Washington, DC - National Museum of Health and Medicine
Field Report by the Roadsideamerica.com Team
- Address:
- 6900 Georgia Avenue, Washington, DC [Show Map]
- Directions:
- NW corner of Washington DC. 495 beltway west to exit 31B Georgia Ave. south 2.5 miles. Look for black wrought-iron fence on right. Through Walter Reed Army Medical Center gate at Elder St. Show picture ID. Make immediate right onto service road past loading docks, road makes sharp right turn stop sign, go 500 feet. U-shaped driveway on right. Bldg. 54 (facing Dahlia).
- Admission:
- Free. Picture ID rqd.
- Hours:
- M-F 10 am - 5:30 pm, Sa, Su, Hol (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 202-782-2200
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Washington, DC - National Museum of Health and MedicineA great medical museum in Washington DC. Where else can you see pieces of Abraham Lincoln's skull? Roadsideamerica.com Report...
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"A Hello to Arms" - Our terrible swift tour of Civil War body parts. Major General Daniel Sickles lost a leg during the Battle of Gettysburg when a cannonball struck. See the smashed leg bone at the National Museum of Health and Medicine. Roadsideamerica.com Report...
"A Hello to Arms" - Our terrible swift tour of Civil War body parts. Major General Daniel Sickles lost a leg during the Battle of Gettysburg when a cannonball struck. See the smashed leg bone at the National Museum of Health and Medicine. Roadsideamerica.com Report...
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The National Museum of Health and Medicine, Washington, DC, has added a small exhibit explaining how DNA testing was used to identify the occupant of the Tomb of the Vietnam Unknown. [06/27/1999] Complete News Story
Washington, DC - National Museum of Health and Medicine There is one out of the way museum at the Walter Reed Memorial Hospital [RA: the National Museum of Health & Medicine,in Bethesda, MD]. It is a veterans or military hospital of sorts. The museum features medical oddities and photos. These include a cyclops baby, a flipper baby, a two-headed baby, a giant preserved Elephantitus testicle, a gangrenous foot, and much more! Plus it includes civil war photos with medicines first attempts at reconstructive surgery. Also, they had microscopes for viewing what deadly viruses and bacteria, such as the AIDS virus, look like. A bit out of the way, but definitely well worth the trip. [Brian, 11/28/1996]
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