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The British museum communicator Ken Arnold has been appointed as new creative director at Medical Museion at the University of Copenhagen. Ken Arnold is currently head of public programmes at Wellcome Collection, one of London’s fastest growing and most innovative venues. He brings over 20 years’ experience of staging critically acclaimed exhibitions and events exploring […]

Spring is almost here and we’ve just sent out a newsletter featuring new exhibitions, events and much more. Remember to sign up for our mailing list to automatically receive future newsletters directly in your personal mailbox. Read the newsletter here.

Click here for the newsletter, in Danish and English. 5th newsletter from Medical Museion in 2013. Videos of “It’s Not What You Think” workshop talks now online! This Thursday: Newton’s Chicken. Seminar with Massimiano Bucchi Sneak preview: New psychiatry room Speakers for “The Data Body On The Dissection Table” announced May 30th: Morgan Meyer seminar on labs in museums […]

Click here for the newsletter, in Danish and English. 4th newsletter from Medical Museion in 2013. “Explore the substance and science of fat” – numbers are limited for this hands-on event. “Under The Skin: Follow the construction of the new exhibition” – Follow the process. “Web exhibition: behind the scenes on ‘Biohacking – Do It Yourself!’” – Explore the […]

Click here for November & December’s newsletter, in English and Danish. Winter is coming and in this newsletter we are looking back at some Autumn highlights as well as forward to Sandra Dudley’s seminar on “The possibilities of things: an object-centred view and its implications for museums” on November 15th. You can find details of how to attend […]

Just learned from a job ad on the UKMCG-list that the Thackray Medical Museum in Leeds is launching a new research and curatorial project titled “Putting the Magic Back into Medicine”. The project, which is funded by Arts Council England, is meant to lay the foundations for transforming the Thackray Museum’s identity by, as they put […]

Click here for October’s newsletter, in English and Danish. October starts with champagne bubbles, as we open our brand new exhibition, Obesity –What’s the problem? on Wednesday. In this edition of the newsletter you can also read about Medical Museion’s programme for Culture Night 2012, the altered opening hours at the museum, an open event on social media’s […]

Click here for September’s newsletter, in English and Danish. Medical Museion is getting back into gear after the summer holidays, and heading for an eventful Autumn. In September’s newsletter, we bring you a new exhibition on the lives of doctors, a jazz-fuelled trip back to the 1950s, a biohacking workshop, blog highlights, and a MUSE seminar from our […]

Last year, Medical Museion received the Society for the History of Technology’s (SHOT) Dibner Award for Excellence in Museum Exhibits — an award that recognises museums and exhibits that interpret the history of technology, industry and engineering to the general public. I am proud to serve on the Dibner Award committee for 2012-2014 — and we are now […]

At the conference ‘Cultures of Anatomical Collections held in Leiden last month, several participants expressed worries about the fate of anatomical and pathological collection around the world. Following up on this, Ruth Richardson (King’s and Hongkong), Cindy Stelmackowich (New York Academy of Medicine and Carleton University), Rob Zwijnenberg (Leiden) and Rina Knoeff (Leiden) have drafted a […]

6229 scientists have so far joined the boycot against Elsevier — see the boycot page here. They will not publish in any Elsevier journal, or will not referee articles for them, or will not do any editorial work. It all started with mathematician Timothy Gowers open letter against Elsevier’s exorbitant prices, unreasonable subscription policy, and stubborn support for the Research […]

Follow Medical Museion’s advent medicalendar here: http://adventcalendr.com/julemedikalender. It’s followed up daily on our Facebook wall. This year in Danish only, unfortunately … but next year we’ll probably make an English version.