Museum of History of Medicine
HAUTEFORT
The Museum offers a unique collection in New Aquitaine.
Discover the advances in medicine from yesterday to today. The permanent collection, rich in several thousand pieces and works, traces the major developments in devices and instruments in radiology, dentistry, gynecology, etc. and their practices.
The room dedicated to the pharmacy allows you to navigate from the herbalist (artisanal herb mill) to the pharmacy and to understand the manufacture of yesteryear's medicines.
The emblematic sick room recreates the atmosphere of a XNUMXth century room. A place in the heart of the Hôtel-Dieu de Hautefort.
Practical information
- Pet Friendly
- Languages spoken: French, English
- Monument classification: Classified historic sites and monuments. Registered historic sites and monuments
- Museum themes: Sacred art. History. Health. Science and technology
- Type of monument: Chapel. Church
- Visit conditions: Free visit. Guided tour by appointment only
- On-site activities: Specific thematic entertainment, Workshop for children, Conferences, Temporary exhibitions
Equipment
- Shop
- Playground
- Coach parking
- Wi-Fi
Payment method
- Payment cards
- French bank and postal checks
- French "Chèques vacances"
- E-holiday vouchers (ANCV)
- Cash
- Bank transfer