Indiana Landmarks
Indiana Medical History Museum, Indianapolis
The Indiana Medical History Museum is new on Indiana Landmarks' 10 Most Endangered list in 2015. Learn more at www.indianalandmarks.org.
The Indiana Medical History Museum’s tucked away location contributes to the challenge of attracting visitors and donors to the National Register-listed site.
The museum occupies the 1895 Old Pathology Building on the former campus of Central State Hospital.
From 1896 to 1955, physicians studied psychiatric science and disease pathology in the building’s three clinical laboratories, photography lab, teaching amphitheater, autopsy room, and library. Its medical staff was among the first in America to apply groundbreaking medical advances to the treatment of syphilis and other diseases.
Roof and masonry failures threaten the building and its original interior, full of collections related to late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century medical science, including brains and other specimens in jars showing signs of various diseases. The building tells a rare and intriguing story, but needs major repairs to ensure the future of the building and its one-of-a-kind collections.
Indiana Medical History Museum, Indianapolis
The Indiana Medical History Museum is new on Indiana Landmarks' 10 Most Endangered list in 2015. Learn more at www.indianalandmarks.org.
The Indiana Medical History Museum’s tucked away location contributes to the challenge of attracting visitors and donors to the National Register-listed site.
The museum occupies the 1895 Old Pathology Building on the former campus of Central State Hospital.
From 1896 to 1955, physicians studied psychiatric science and disease pathology in the building’s three clinical laboratories, photography lab, teaching amphitheater, autopsy room, and library. Its medical staff was among the first in America to apply groundbreaking medical advances to the treatment of syphilis and other diseases.
Roof and masonry failures threaten the building and its original interior, full of collections related to late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century medical science, including brains and other specimens in jars showing signs of various diseases. The building tells a rare and intriguing story, but needs major repairs to ensure the future of the building and its one-of-a-kind collections.