which reminded me a lot of the old Army Medical Museum in Washington with the similarities of the upper gallery, the rows of cases, the light flooding in....
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Sunday, March 1, 2009
Medical Museums
I've been planted in front of my computer all day, editing photos. I came across this one from the History of Medicine museum in Paris
which reminded me a lot of the old Army Medical Museum in Washington with the similarities of the upper gallery, the rows of cases, the light flooding in....
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which reminded me a lot of the old Army Medical Museum in Washington with the similarities of the upper gallery, the rows of cases, the light flooding in....
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2 comments:
Hi Kathleen, the Paris museum is beautiful; it's an art museum as much as a medical museum, maybe because the head of the museum, Mme Marie-Veronique Clin, has an art history/art museum background; see more about it here: http://www.corporeality.net/museion/2008/04/20/a-medical-history-museum-turned-art-gallery/
Best,
Thomas
Thanks for your comment. I agree, it's a beautiful place with a fascinating collection.
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