Title: Medical History Museum - Melbourne Medical School

URL: http://museum.medicine.unimelb.edu.au/

Description: The Medical History Museum and its collection were formally established in 1967 in conjunction with the Department of Medical History, under the professorship of Kenneth Russell. The museum itself was opened with generous funding from the Wellcome Institute (now Wellcome Trust), London, in support of study and research in medical history. The collection at this time consisted of a small but well-selected range of medical artefacts that Professor Russell had gradually acquired over time, with a view to opening a museum. This was in keeping with the long-standing tradition of leading medical schools across the world to develop their historical resources as a study collection. Since its opening in 1967, the museum's collection has grown substantially through the donation of documents, photographs, instruments, and records from medical graduates, families and institutions in and around Melbourne. Originally the collection mainly reflected the teaching of medicine at the University of Melbourne and its clinical schools, and the achievements of its graduates from the 1860s to the present day. However, the donation in 1971 of the nineteenth-century Savory and Moore Pharmacy, through a further grant from the Wellcome Trust, and the 1994 acquisition of the Australian Medical Association collection, has seen the scope of the museum broadened to reflect the history of medical practice in Victoria, and more generally the development of Western medicine. The Medical History Museum (MHM) in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne is the oldest and finest collection of its type associated with a Medical School in Australia. Established in 1967, by Kenneth Russell, a professor in anatomy, with support from the Wellcome Institute, London, the Medical History Museum, the museum covers the history of the Melbourne Medical School and the broader history of medicine in Australia and overseas The purpose of the museum is to encourage appreciation and understanding of the history of medicine and its role in society. The museum stimulates active learning about the history of medicine through research, teaching, and dialogue among communities of students, faculty, scholars, alumni, and the wider public. MHM has an annual program of Exhibitions. It is open to members of the public and functions as a tool for the University’s teaching and research. Tours are available by appointment.

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