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Warren Anatomical Museum

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Warren Anatomical Museum
Warren Anatomical Museum
Warren Anatomical Museum
Warren Anatomical Museum
Warren Anatomical Museum
Warren Anatomical Museum
Warren Anatomical Museum
Warren Anatomical Museum
Warren Anatomical Museum
Warren Anatomical Museum
Warren Anatomical Museum
Warren Anatomical Museum
Warren Anatomical Museum
Warren Anatomical Museum
Warren Anatomical Museum
Warren Anatomical Museum
Warren Anatomical Museum
Warren Anatomical Museum
Warren Anatomical Museum
Warren Anatomical Museum
Warren Anatomical Museum
Warren Anatomical Museum
Warren Anatomical Museum
Warren Anatomical Museum
Warren Anatomical Museum
Phone:
+1 617-432-6196

Hours:
SundayClosed
Monday9am - 5pm
Tuesday9am - 5pm
Wednesday9am - 5pm
Thursday9am - 5pm
Friday9am - 5pm
SaturdayClosed


The Warren Anatomical Museum, housed within Harvard Medical School's Countway Library of Medicine, was founded in 1847 by Harvard professor John Collins Warren, whose personal collection comprised 160 unusual and instructive anatomical and pathological specimens which now form the nucleus of the museum's 15,000-item collection. The Warren also has objects significant to medical history, such as the inhaler used during the first public demonstration of ether-assisted surgery in 1846 , and the skull of Phineas Gage, who survived a large iron bar being driven through his brain. The museum's first curator was J.B.S. Jackson.A rotating subset of items is on public display.
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