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Autumn weather is museum weather – We are ready at the Medical Museion with exciting and educational activities.

Heartspace is a performance-based sound installation. The installation originates in the research project The minds of the brain, heart and gut—Productions of the self in stem cell research by Tine Friis, postdoc at Medical Museion. The installation is performed at the Culture Night on October 13th, 2023.

Build-up to the Nobel – Will we get a new Niels Bohr? The Medical Museion and Politiken invited on September 23, 2023, to a new Science Festival.

Medical Museion has achieved an impressive second place in the race for the prestigious international museum award – the UMAC Award.

Equipped with gloves, you’ll have the opportunity to dive into the museum’s treasure trove and touch the objects. Lift the lids of the cases and discover what lies within. How does a denture feel, and have you ever held a genuine skull? The event takes place on selected days from 1 to 3 PM.

Since the late 19th century humans have felt like they were at war with microbes. But in recent years we’ve realized that they are important collaborators in health. Not only do they help us preserve food, bake bread and brew beer, but the majority of microbes that live in and on us actually help keep us healthy. With the podcast ‘The Sound of microbes’ we want to explore the many weird and wonderful ways that humans and microbes collaborate.

The project “Between Knowing and Doing” is a collaboration between researchers at Medical Museion and the Novo Nordisk CBMR that combines the fields of philosophy, basic science, and clinical practice.

The University of Copenhagen is seeking a highly motivated and talented PhD Fellow to commence January 1, 2024, at the Medical Museion, part of Department of Public Health and the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR), University of Copenhagen.

Martin Gerster Johansen comes from a position as head of exhibitions at the newly opened ENIGMA – Museum for Communication. He was a key figure in the museum’s transformation from Post & Tele Museum in Købmagergade to the new ENIGMA on Østerbro in Copenhagen.

Medical Museion is part of the Sunflower network for people with hidden disabilities.

This publication documents the intricate process of realising The World is in You through the recollections and refections of the core people involved in the project.

To celebrate the end of the Microbes on the Mind project at Medical Museion, we are hosting two open lectures in the auditorium, alongside the evening art performance Sensing Holobiont: Flavourful Rituals for Metabolic Companions.