Museum of Medicine, Museum of medicine history in Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium
The Geneeskundemuseum is a museum dedicated to the history of medicine, located in Anderlecht, a neighborhood in Brussels, Belgium. Its collection covers old surgical tools, anatomical models, archaeological objects, paintings, sculptures, and wax figures.
Founded in 1993, the Museum of Medicine was inaugurated on 20 December 1994 and opened to the public in January 1995 on the Erasme campus of the Université libre de Bruxelles in Anderlecht. Its collection of more than 4,000 art and archaeology objects traces medical thought from Antiquity to the present, drawing on European, African, Asian and pre-Columbian civilisations. Doctors, historians and art historians assembled and study the holdings.
The museum brings together medical objects and artworks such as paintings and sculptures, showing how knowledge of healing was once passed on through images. A room of wax figures depicting various conditions stands out as a reminder of how medical education once looked.
The museum sits on the Erasmus campus on Lenniksebaan in Anderlecht and can be reached by metro. Since it operates as a proposal venue, it is worth checking its opening hours before you go, as availability may vary.
The museum holds the collection of the Grand Musée de l'Homme, a fairground anatomy show and direct rival of the famous Spitzner museum, with some 350 wax models plus period letters, posters and photographs. Its last owners, Mr and Mrs Vlasselaer, passed on their memories of that fairground era.
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