Musée d'Anatomie Delmas-Orfila-Rouvière in paris france

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Musée d'Anatomie Delmas-Orfila-Rouvière:

This museum is one of the largest science museums legislation in France it is located at the Faculty of Medicine in Paris


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You know you are in for something unique as you walk down a hall lined from end to end with skulls. Housed in a historic building at the oldest still-operating university in the world, the Instituto has a collection of some of the first wax anatomical models ever made. Bologna University was the first institution to create a series of wax anatomical models for their medical students. 


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is the largest anatomical museum in France. It contains, among other treasures, the remains of executed criminals from the 18th-20th centuries. Once included in the holdings was the mummified head of famous spy Mata Hari, but that apparently disappeared when the Museum changed locations. 

The cabinet's anatomical collection was reorganized and vigorously expanded by Mathieu Orfila. Appointed dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris in 1832, Orfila visited the Hunterian Museum and was inspired by its collections of comparative anatomy. In 1844 he established a museum, which in 1847 was formally inaugurated and named the Musée Orfila in his honor. By 1881 it contained nearly 4500 items, as documented in the catalog published by its curator, Charles Nicolas Houel. Unfortunately, during the early 20th century, the museum fell into great disrepair. According to the museum's web site, precious wax models by Laumonier were consumed for lighting, and only a few hundred of Houel's cataloged items still remain. In 1947, however, Prof. André Delmas began an effort to restore and greatly enlarge the Musée Orfila, conjoining it with the Musée Rouvière, the lymphatic collection of Prof. Henri Rouvière (1876-1952). Since 1953 the museum has occupied the vast exhibition halls and galleries of the eighth floor of the Faculty of Medicine.