German Medical History Museum

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German Medical History Museum
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The German Medical History Museum in the Ancient Anatomy building
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place Ingolstadt
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architect Gabriel de Gabrieli
opening 1973
management
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The German Medical History Museum (DMM) in Ingolstadt documents the history of medicine from antiquity to the present .

history

The establishment of the museum was suggested by the doctor and medical historian Heinz Goerke , who also initially directed the museum. The museum has been located in the old anatomy in Ingolstadt since 1973 . This late baroque, castle-like building was built between 1723 and 1736 according to plans by Gabriel de Gabrieli from the medical faculty of the former Bavarian state university and used as a university institute until 1800. After the university was relocated to Landshut , the building, which also included a medicinal garden, served u. a. as a farm before it was used today. The former anatomy room with its baroque ceiling fresco is particularly worth seeing .

The modern extension was completed in 2016 according to plans by the architect Volker Staab . It provides barrier-free access to the museum and, in addition to the foyer, also houses the special exhibition area, a seminar room, depot and offices.

Directors of the museum

Permanent exhibition

Medicinal plant garden of the German Museum of Medical History with a view of the cathedral
Fountain with Aesculapian snake and a view of the high school

The permanent exhibition was finally divided into two sections: The ground floor of the "Ancient Anatomy" was dedicated to early modern medicine and its origins in Greco-Roman antiquity . The upper floor started around 1830 and showed the differentiation of scientific medicine using the example of operational subjects and medical diagnostics up to around 1900. The permanent exhibition has been cleared since autumn 2015 due to renovation work. The reopening is announced for the beginning of 2020.

The medical technology department, which opened in September 2008 in a building at the end of the medicinal plant garden, presents a selection of the museum's extensive medical technology collection under the motto "Healing with laser and shock wave ".

Special collections

The special collections include graphics (approx. 2,500 doctor portraits), a collection by Thilo von Haugwitz (ophthalmology), one by Harald Feldmann (ear, nose and throat medicine), objects on clinical chemistry and obstetrics. After registration, trade visitors have the opportunity to use the graphics collection, the library and the object collections.

Botanical Garden

On the site of the university's former botanical garden, around 200 medicinal plants are cultivated in a facility based on baroque models , which are sorted according to their main ingredients. The rear part of the garden is designed as a blind garden and equipped with raised beds .

See also

Publications

The museum publishes catalogs, so far (as of early 2018) 44 volumes. From about 1975 to 1999 the museum published the "Yearbook of the German Medical History Museum".

literature

  • Christa Habrich, Siegfried Hofmann: German Medical History Museum Ingolstadt. 2nd Edition. Westermann-Verlag, Braunschweig 1995, DNB 946438625 .
  • Christoph Hahn, Siegmar Hohl (ed.): The great museum guide. Collections on art, culture, nature and technology in Germany. Bassermann Verlag, Gütersloh / Munich 2000, ISBN 978-3-8094-5013-9 , p. 251.
  • State office for non-state museums in Bavaria (ed.): Museums in Bavaria - A guide through the Bavarian museum landscape. 6th, completely revised edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin / Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-422-07382-1 , p. 207.
  • Klemens Mörmann (ed.): The German museum guide in color. Museums and collections in the Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin. Book guild Gutenberg, Frankfurt am Main / Olten / Vienna 1983, DNB 870131540 , pp. 494–495.
  • Eckart Roloff and Karin Henke-Wendt: Ingolstadt, German Medical History Museum. From ancient anatomy to lasers and shock waves. In: Visit your doctor or pharmacist. A tour through Germany's museums for medicine and pharmacy. Volume 2, Southern Germany. Stuttgart, Verlag S. Hirzel 2015, ISBN 978-3-7776-2511-9 , pp. 107-110.
  • Marion Maria Ruisinger: Museum portraits. The Art of Fugue". Extension for the German Medical History Museum Ingolstadt. In: museum today. Facts, trends and help. Issue 52. Munich 2017, ISSN  0944-8497 , pp. 6–11 ( PDF ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pure architecture !: Public tour of the extension to the Medical History Museum. June 9, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2016 .
  2. ↑ dmm-ingolstadt.de - German Medical History Museum Ingolstadt: Media coverage of the new building. Retrieved July 24, 2016 .
  3. ^ Obituary for Christa Habrich , obituary of the research group Klostemedizin , September 17, 2013, accessed on April 15, 2016.
  4. ↑ www.ingolstadt.de/dmm Spezialsammlungen. Accessed July 16, 2011.
  5. ↑ www.ingolstadt.de/dmm Museumsgarten. Accessed July 16, 2011.
  6. ↑ See the inventory of catalogs in the German National Library at http://d-nb.info/019357842
  7. ↑ See holdings in the German National Library at http://d-nb.info/012812757 , ISSN  0172-3863

Coordinates: 48 ° 45 ′ 45 "  N , 11 ° 25 ′ 9.5"  E