2018

Opening Reception and Curator Talk: “FLUX: Responding to Head and Neck Cancer”
Friday, May 18, 2018
6:00PM – 8:00PM

Exhibition Symposium: “Undergoing FLUX: Art-Medicine Collaborative Practice”
Saturday, May 19, 2018
10:30AM – 3:00PM

Rare Books Conservation Workshops
Sunday, March 25, 2018; Sunday, April 22, 2018; Sunday, May 20, 2018
10:00AM – 4:00PM

#HISTMED Lecture Series: Robert G. Dorfman, Northwestern University
Saturday, April 28, 2018
1:00PM – 2:00PM

Morbid Curiosities: Live Anatomical Theatre
Thursday, May 3rd, 2018 & Thursday, May 10, 2018
6:30PM – 8:30PM

Artist-in-Residence Artist Talk and Program: Justus Harris Winter 2018
Thursday, April 12, 2018
5:30PM – 8:30PM

Anatomy of a Fatality: Partnership with the Japanese Culture Center
Thursday, April 5, 2018
5:30PM – 8:00PM

Candlelit Historic Mansion Tour
Thursday, March 29, 2018
5:30PM – 8:00PM

Morbid Curiosities: Surgical History Tour
Thursday, March 22, 2018
5:30PM – 8:30PM

Megan Wells: An Evening with Florence Nightingale
Thursday, March 1, 2018
6:30PM – 8:30PM

Artist Talk: Marilène Oliver
Monday, February 19, 2018
6:00PM – 8:00PM

A Valentine’s Special Morbid Curiosities: Surgical History Tour
February 14 & 15 2018
6:00PM – 8:00 PM

Morbid Curiosities: Live Anatomical Theatre
Friday, January 12, 2018 & Friday, January 19, 2018
6:30PM – 8:30PM

Poems While You Wait
Saturday, January 20, 2018
1:00PM – 4:00PM

New Volunteer Open House
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
6:00PM – 7:30PM

2017

Holiday Candlelit Historic Home Tours
Friday, December 15 & Wednesday, December 20, 2017
6:00PM – 8:30PM

Opening Reception: Marilène Oliver
Monday, December 4th, 2017
5:00PM – 7:30PM

Book Talk: Counting Backwards by Henry Jay Przybylo, M.D.
Thursday, November 30, 2017
6:00PM – 8:00PM

A Day With(out) Art: Screening Event
Friday, December 1, 2017

Surgical Science at Sunset: Celebrating Marie Curie’s Birthday!
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
5:30PM – 7:30PM

Morbid Curiosities: Live Anatomical Theatre
Friday, October 27, 2017
6:30PM – 8:30PM

Spooky Science!
Saturday – Tuesday, October 28 – 31, 2017
10:00AM – 4:00PM

Open House Chicago
Saturday, October 14, 2017, & Sunday, October 15, 2017
10:00AM – 5:00PM

Jeanette Andrews Elegant Magic: Hyperception
Friday, October 20, 2017
6:30PM – 8:00PM

Artist in Residence Exhibition Opening Reception
Tuesday August 1, 2017
5:30 – 7:00PM

Anatomy of a Fatality: Partnership with the Japanese Culture Center
Thursday July 27, 2017
6:00PM – 8:00PM

Cheers to the 1920’s with The Violet Hour
Friday July 14, 2017
7:00 – 9:00PM

Rare Books Conservation Workshop
Sunday May 21, 2017
10:00AM – 5:00PM

Summer Art Exhibitions Opening Reception
Tuesday May 16, 2017
5:30 – 7:00PM

Carrie Olivia Adams Artist in Residence Talk
Friday May 5, 2017
6:00 – 7:00PM

Candlelit Historic Home Tour
Friday April 28, 2016
7:30 – 9:00PM

Rare Books Conservation Workshop
Sunday April 23, 2017
10:00 – 5:00PM

Inside the World of Medical Art Opening Reception
Friday March 31, 2017
6:00 – 9:00PM

Morbid Curiosities: Surgical History Tour
Thursday March 30, 2017
6:00 – 7:30PM

Cocktails and Cure-alls: An Evening with the Violet Hour at the International Museum of Surgical Science
Friday March 24, 2017
7:00 – 9:00PM

Rare Books Conservation Workshop
Sunday March 19, 2017
10:00 – 5:00PM

Rare Books Conservation Workshop
Sunday February 26, 2017
10:00 – 5:00PM

A Valentine’s Special Morbid Curiosities: Surgical History Tour
February 14 & 15 2017
6:00 – 7:30PM

“Kjell Theøry: Prologue” Opening Reception
Friday January 20, 2017
5:30 – 7:00PM

2016

Home for the Holidays – Candlelit Mansion Tour
Friday December 16, 2016
6:30 – 8:00PM

The Dead of Winter – Surgical History Tour
December 7 & 9, 2016
6:30 – 8:00PM

Fall Exhibitions & Screenings Opening Reception
Friday November 18, 2016
6:00PM – 8:00PM

Morbid Curiosities – Surgical History Tour
October 20 & 27, 2016
6:30 – 8:00PM

Open House Chicago
October 15-16, 2016
10:00 – 5:00PM

A Night at 1524 – Candlelit Mansion Tour
Friday October 14, 2016
7:00 – 8:30PM

Chicago Open Archives Event
Thursday October 6, 2016
5:30 – 7:00PM (Presentation begins at 6:00PM)

Scholarly Presentations on Health Issues in the Black Community
June 27, 2016
5:30 – 8:30PM

Candlelit Mansion Tours
March 25, April 22, June 17, July 22, 2016
8:00 – 9:30PM

2015

Public Screening: Derek Jarman’s “Blue”
December 15, 2015
6:00PM – 7:30PM

Home for the Holidays: Candlelit Historic Home Tour
December 11, 2015
7:00PM – 8:30PM

Public Screening: “How to Survive a Plague”
December 1, 2015
6:00PM – 8:00PM

Stevie Hanley: Artist’s Talk
November 15, 2015
3:00PM – 5:00PM

A Night at 1524: Candlelit Historic Home Tour
October 30, 2015
7:00PM – 8:30PM

4th Floor North: Artists’ Talk
October 14, 2015
7:00PM – 9:00PM

The Wonders of Music and Medicine
September 18, 2015
6:00PM – 8:30PM

A Lecture on the British Insane Asylum
May 21, 2015
7:00PM – 8:30PM

 


Contact our Public Programs and Events Department at 312-642-6502 ext. 3118 or at michelle@imss.org.