Tracing life

The Berlin Medical History Museum of the Charité has an extensive permanent exhibition. The presentation takes its guests - in the spirit of Rudolf Virchow - on a "journey under the skin".

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  Dem Leben auf der Spur – Präparate-Sammlung

• Dem Leben auf der Spur – Historischer Krankensaal mit „eiserner Lunge“

• Dem Leben auf der Spur – Präparate-Sammlung

The tour begins in the early 18th century with a visit to the Berlin Anatomical Theatre. Via the Anatomical Museum you reach the pathologist's dissecting room, Rudolf Virchow's collection of specimens, the specialised clinic, the laboratories of medical research and the bedside of the sick.

The exhibition spans 300 years of medical history. It shows central images and models of the human body that medicine has developed during this time. And it offers an outline of what resulted from this for diagnostics and therapy, without forgetting the patient's point of view.

The exhibition levels are linked by a text and picture volume on the history of the Charité. Numerous events and backgrounds from the development of the tradition-steeped Berlin university hospital are presented here.".

Runtime: Thu, 01/02/2007 to Mon, 31/12/2029

Takes place here:

• Charité - Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum