Medicinsk-historisk Museum

Over het museum

The Medicinsk-historisk Museum goes back to a collection founded at the hospital in Næstved about 60 years ago. Its aim is to document and show the development of healthcare – by collecting, cataloguing, preserving and exhibiting instruments, apparatus and books. The museum is run by volunteers, mostly former doctors of the hospital, who also lead the guided tours.

For three decades the museum was housed in the so-called Cellebygningen from around 1840. In 2025 it was able to expand into the renovated former Præstø Amts Sygehus of 1817, the "little yellow house" on Ringstedgade, which once housed Næstved's first hospital. Five new rooms were fitted out with exhibitions; after being closed for several months, the museum reopened in May 2025.

The collection includes, among other things, a consulting room from a country doctor's practice around 1950 as well as historic instruments such as ophthalmoscopes, ear specula and anesthesia masks. A specialist library of just under 5,000 titles reaches back to a herbal book from 1577 and includes patient records from the old county hospital from 1833 onward. In the courtyard behind the museum, a medicinal herb garden was laid out in 2011, presenting healing plants and their uses.

Hoogtepunten

• Consulting room of a country doctor's practice around 1950
• Historic surgical and diagnostic instruments
• Specialist library with a herbal book from 1577 and patient records from 1833
• Medicinal herb garden in the inner courtyard
• Free guided tours by former doctors

Vaste collectie

• Lægepraksis ca. 1950 – The furnished consulting room of a country doctor's practice conveys everyday medical life around the middle of the 20th century.
• Medicinsk urtehave – The herb garden in the courtyard, laid out in 2011, shows healing plants with explanations of how they were used in the past.

Opgericht

1996

Directie

Peter Schmidt

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

De toegang is gratis.

Admission and tours of the museum, library and herb garden are free.

Toegankelijkheid

• Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The museum is accessible to wheelchair users; the library is not.

Kinderen & gezin

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd – vraag het rechtstreeks na bij het museum.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The museum is on the grounds of Næstved Sygehus, facing Ringstedgade, in the former Præstø Amts Sygehus ("Det lille gule hus").

Service & horeca

• Café: niet aanwezig
• Restaurant: niet aanwezig

Food and drinks may not be consumed in the museum; the hospital cafeteria at the main entrance is about 60 m away (open 8:00–20:00). Postcards and museum publications are available on site.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd – vraag het rechtstreeks na bij het museum.

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