Semmelweis Museum of Medical History
Museum of the history of medicine in Budapest, Hungary / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Semmelweis Museum, Library and Archive of the History of Medicine (Hungarian: Semmelweis Orvostörténeti Múzeum, Könyvtár és Levéltár) is a museum, library and archive in Budapest, Hungary. It was founded in 1965, and became a department of the Hungarian National Museum in 2017. The museum is located in the 18th-century house where Ignaz Semmelweis was born in 1818. The exhibition covers the development of healthcare in Hungary and the main stages in the history of medicine in Europe.
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Semmelweis Orvostörténeti Múzeum, Könyvtár és Levéltár | |
Established | 1965 (1965) |
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Location | 1-3 Apród utca, Tabán, Várkerület district, Budapest, Hungary |
Coordinates | 47.493352°N 19.043211°E / 47.493352; 19.043211 |
Type | museum of the history of medicine |
Founder | Hungarian Ministry of Health |
Director | Benedek Varga |
Owner | Government of Hungary |
Website | semmelweismuseum |
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