Medical History Museum, University of Melbourne in Parkville, Victoria, Australia | History Museum

Medical History Museum, University of Melbourne

Locality: Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 8344 9935

Address: Royal Parade 3053 Parkville, VIC, Australia

Website: http://medicalhistorymuseum.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/

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28.01.2022 Some people might still be on holidays but the Medical History Museum isn't! We are open from 10am to 5pm, Mondays to Fridays. Regular hours, including Saturday afternoons, will resume once the university semester begins. The temporary exhibition, 'The Art of Healing: Australian Indigenous Bush Medicine, is still showing, alongside our permanent displays.

26.01.2022 The Medical History Museum's Senior Curator, Dr Jacqueline Healy, recently received a Professional Excellence Award from the University of Melbourne, for her leadership in revitalising the Museum, and helping to bring its collection and stories to a wider audience including students, staff, alumni and the broader community. Congratulations Jacky!

17.01.2022 Medical hive mind! Can anyone identify the instrument sets in the photographs below? The first set (in the first two images) was made by Hawksley and Sons, while the second set is from Mayer and Meltzer.

10.01.2022 Today the Medical History Museum hosted a delegation of surgeons from the Yan’an Hospital in Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China. They are visiting a number of medical and tertiary institutions in Melbourne and Sydney over two weeks. The group wanted to learn about Australian medical and dental history, and were very interested in the current exhibition, 'The Art of Healing'. They are pictured here with the Medical History Museum's Registrar, Alex Chubaty.

06.01.2022 The catalogue accompanying the exhibition 'The Art of Healing: Australian Indigenous Bush Medicine' is now available at the Co-op. $30 instore in the Alan Gilbert Building, Grattan Street Carlton, or online.

29.12.2021 University of Melbourne Open Day is on this Sunday 19 August. The Medical History Museum will be open from 10am to 4pm and tours of the permanent collection display and current exhibition will take place at 1pm and 3pm. Come along and see what we do! https://medicalhistorymuseum.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/

10.12.2021 On Tuesday 15 May the Museum held the official opening of 'The art of healing: Australian Indigenous bush medicine' and launched its accompanying catalogue. All photographs courtesy of MDHS Engagement, University of Melbourne.

28.11.2021 Our latest exhibition, 'The art of healing: Australian Indigenous bush medicine' has been up for two weeks and is already attracting much interest. Two featured artists have created some striking paintings. Gloria Wungardoo Mengil has depicted 'Gerdewoon - Boab nut' (top). Boab pith is rich in Vitamin C, while immature boab nuts are roasted and eaten. The seeds are roasted and ground into damper. Ground seeds combined with young cooked roots of Goonjang - the kapok bush - are... good food and also good for diarrhoea. In 'Dimalan leaves' (bottom) Judy Mengil has painted bush fruits - Midgiden (Black berry), Daloong (Small Green Plum), Bush orange, Gooseberries and Wooloo-wooleng (White berries) - as well as Dimalan leaves, which are plucked from the tree from which it grows and boiled in water. The artists states: "I bath in this all the time. It is like an antiseptic and keeps the mosquitoes away." Copyright for the artworks remains with the artists. Copyright for the text remains with Waringarri Aboriginal Arts.

08.11.2021 Here is a mystery object for our followers. Can you identify it?

24.10.2021 We are busy preparing for our upcoming exhibition, 'The art of healing: Australian Indigenous traditional healing practice', opening on 12 April 2018. The illustrated work by Judith Inkamala from Hermannsburg Potters was commissioned for this exhibition. Here, the artist depicts many examples of bush medicine. "On this pot you can see the old brother walking, the eldest one, the sister in law going to visit the Ngangkara One (Bush Medicine Doctor). They are the eldest and ar...e there to prepare the bush medicine and teach the young ones. The old lady and the old brother will sing, sing, sing and spit into the Bush medicine as they mix it. Singing medicine into the mixture, over the big pot then sing that medicine into the jars. That's why everyone will get better and everyone will become strong". Judith Inkamala Judith Pugkarta Inkamala, Western Arrarnta born 1948, Bush Medicine 2017, terracotta and underglaze, Medical History Museum, MHM2017.17 Hermannsburg Potters Aboriginal Corporation. The image and text may not be reproduced in any form without written permission of the artist.

04.10.2021 Happy New Year! The Museum has returned to normal opening hours - Monday to Friday from 10am to 5pm, and Saturday from 1 to 5pm. 'The Cancer Puzzle' is still on display, so come and visit us!