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
Health in Space: Daring to Explore (May 31, 2024 – December 31, 2024)
Take Two and Call Me in the Morning: The Story of Aspirin Revisited (November 12, 2024 – December 21, 2024)
Floor 1
Welcome Room
Reception & Gift Shop
Nineteenth Century Apothecary
Dental Office: A Checkup on Dental History
Floor 2
The Hall of Immortals – Sculptures by Louis Linck & Edouard Chaissing
The Hall of Murals – Paintings by Count Gregorio Calvi di Bergolo
The Library: Max Thorek Rare Book and Manuscript Collection
Polio and the Iron Lung
Windows to the World: The Science of Sight & The Ophthalmic Art
Floor 3
IF/THEN Contemporary Women in STEM
Anatomical Illustration
Diagnostic Detectives: Pathology in Modern Medical Practice
Japan Hall of Fame
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Pain & Pain Management
Nursing: Care for a Changing World
X-Rays and Medical Imaging
Floor 4
Surgical Technology: Then and Now in Surgery
Spanish Mural Gallery
Past Exhibitions
Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature
Life and Limb: The Toll of the American Civil War
Rx For Success: Health Career Center
Wound Healing: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Technologies
Norman Rockwell: The Season of Care (December 6, 2019 – January 26, 2020)
Understanding Lipoproteins: Research, Treatment and Relationship to Cholesterol
Surgicogenomics: Genes and Stem-cells in Surgery
Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race (May 17, 2019 – July 28, 2019)
A World Without Polio (2009-2018)
Provident Hospital: A Living Legacy (February 2016 – March 2017)
Beyond Broken Bones: The Story of Orthopedics and Prosthetics (2007-2016)
Supporting Structure: Understanding the Spine & Spinal Surgery (2007-2016)
Then and Now: 35 Years of HIV/AIDS (December 2015)
To inquire about exhibitions presented or ending before 2015, please contact Museum staff.