Free Calendar: National Museum of Health and Medicine (Washington, DC, USA)
Forwarded to HISTNEUR-L from CADUCEUS-L. The website for the National Museum of Health and Medicine is: <http://www.natmedmuse.afip.org/> . Note that the Neuroanatomical Collections are featured on the "Museum Collections" page, <http://www.natmedmuse.afip.org/collections/collections.html> . Russell Johnson --- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 09:09:24 -0500 From: "Rhode, Michael G." <RHODE@afip.osd.mil> Subject: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF HEALTH AND MEDICINE OFFERS FREE 2001 CALENDAR FEATURING ITEMS IN COLLECTIONS To: "Caduceus (E-mail)" <caduceus-l@list.umaryland.edu> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 2000 Contact: Steven Solomon, 202-782-2672 Erin Roy, 202-782-2671 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF HEALTH AND MEDICINE OFFERS FREE 2001 CALENDAR FEATURING ITEMS IN COLLECTIONS WASHINGTON - The National Museum of Health and Medicine has a limited supply of Armed Forces Institute of Pathology 2001 calendars available to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. Images for the calendar represent some of the special items in the museum's collections, which were designated as a National Historic Landmark by Congress in 1968, and number more than 1 million objects. "We are delighted to be able to share a calendar with pictures of some of the artifacts, photographs, and documents in our collection that reflect our role as the nation's repository for the history of health and medicine and our specialty in American military medicine," said Adrianne Noe, Ph.D., museum director. "We hope that everyone will enjoy the calendar in good health." For a single free copy, call 202-782-2200 or write to NMHM, 6900 Georgia Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20306, Attn: Calendar. Monthly themes covered by the calendar are microscopy, pathology, vaccines, Civil War, infectious diseases in the military, public health, World War I, rehabilitation and prosthetics, World War II, imaging, surgery, and medical education. Published by the American Registry of Pathology, the calendar includes full-color images of human physiology and anatomy. The National Museum of Health and Medicine, founded as the Army Medical Museum in 1862 to study and improve medical conditions during the American Civil War, is an element of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. Open daily except Christmas from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., the museum is located at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6900 Georgia Ave. and Elder Street, NW, Washington, D.C. Public telephone number is 202-782-2200. Admission and parking are free. ### --- End Forwarded Message ---