Guided tours of the Musée de l'Histoire de la Médecine - Université Paris Cité

Name: Guided tours of the Musée de l'Histoire de la Médecine - Université Paris Cité
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-17T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Musée d'Histoire de la Médecine

Visits to the collections of the History of Medicine Museum

Saturday 17 September 2022, 10:00, 13:30, 16:00Passed

Conditions

On registration within the limit of places available.

Registration

From the College of Surgery to the University Museum of History of Medicine

Located in the premises of the former Faculty of Medicine of Paris, the Museum of History of Medicine offers collections, the oldest in Europe.
They were brought together by Dean Lafaye in the 18th century, and then completed by an important set of pieces covering the various branches of the surgical art until the end of the 19th century.
Today, the Museum of History of Medicine has found its place among the many Parisian museums and enjoys an international reputation.

Guided tours of the collections

For these 2022 European Heritage Days, we offer two tours led by the museum’s manager, Andréa Barbe-Hulmann and our guide-speaker Béatrice Lubin.

Organization of visits

The visits last 1h30 and on reservations only via EventBrite.
Several departures you are offered: 10h, 13h30, 16h
To register link to EventBrite: https://bit.ly/3yWG1Kc
For more information, you can contact the museum:

by email - musee.histoire-medecine@u-paris.fr
by telephone - 01 76 53 16 93

About the location

Musée d'Histoire de la Médecine

12 rue de l'École de Médecine 75006 Paris

Paris
Île-de-France

Louis XV asked Jacques Gondoin, architect, to build the College of Surgery, rue des Cordeliers, today rue de l'École de Médecine. As early as 1769, an "instrument room" was integrated into his plans and thus foreshadowed the present museum, even if the question of a museum was not seriously discussed until the beginning of the 20th century. Professor Mouquin, appointed to the Chair of the History of Medicine in 1951, really pushed the project with the support of Dean Binet. The museum will initially be reserved for professors and students of the Faculty of Medicine and finally opened its doors to the general public in 1994\. Its collections, the oldest in Europe, were brought together by Dean Lafaye in the 18th century, then added a large set of pieces that covered the different branches of the operative art until the end of the 19th century. In particular, there are instruments used in the care of the Louis XIV, as well as a few kits of doctors and surgeons or even physiology instrume