Boston, Massachusetts -
Skull and Crowbar of Phineas P. Gage

RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report

Gage had a metal bar blown through his head and lived for years. After he died his skull was dug up; it and the bar are displayed here, in a small, free, public gallery, along with other artifacts.

Address:
10 Shattuck St., Boston, MA
Directions:
At the Countway Library of Medicine, on the 5th floor, in the Warren Anatomical Medical Museum. No photography allowed.
Admission:
Free
Hours:
M-F, 9 am-5 pm. (Call to verify)
Phone:
617-432-4888

Add to My Sights | Show My Sights
Skull and Crowbar of Phineas P. Gage
Gage had a metal bar blown through his head and lived for years. After he died his skull was dug up; it and the bar are displayed here, in a small, free, public gallery, along with other artifacts. Roadsideamerica.com Report...

Visitor Tips and News About Skull and Crowbar of Phineas P. Gage

Skull and Crowbar of Phineas P. Gage reports and tips from RoadsideAmerica.com visitors and Roadside America mobile tipsters. Some tips may not be verified. Submit your own tip.

Warren Anatomical Museum

The Warren Anatomical Museum is a small, free medical museum in the Longwood Ave. medical district in Boston. There are some great portraits, including a doctor with a trephaning tool and a skull with a hole in it. The most famous artifact is the skull of Phineas Gage, that guy who had a tamping iron shot straight through his skull while working on the railroad and lived, only to become a very different person. It is in the Countway Library of Medicine, located in Harvard Medical School's Longwood Campus, open Mon-Fri 9-5. It's on the top floor of the library. [Liz Coffey, 11/27/2003]

Nearby Offbeat Places

Latest Tips Across Roadside America

Catch up on the latest discoveries from the road.

Explore Thousands of Oddball Tourist Attractions!

Unique destinations in the US and Canada are our special obsession. Start here.
Use RoadsideAmerica.com's Attraction Maps to plan your next road trip.

February 10, 2012

My Sights

Save Cool Vacation Destinations!

Try My Sights

Massachusetts Latest Tips and Stories

Latest Visitor Tips

Sight of the Week

Sight of the Week

Armstrong Air and Space Museum, Wapakoneta, Ohio (Feb 6-12, 2012)

SotW Archive

USA and Canada Tips and Stories

Latest Visitor Tips

sightings. Arrives without warning. Leaves no burn marks. A free newsletter from RoadsideAmerica.com. Subscribe now!
RoadsideAmerica.com Hotel & Motel Finder

Special online rates for hotels & motels.

Nearby Hotels and Motels, Boston, Massachusetts

Book Online Now