Louis XV asked Jacques Gondoin, architect, to build the College of Surgery, rue des Cordeliers, today rue de l'École de Médecine. As early as 1769, an "instrument room" was integrated into his plans and thus foreshadowed the present museum, even if the question of a museum was not seriously discussed until the beginning of the 20th century. Professor Mouquin, appointed to the Chair of the History of Medicine in 1951, really pushed the project with the support of Dean Binet. The museum will initially be reserved for professors and students of the Faculty of Medicine and finally opened its doors to the general public in 1994\\. Its collections, the oldest in Europe, were brought together by Dean Lafaye in the 18th century, then added a large set of pieces that covered the different branches of the operative art until the end of the 19th century. In particular, there are instruments used in the care of the Louis XIV, as well as a few kits of doctors and surgeons or even physiology instrume
Access
Métro : Ligne 4 et 10 (Odéon) Bus : 21, 27, 38, 63, 82, 86, 87
Website
https://u-paris.fr/musee-de-lhistoire-de-la-medecine/
Phone
01 76 53 16 93

Address
12 rue de l'École de Médecine 75006 Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France