Musée d'Anatomie et d'Embryologie Louis Deroubaix
University museum of the ULB at the Erasme campus: real anatomical preparations, embryos, casts and wax models, open on request with a guided tour.
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About the museum
The museum was founded in 1838 from collections that existed before the creation of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). Its first curator, Professor Louis Deroubaix (1813-1897), gave it his name. Over time the collections grew, notably under the impetus of renowned anatomists and embryologists such as Albert Dalcq and Albert Brachet.
The museum followed the moves of the Faculty of Medicine: rue des Sols, Parc Léopold, Porte de Hal and, today, the Erasme campus, next to the Erasme hospital. It is located in building G, on level 2.
The collections include very old wax and plaster models, modern plastinated preparations, specimens kept in alcohol, skeletons, anthropological casts and a large series of pathological bone specimens and prostheses. Display cases illustrate human development with normal or teratological foetal specimens, as well as dental anatomy. Virtual models of specimens studied by medical imaging are shown on screen. The museum mainly caters to medical students, but it is open to the general public on request, with a guided tour.
Highlights
- Authentic anatomical preparations, including plastinated specimens
- Embryos and foetuses, both normal and with malformations
- Old anatomical models in wax and plaster
- Section on bone pathologies and dental anatomy
- Multimedia room with free-access software programmes
Permanent exhibition
- Collections d'anatomie et d'embryologie humaines – Real anatomical preparations, wax and plaster models, foetal specimens, and a section on bone pathologies and dental anatomy.
- Founded
- 1838
- Operated by
- Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
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Getting there & parking
ULB Erasme campus, building G, level 2, next to Erasme hospital (Route de Lennik 808).
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Guided tour on request. The museum displays real anatomical specimens, embryos and foetuses. A multimedia room provides computer programmes. |
