Medical History Museum | Melbourne

The Medical History Museum has reopened in its new home at 233 Bouverie Street, Carlton.

Australia's largest medical museum featuring a 19th century pharmacy.

Explore, inquire and enjoy the social history of medicine and its role in society through a diverse exhibition program. Visit the nineteenth century Savory and Moore Pharmacy complete with pharmaceutical jars and equipment. The Medical History Museum is a free museum for those inquisitive about medicine's contribution to scientific discovery and community well being.

Since its inception in 1967, the Medical History Museum has developed a diverse and varied collection of over 13,000 items encompassing documents, photographs, artefacts, artworks, ceremonial objects, medical and scientific equipment and associated research material.

The collection has grown through gifts from medical graduates, families and institutions. The core of the collection began with material related to the history of the Melbourne Medical School but has expanded over the years through major gifts to encompass the history of medicine in Victoria, Australia and internationally.

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The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences museums: Medical History Museum, Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum and Harry Brookes Allen Anatomy and Pathology Museum collections encompass Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healing practices and the history of teaching, learning and research at the University of Melbourne and health sciences in Australia and internationally. Over 20,360 items encompass art, photographs, equipment, objects, artefacts, archives, and biological specimens.

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Exhibition Tours

The Medical History Museum conducts free guided tours of our exhibitions for groups of 15 or more. These tours are for university students, staff, alumni, secondary schools and the community.

Tours are available by appointment. To inquire or book a tour, please contact: mhm-info@unimelb.edu.au