The Berlin Museum of the History of Medicine at the Charité traces the development of medicine over the last 300 years. The permanent exhibition features around 750 pathological and anatomical specimens and offers insights into the anatomical museum, the laboratory and the ward. Special exhibitions bring together medicine, culture and history.
On the trail of life
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 Museum, visitors reach the pathologist’s dissecting room, Rudolf Virchow’s collection of specimens, the specialized clinic, the laboratories of medical research and the bedside of the sick.
The exhibition spans 300 years of medical history. It shows central images and models of the human body that medicine has developed during this time. And it offers an outline of what resulted from this for diagnostics and therapy, without forgetting the patient’s point of view. The exhibition levels are linked by a text and picture volume on the history of the Charité. Numerous events and backgrounds from the development of the tradition-rich Berlin university hospital are presented here.