German Museum of Medical History
The Deutsches Medizinhistorisches Museum (German Museum of Medical History), located in Ingolstadt (Anatomiestraße 18–20), was founded in 1973 by Heinz Goerke, a renowned medical historian and X-ray specialist. It occupies a building constructed between 1723 and 1736 by Gabriel de Gabrielli, an esteemed Swiss architect.
Originally designed as a facility for the Bavarian State University of Medicine (the same structure that in literature made its appearance in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, as the protagonist’s university), the building later found new purposes, including agricultural use, after the university moved to different facilities in the early 1800s.
One of the most striking features of the museum is its anatomical theatre, which serves as the focal point of the collection, adorned with a magnificent baroque fresco, reflecting both the artistic and scientific ambitions of its time.
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Among many others, the Museum displays the following items:
- Anatomical theatre
- Medical herb garden
- Albrecht von Graefe busts
- Carl August Burow bust
- Carl Theodore von Bayern bust
- Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland bust
- Emil von Behring’s bust
- Ernst von Bergmann bust
- Heinz Goerke bust
- Johann Friedrich Lobstein bust
- Johann Lucas Schoenlein bust
- Justus von Liebig bust (2)
- Karl Wessely bust
- Paul Ehrlich bust (2)
- Robert Koch bust
- Rudolf Virchow bust (2)
Bibliography:
- C. Habrich, S. Hofmann, Deutsches Medizinhistorisches Museum Ingolstadt, Westermann, Braunschweig 1995, pp. 22-27
- More information in the museum official website (in German)