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The Indiana Medical History Museum is located in the Old Pathology Building on the grounds of the former Central State Hospital on the near west side of Indianapolis. The museum represents the beginning of scientific psychiatry and modern medicine while the building itself is the oldest surviving pathology facility in the nation and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Constructed in 1895 and inaugurated in 1896, the nineteen-room Pathological Department Building, as it was then called, is equipped with three clinical laboratories, a photography lab, teaching amphitheater, autopsy room, and library.
The best kept secret in the city! (And the best deal around, too! A personalized museum tour for UNDER 10.00?!?)
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Ahlichtenbarger on August 8, 2012
This is a hidden gem on Indy's westside. It deserves recognition.
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The amazing collection of 19th and early 20th century medical instruments and the lovely medicinal garden created by Indiana Master Gardeners.
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Is there a vote for the Weirdest historical place in Indy? You have my vote!
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Tour the museum and then purchase a copy of the book "From Under the Cloud at Seven Steeples 1878 - 1885: The Peculiarly Saddened Life of Anna Agnew at the Indiana Hospital for the Insane" An excellent story of the earlier days of Central State Hospital.
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besides the guided tours, they also have some very interesting lectures about spread of diseases, civil war, pathology.
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I absolutely love this place! Their special programs and events are lovely...My favorite is their Forensic Talks.
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One of the last intact pathology buildings from the early 1900s complete with tissue specimens and medical instruments from that era. A jewel.
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