The Berlin Medical History Museum of the Charité has been showing an extensive permanent exhibition since 2007. The presentation takes its visitors - in the spirit of Rudolf Virchow - on a "journey under the skin". The tour begins in the early 18th century with a visit to the Berlin Anatomical Theatre. Via the Anatomical […]
Mucus is extremely versatile, serving as a lubricant, adhesive or protective barrier inside the body. Its seemingly simple structure makes mucus adaptable and therefore irreplaceable for many bodily functions. Biological mucus is mostly hydrogel and consists of little more than water in molecular chains. If one of the essential mucuses fails, infections and other diseases […]
There is nothing we associate more with being sick than lying in bed. This special exhibition Horizontal: Politics and Poetics from the Sickbed explores how perception and our connection to the world change when the bed becomes the center of our lives. Historical objects and archival materials, artworks, activist positions, and stories of lived experience enter […]
The Berlin Medical History Museum of the Charité has been showing an extensive permanent exhibition since 2007. The presentation takes its visitors - in the spirit of Rudolf Virchow - on a "journey under the skin". The tour begins in the early 18th century with a visit to the Berlin Anatomical Theatre. Via the Anatomical […]
Mucus is extremely versatile, serving as a lubricant, adhesive or protective barrier inside the body. Its seemingly simple structure makes mucus adaptable and therefore irreplaceable for many bodily functions. Biological mucus is mostly hydrogel and consists of little more than water in molecular chains. If one of the essential mucuses fails, infections and other diseases […]
On this guided tour, our taxidermist Navena Widulin will take you into her hallowed halls and open her laboratory exclusively for you on this evening. Marvel at the world's largest collection of gallstones and other fascinating specimens from the museum's collection! What does a plastinate feel like? How is the preparation of a lung or […]
There is nothing we associate more with being sick than lying in bed. This special exhibition Horizontal: Politics and Poetics from the Sickbed explores how perception and our connection to the world change when the bed becomes the center of our lives. Historical objects and archival materials, artworks, activist positions, and stories of lived experience enter […]
The Berlin Medical History Museum of the Charité has been showing an extensive permanent exhibition since 2007. The presentation takes its visitors - in the spirit of Rudolf Virchow - on a "journey under the skin". The tour begins in the early 18th century with a visit to the Berlin Anatomical Theatre. Via the Anatomical […]
Mucus is extremely versatile, serving as a lubricant, adhesive or protective barrier inside the body. Its seemingly simple structure makes mucus adaptable and therefore irreplaceable for many bodily functions. Biological mucus is mostly hydrogel and consists of little more than water in molecular chains. If one of the essential mucuses fails, infections and other diseases […]
There is nothing we associate more with being sick than lying in bed. This special exhibition Horizontal: Politics and Poetics from the Sickbed explores how perception and our connection to the world change when the bed becomes the center of our lives. Historical objects and archival materials, artworks, activist positions, and stories of lived experience enter […]