Published by Francis Brazas The Felony and the Pharmacy Looking around the mock-pharmacy on the first floor of the museum, you’ll probably recognize a trend amongst the ingredients in many … Continue reading The Felony and the Pharmacy
Cheri Lee Charlton Fall 2023 Cheri Lee Charlton is a Chicago-based artist and Assistant Professor of Illustration at Columbia College in Chicago. Charlton intends to use the IMSS residency as … Continue reading Cheri Lee Charlton Announced as Fall 2023 Artist-in-Residence
The International Museum of Surgical Science to offer Artist Stipends in 2024 Season for Chicago & Illinois-based Artists Contact: Michelle Rinard (she/her)Manager of Exhibitions and DevelopmentCurator312.642.6502michelle@imss.org Chicago, IL (September 7, … Continue reading The International Museum of Surgical Science to offer Artist Stipends in 2024 Season for Chicago & Illinois-based Artists
Published by Jolanta Dohrmann A Note from the Collections: Spittoons Spittoons were commonly used in late 19th and early 20th century America to dispose of saliva from spitting or chewing … Continue reading A Note from the Collections: Spittoons
Published by Margaret Balwierz Dissection of the Fabrica and Anatomical History Four hundred years after the De humani corporis fabrica was published, Nolie Mumey wrote Quatercentenary of the Publication of … Continue reading Dissection of the Fabrica and Anatomical History
Published by Erica Lande On Percussion of the Chest, Being a Translation of Auenbrugger Original Treatise entitled “ Inventum novum ex percussione thoracis humani, ut signo abstrusos interni pectoris morbos … Continue reading Rumours of Nostalgia
From the ARC/STSA June 2023 e-Newsletter On May 25, the International Museum of Surgical Science (IMSS) launched, “The Operating Room: Surgical Technology Then and Now,” the first-ever museum exhibition featuring … Continue reading Surgical Technology Exhibition Opens at the International Museum of Surgical Science
IMSS selects Nelly Agassi for position of Artist-in-Residence for Fall 2022 The International Museum of Surgical Science (IMSS) is pleased to announce their Fall 2022 Artist in Residence, Nelly Agassi. The … Continue reading Nelly Agassi announced as Fall 2022 Artist-in-Residence
Originally published by Julia Bachrach on February 3, 2020, at jbachrach.com. Sometimes when I’m researching a building or a neighborhood, I stumble upon an intriguing historical figure. A fairly recent … Continue reading Dr. Max Thorek: A Remarkable Chicagoan
Published by James R. Wilke James conducts research in The Library at the IMSS, 05/18/2022. Photo by Shannon Fox. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is James, and by … Continue reading Five Unique Things I’ve Learned as an Artist-In-Residence at the International Museum of Surgical Science
