Hygiene Museum of the City Center for Medical Prevention, Saint Petersburg

About museum

The Museum of Hygiene is a unique place in Russia where guided tours are conducted by physicians. It is located in a building constructed in 1755 for the educator I. I. Shuvalov. The museum's aim is to convey to the residents of Saint Petersburg knowledge about medicine and hygiene, disease prevention, and the promotion of a healthy lifestyle. The idea to create the museum arose in 1877, and it opened in 1919. On an area of 1,000 sq. m there are 11,000 exhibits, including numismatic items, philatelic materials, works of fine and monumental art, archival documents and printed publications. The exhibition helps people learn more about health and preserve it.

Museum features

Дата основания
1919 год
Посетители
35000
Единиц хранения
11000
Бюджетный статус
departmental
Классификация организации
non-profit institution
Предметы музея
"Collection of books "Zemstvo Library" Numismatic items - medals (on medical themes) - 134 storage units Phaleristic items - postcards, envelopes, ex librises, badges, matchbox labels (on medical themes) - 1,228 storage units Philatelic materials - stamps (on medical themes) - 500 storage units Works of fine and monumental art: paintings, portraits of medical scientists, busts and sculptures - 37 storage units Fauna specimens - models with stuffed animals, stuffed animals - 17 storage units Rare collections of interest both for medical science and for the study of anatomy and the organism as a whole: wet anatomical specimens, models of internal organs, moulages - 266 storage units; electrified models "Glass Man" ("Male" and "Female"), electrified model "Heart", electrified model "Conditional and Unconditional Reflexes" (dog) Works of decorative and applied art (models) - 32 storage units Printed publications of the 19th century - 1,407 storage units Archival documents and archival collections on various media Medical instruments, items and devices of a zemstvo doctor - 17 storage units the most interesting items of the collections"
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Hygiene Museum of the City Center for Medical Prevention, Saint Petersburg
г. Санкт-Петербург, ул. Итальянская, д. 25
г. Санкт-Петербург, ул. Итальянская, д. 25
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