Collections of the University Medical Centre, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Göttingen, Germany)

Contact: Centre of Anatomy Managing Head Prof. Dr. Jochen Staiger, tel. +49(0)551 39-7052
Access: by permission only
Website address: http://www.anatomie.uni-goettingen.de/en/index.html 

The museum of the Georg-August University medical centre in Göttingen specializes in the history of obstetrics and gynecology in the 18^th and 19^th centuries. Highlights include the Blumenbach skull collection, he Blechschmidt human embryology collection, a collection on the history of perinatal medicine, the Gottingen collection of medical moulages, and the Heinz Kirchoff collection on symbols of the feminine. The museum also holds other bone specimens as well as medical instruments.