ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT MUSEUM FOUNDATION

Telling the history of Army medicine, the Army Medical Department (AMEDD) Museum has supported the Army's medical schools since 1920. Starting in 1862, the Office of the Surgeon General ordered the establishment of the Army Medical Museum, which is known today as the National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM) in Silver Spring, Maryland. This museum was to be used as a research museum for military medicine, and collected a variety of medical specimens related to trauma and pathology, as well as equipment and technology that could be used to further medical advancements for the Army... The original U.S. Army Medical Museum was founded in 1862 as a research facility in Washington, D.C. It was transferred to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, and was located at Walter Reed General Hospital... After arriving at Fort Sam Houston, the museum was initially housed in several different locations, which were not optimal to meet the unique requirements of a historical museum. So, in..

Also known as: Army Medical Department Museum Foundation, Inc., Army Medical Museum

Primary location: San Antonio United States