The Museum’s four floors are filled with extraordinary artifacts, as well as paintings, illustrations and sculptures that interpret the pre-modern and modern healing practices of human civilization. From early practices to today’s revolutionary techniques, the Museum’s collections and exhibits portray the mysteries, breakthroughs, failures, and milestones that have shaped modern surgical science.

Currently on View

Medical Galleries:

Wound Healing: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Technologies

A World Without Polio

Rx For Success: Health Career Center

Nursing: Care for a Changing World

Windows on the World: The Science of Sight & The Ophthalmic Art

Diagnostic Detectives: Pathology in Modern Medical Practice

Anatomical Illustration

Pain & Pain Management

X-Rays and Medical Imaging

19th Century Apothecary

The Hall of Immortals – Sculptures by Louis Linck & Edouard Chaissing

The Hall of Murals – Paintings by Count Gregorio Calvi di Bergolo

Surgicogenomics: Genes and Stem-cells in Surgery

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Surgeons and Quacks

Middle-East Mural Gallery

Spanish Mural Gallery

Taiwan Hall of Fame

Japan Hall of Fame

Cabinet Displays:

Prehistoric Trephination Display

Orthopedics Display

Cardiology Display

Contemporary Art Galleries:

The International Museum of Surgical Science supports a commitment to contemporary art and artists through exhibitions and programs that use the frame of contemporary artistic practice to examine new perspectives in surgical science and our relationship to the body. The Museum’s Contemporary Arts Initiative includes rotating exhibitions of contemporary art, as well as an ongoing Artist in Residence program.

Carrie Olivia Adams – Artist in Residence Capstone Exhibition (August 2017 – October 2017)

Soft Sculpture (May 2017 – October 2017)