Muzeum Wydziału Lekarskiego UJ
The oldest museum of medical sciences in Poland, with the historic collection of the Jagiellonian University in the House of the Kraków Medical Society; group visits by appointment.
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About the museum
The Museum of the Faculty of Medicine of the Jagiellonian University was founded on the initiative of Prof. Walery Jaworski, and on 27 April 1900 the Faculty adopted a resolution to establish a historical museum. The collections came mainly from doctors and professors associated with the university and from their families. For many years they had no permanent exhibition, as there was no space, but the museum survived the occupation intact.
In 1990 the museum received rooms on the ground floor of the House of the Kraków Medical Society (Dom Towarzystwa Lekarskiego Krakowskiego) at ul. Radziwiłłowska 4, and on 16 June 1992 the rector of the Medical Academy, Prof. Andrzej Szczeklik, solemnly opened it to visitors. The institution is regarded as one of the oldest medical museums in Europe.
The collections include early prints, manuscripts, documents, medals, medical instruments and portraits, a large set of surgical instruments, plaster casts from the study of Prof. Ludwik Bierkowski, and a collection of case histories from the clinic of Prof. Maciej Józef Brodowicz. The museum has three exhibition halls and a room for educational activities; the exhibition is currently being reorganised following the acquisition of new memorabilia from the University Hospital.
Highlights
- Plaster casts from the study of Prof. Ludwik Bierkowski
- Collection of surgical instruments from the early days of the University Hospital
- Case histories from the clinic of Prof. Brodowicz
- Early prints and medical manuscripts
- Three exhibition halls in the House of the Medical Society
- Founded
- 1900
- Operated by
- Uniwersytet Jagielloński – Collegium Medicum
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| Good to know | The collections are made available primarily to students of medical courses, health service staff, researchers and secondary school pupils with a biology-chemistry profile; a visit requires an appointment. |
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