royal Court Theater Tycho Brahe Planetarium Royal Danish Naval Museum Rosenborg Museum Tøjhus Museum Storm P. Museum Viking Ship Museum (Roskilde)

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Copenhagen

See also: Urban area of Copenhagen

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Museums	Cisternerne Amber Museum Danish Design Centre Danish Museum of Art & Design Danish Revue Museum Fotografisk Center University of Copenhagen Geological Museum Hirschsprung Collection Jewish Museum Kastrupgård Kunsthal Charlottenborg Medical Museion Museum of Copenhagen National Museum of Denmark National Museum of Photography Natural History Museum of Denmark North Atlantic House Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Police Museum Revue Museum Royal Danish Naval Museum National Gallery of Denmark Storm P. Museum Tøjhus Museum Tycho Brahe Planetarium

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Politics and administration	Capital Region Copenhagen Municipality Lord mayors of Copenhagen Frederiksberg Municipality

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Medical Museion (Copenhagen)

History

Building

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References

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