Museo di Anatomia Patologica e Paleopatologia

About the museum

The museum is an integral part of the School of Medicine of the University of Pisa. According to the university regulations it arose around 1870 as a collection of anatomical-pathological specimens for teaching and research; other sources give 1884.

It holds about 1,500 anatomical specimens, both dry and in liquid, continually enriched with rare pieces or pieces of particular interest. Among the historic collections are materials from the Grand Ducal period, such as bladder stones and preparations of malformed newborns, and a series of organs taken during autopsies and preserved in alcohol, together with human and animal remains of pathological interest.

In recent decades a palaeopathology section has been added, with ancient human skeletal remains showing signs of disease and a pre-Columbian mummy. The museum belongs to the university’s Division of Palaeopathology.

Highlights

• About 1,500 pathological anatomical specimens, dry and in liquid
• Historic collections from the Medici and Lorraine periods
• Palaeopathology section with ancient skeletal remains
• Pre-Columbian mummy

Permanent exhibition

• Collezioni di anatomia patologica e paleopatologia – Pathological anatomical specimens, historic collections from the Grand Ducal period and a palaeopathology section.

Founded

1870

Operated by

Università di Pisa – Sistema Museale di Ateneo

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