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Address:
The Dentistry Center, 70 Bukoska Street, 61-812 Poznań, Poland
Opening Hours:
Monday - Friday 10.00 am - 3.00 pm
Contact:
Anna Poniedziałek, MA (Curator)
anponied@ump.edu.pl
Phone: (+ 48 61) 854 71 21
Additional information:
Admission free
Links:
Muzeum Uniwersytetu Medycznego
Poznań University of Medical Sciences
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Description:
The history of the Museum of Karol Marcinkowski Poznań University of Medical Sciences reaches back to the period between Great Worlds Wars. The Museum of Medical History started its operation in 1920 within the framework of the Department of History and Philosophy of Medicine of the old University of Poznań chaired by Prof. Adam Wrzosek. Most objects gathered thoughout that time were lost during the Nazi occupation. For many years after the war the tradition of collecting memorabilia from the past of the Doctor's Academy and later the Medical Academy was not continued. The museum was finally reactivated in 1989. Until March of 2009 it functioned as an integral part of the Department of the History of Medical Sciences. In March of 2009 it became an interdepartamental facility and shortly after was moved to a new place - the newly constructed Center of Dentistry.
The museum gathers objects connected with the history of the medical school in Poznań as well as with the development of medicine and pharmacology. The items are divided according to their field (surgery, internal medicine, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, anestesiology and intensive therapy, radioloygy, laboratory science, gynecology, dentistry and pharmacy) as well as into paintings, photographs, sculpture, documents, medals and others.
Reference: Association of University Museums (ed.): University Museums in Poland
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