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Museum Name:
Indiana Medical History Museum
Schedule: Wed-Sat, 10:00am; Last Tour begins at 3:00pm
Established:
1969
Address: 3045 W. vermont St. Indianapolis, IN, 46222
Phone Number:
(317) 635-7329
Fax Number:
(317) 635-7349
Email:
edenharter@imhm.org
Director:
Virginia Terpening
Website: http://www.imhm.org
Focus: The Indiana Medical History Museum interprets scientific's medicine of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Housed in 1896 Pathology Department for the former Central State Hospital, this building helps to interpret Indiana's medical history
Costs: $5 for adults; $3 for University students; $1 for children under 18
Major Exhibits: The building's nineteen rooms that include, a teachers amphitheater, three clinical laboratories, a photography laboratory, and an autopsy room. An Historic Doctor's office circa 1950s is located in an adjacent building
Exhibits of 06:
"Heads of Central State: Superintendents of Central State Hospital"
"Through the Lens: rediscovering the History of Central State Hospital"
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The Indiana Medical History Museum, housed in an 1896 pathology laboratory, interprets early life science and the treatment of mental illness. The medical plant garden is available in season.
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Class Trip Programs:
Pioneer Medicine; Civil Ware Medicine; Milestones in Mental Health; The Truth about Germs; Brains and Bones; 1918 Influenza Pandemic; Health Careers
Class Trip Pricing:
$1 for grade school children and chaperones, $3 for University students |