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Statuen Stående mand har gennem årtier været med til at skabe stemning og ro i Medicinsk Museions gård. Det må vi undvære det næste års tid, for han er taget på en rejse til 3 danske kunstmuseer. Udstillingen STILLE STORM viser Stående mand og andre værker af billedhugger og tegner Agnete Madsen (1923-1997). STILLE STORM […]

The emergence of evidence-based medicine is one of the most interesting issues in the history of contemporary medical history. Wish I were in Stockholm on Monday 3 November when Ingemar Bohlin from the STS Section at the University of Gothenburg will speak about evidence-based decision making in a science-based society and the origin, distribution and limits of the ‘evidence […]

Report from Artefact meeting no. 13, October 5-7, 2008. Artefacts was initiated in 1996 by the three institutions: the Science Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Deutsches Museum. The aim was and still is to promote a meaningful dialogue about the value of objects to serious studies of the history of science and technology. A wide […]

Ivrige læsere af Museions engelske blog vil måske erindre, at Medicinsk Museion for ganske nyligt kunne begynde at tage de nye reoler i magasinerne i brug – og nu er der taget endnu et skridt i retning af, at skabe overskuelighed i samlingerne. I dag lykkes det nemlig, at registrere genstand nummer 101 med den […]

The next issue of the Vienna science magazine heureka! will feature an overview of the most evil, base, fraudulent and slimy scientists in history — a Hall of Shame — “um das breite Spektrum an ethisch verwerflichen und fragwürdigen Motivationen abzubilden”. Not only Nazi scientists, but all kinds of “Menschenhasser und skrupellose Experimentatoren, die übelsten Plagiatoren und Betrüger, die größten Neider […]

I vores særudstilling Oldetopia har vi viet et rum til et tema om det tilsyneladende evige fascination af det lange lange liv. Ikke nok med at levealderen er stigende. Grænsen for hvor gamle mennesket kan blive er tilsyneladende heller ikke nået.  Her udstiller vi bl.a. et galleri af det man på engelsk kalder super-centenarians, og som på dansk oversættes […]

Some time ago, the National Library of Medicine opened a new exhibition called ‘Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health’ in the library foyer on NIH campus, Bethesda. Featured stories include the early years of the AIDS epidemic in the US, the Chinese barefoot doctor movement, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, and the WHO smallpox eradication program. I haven’t […]

I wonder if this video will attract that many postgrads to “research training, career development and mobility schemes allowing researchers to be truly mobile both internationally and between commercial and non-commercial sectors”? (the European Union Marie Curie Actions programme). That said, the retro style is obviously inspired by the classic ‘Protein Synthesis: An Epic on the Cellular Level’ (1971) (cf. the upper video […]

Just a few years ago, this museum with its old buildings, rich collections, and esoteric research projects was one of the best preserved secrets in the Danish museum world. Few members of the public knew about our existence. But now we are gradually opening up the place, with new temporary exhibitions, expanded regular opening hours, etc. Part of the visibility strategy has been to put up a […]

I denne uges udgave af ugebladet Søndag bliver Medicinsk Museion omtalt i en artikel med overskriften “På tur i Danmarks oversete perler”. Det er bestemt ikke første gang, at vi optræder på sådan en liste over hemmelige museer. Så sent som i sommerferien var vi på en top 5 over Danmarks mindst kendte museer. På den ene side er det måske ikke så slemt at være […]

Today’s poetic quote on science blogging from Deepak Singh: I think all of us have bemoaned the lack of depth in mainstream scientific coverage, in the shallowness of press releases. One of the roles we [i.e., science bloggers] can play/should play is bringing reality to the science many of us love and breathe. To highlight […]

The Art|Sci Center at University of California, Los Angeles, organizes a ‘Body Art Disease’-symposium on 6 November, featuring presentations, exhibitions, installations, roundtables, social gatherings, curated talk, and tours in the vaults of UCLA’s Special Collections. Participants include a number of interesting and creative people: Philip Beesley (University of Waterloo), Jill Scott (The Neurobiological Lab at the Institute of Zoology, […]