Texas Medical Association History of Medicine Gallery

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Amenities & Accessibility:

 
Free Admission

Free Admission

 

The History of Medicine Gallery presents rotating exhibits about the history of medicine in Texas and the history of the Texas Medical Association, founded in Austin in 1853. These exhibits feature medical artifacts like early stethoscopes, scarifiers and lancets for bloodletting, and doctors’ medical bags. The permanent collection includes rare early anatomies by Vesalius, Bourgery, and Cloquet; local medical histories; and physician biographies.

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The archives contain TMA annual session proceedings (1869-present), more than 11,000 files about deceased Texas physicians, vintage photographs, Volumes 1-31 of Transcripts of Texas Medical History (a Joint Project of the TMA and The University of Texas Library Archives 1923-53), and other materials. Researchers and genealogists may schedule visits to the archives by calling 512-370-1552. Exhibit tours are available. Portable exhibits are available to libraries and museums on the history of the Texas Medical Association, Texas hospitals, Texas medical schools, women in Texas medicine, contributions of international medical graduates, responses to false tobacco advertising, history of botanical medicine, and preventing disease through immunization.

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location

401 W. 15th Street (map)

hours

Monday-Friday 8 AM - 5 PM

admissions

Free

phone

512.370.1552

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