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May 30th, 2007

Wax Anatomical and Medical Moulage Museums of the World

The Venus of the Josephinum

	1. Josephinum - Vienna, Austria Once an academy for aspiring imperial army surgeons, the Josephinum is now a medical museum housing the second largest collection of wax anatomical models in the world. Protected in their original rosewood and venetian glass displays, often lying on beds of silk, the 1,192 models of dismembered body parts and whole figures were created in the 18th century to train medical students in an age when corpse dissection was still messy and inconvenient. The details are exquisitely accurate, down to the wax-dipped thread serving as veins and arteries. (More from our friends at Curious Expeditions)
	2. La Specola - Florence, Italy The largest and best known wax anatomical collection, La Specola is part of the Museum of Natural History in Florence and also houses some wonderful taxidermy.
	3. Le Musee des Moulages de l’hopital Saint Louis - Haut-Rhin, France Dedicated to Moulage, this warehouse of a museum has two spectacular floors of nothing but waxy flesh.
	4. Istituti di Anatomia Umana Normale, Bologna University - Bologna, Italy A terrific collection of wax works, distinct in their mixture of real bone with wax muscle.
	5.Musee Dupuytren - Paris, France The best examples of the French school of wax anatomical models reside here, as do many other medical wonders.
	6. Museo Anatomico, University of Siena - Siena, Italy Some of the most disturbing anatomical models anywhere, including this baby done in a sort of flying squirrel style. (By Appointment Only)
	7.Moulagenmuseum, Universitats Spital - Zurich, Switzerland Dedicated specifically to moulage, this museum has a nice collection of disease ravaged parts
	8. Musees d’Anatomie Delmas-Orfila-Rouviere - Paris, France A good collection of full body models, including at least one “Venus” style model. The lobby of the building also contains some excellent anatomical models.
	9. Mutter Museum - Philadelphia, PA One of the best American collections of face and head disease moulage. Also, much else that is wonderful and wondrous.
	10. Hunterian Museum and Wellcome Museum of Anatomy and Pathology - London, UK A decent collection of wax models, and a great collection of other specimen.

And an extra five…

11. University of Caligari - Caligari, Italy
12. Museo dell’Istituto di Anatomia Umana Normale, Univesita di Parma, Italy - Parma, Italy
13. Warren Anatomical Museum - Cambridge, MA
14. Museo Anatomico, Facultad de Medicina - Valladolid, Spain.
15. Museo di Anatomia Umana - Pisa, Italy

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