The hospital at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, (not
directly affiliated with the university, but on or near campus and where
the med students train) has a small, two-room medical museum on the ground
floor. Or rather, it used to. I have no idea if it still does. One room was
a re-created nineteenth century doctor's office, the other room was the
"curator's" office space with some small exhibit cases. The curator was
part-time. I was a volunteer there for one during my Public History degree
but the man who was curator then (Jim Connor) is no longer there and I had
heard rumours of a museum shut down. It shouldn't be too difficult to look
up though: Medical Museum, UWO Hospital, London, Ont. I don't have an
address or phone number, sorry.

Eileen Mak
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At 01:01 AM 11/26/97 -0800, you wrote:
>A colleague (retired doctor active at her local hospital) is setting up
>a small display area representing a doctor's examining room from an
>earlier time (about 75-100 years ago).  Many problems are being
>encountered and they are wondering how many "museums" exist in
>hospitals.
>
>Her group is also interested in the names of contact persons within
>hospitals that have dealt with the problems of establishing display
>areas in organizations not dedicated to the preservation of cultural and
>historical materials.
>
>Timothy Vitale
>Paper and Photograph Conservator
>Preservation Consultant
>
>