Planning a trip? Want to visit sites of historical interest?
This site offers some suggestions.
Please contact us if you have additions for these lists at duffinj@queensu.ca
URLs are provided if found at the time of entry. But they are not linked because URLs are subjected to frequent change. Rather than making links, the name and URL are both given. If the URL does not work by cutting and pasting into your browser, you might be able to connect via googling with the name of the medical history site.
Other lists are here
National Library of Medicine maintains a directory of sites for collections of books and manuscripts related to medicine, and a few museums
http://wwwcf.nlm.nih.gov/hmddirectory/index.cfm
HIMETOP: the History of Medicine Topographical Database
http://himetop.wikidot.com/start
A list of Museums devoted to the Holocaust can be found at
http://www.science.co.il/holocaust-museums.asp
See also A Traveller’s Guide to the History of Biology and Medicine by Eric T. Pengelley, an updated version of his earlier book.
http://www.historyofbiologyandmedicine.com/index.html
Medical Museums summarized by Dittrick Museum
http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/dittrick/site2/links/non-usa-museums.htm
Wikipedia also has a list of medical museums
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Medical_museums
A commercial venture for Medical Tourism
http://medicaltourism.com/
Another commercial venture with CME credits
http://www.thehealthycity.org/join-the-search