The Warren Anatomical Museum, housed within Harvard Medical School's Countway Library of Medicine, was founded in 1847 by Harvard professor John Collins Warren, whose personal collection of 160 unusual and instructive anatomical and pathological specimens now forms the nucleus of the museum's 15,000-item collection. The Warren also has objects significant to medical history, such as the inhaler used during the first public demonstration of ether-assisted surgery in 1846, and the skull of Phineas Gage, who survived a large iron bar being driven through his brain. The museum's first curator was J.B.S. Jackson.
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Mon - Fri: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
The Museum is closed on weekends, national holidays and special Harvard holidays. See the website for more information.
Guided tours can be arranged by contacting the Museum by phone at +1 617 432 6196 or by sending an email to the Center for the History of Medicine.
Free admission.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Anatomical_Museum
Official Website https://www.countway.harvard.edu/chom/warren-anatomical-museum
Phone +1 617 432 6196
Address 10 Shattuck St., Boston, MA 02115, USA
Coordinates 42°20'7.286" N -71°6'13.53" E
