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National Museum of Health & Medicine

6900 Georgia Ave. and Elder St., NW, AFIP, Building 54, Washington DC, DC 20307
202-782-2200
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4.5 of 5 stars 4 Reviews
Owner description: This museum, created after the Civil War, has several exhibits displaying gruesome injuries from the battlefield and detailing some of the medical... more » Owner description: This museum, created after the Civil War, has several exhibits displaying gruesome injuries from the battlefield and detailing some of the medical techniques used. « less
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“Interesting display”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 March 2012

I was there with my family for a one woman performance about Marie Curie. We enjoyed looking around the display before and afterwards; however, I wouldn't make a special trip. It does make you appreciate modern medicine!

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“really interesting”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 January 2012

I'm in the medical field and found it fascination. But my children, tweens, also found it really "cool"

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“Diverse exhibit moving to new location April 3, 2011”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 March 2011

NIce expose anatomical cross sections of many organs chronicles history of battle wounds, sugical tools, MASH units, medical forensics and a comprehensive microscope exhibit. There was a temporary exhibit demonstrating the bullet that killed Lincoln, bone snips from the skull, Lincoln hair cutting and blood tainted sleeps of the pathologist. It was at the closing of its current location after... More

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“Excellently Gross”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 February 2003
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Better known to my friends as the Museum of Medical Oddities, this place is full of fascinating, often freaky displays. If you like distended colons, limbs with elaphantitis, giant hairballs removed from the stomach of a 12-year old, and babies in jars, this is the place for you. Definitely worth the trip--and you will probably be the only ones there.

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6900 Georgia Ave. and Elder St., NW AFIP, Building 54
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