Museo di Storia della Medicina Sapienza

Founded in 1938 by Adalberto Pazzini, the Museum of the History of Medicine has a rich collection of objects, largely original, which allow us to reconstruct the evolution of knowledge and practices of medicine from prehistory to the genomic revolution. Its current headquarters was inaugurated in 1954, musealizzando purposes of medical-didactic documentation some collections, including the opera singer Evan Gorga, which still represents the core and the most valuable. On the death of Pazzini, in 1975, the Museum entered a slow decline, that could compromise the conservation and use of collections. In the second half of the 90s, Rita Luciana Angeletti he assumed the direction and riqualificava, with restoration and reinterpretation dell'allestimento, educational and scientific updates and a program inventory, filing and cataloging of stored objects. This enabled the Museum to regain scientific prestige and to fit in an international context of research, training and dissemination on the main themes of the history of medicine, biomedicine and the relationships between life sciences and society.

Founded in 1938 by Adalberto Pazzini, the Museum of the History of Medicine contains a rich collection of exhibits, largely original, Which can help trace developments in medical knowledge and practice from prehistoric times up to the genomic revolution. Its current venue was Inaugurated in 1954, using collections as a demonstration Mainly as a support for teaching medical history. The collection by the opera singer Evan Gorga is the core and the most valuable section of the museum.

After the death of its founder, in 1975, the Museum Began a slow decline Which affected the conservation and display of collections. In the second half of the 1990s, Rita Luciana Angeletti Became director and redeveloped it with restoration works, revisiting exhibitions, educational and scientific upgrades and a project Aimed at cataloging stored object. This allowed the Museum to gain scientific consideration, placing it in a context of international research, teaching and communication of the main issues of the history of medicine, biomedicine and the relationship between science and society.