30University of Melbourne - Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology
Address: Cnr of Grattan Street and Royal Parade, Carlton
Opening Hours: 10am to 4pm - Saturday and Sunday
What's Open: The museum is not usually open to the public, so Open House visitors are urged to make the most out of this opportunity. Tours of the Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology, on the third floor of the Medical Building, will leave from the Grattan Street entrance. With over 1200 specimens on display and used for teaching in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, the museum’s collection includes human anatomy alongside various pathologies, as well as historical models, medical moulages and death masks. Many of these unique specimens and artefacts date back to the 1800s.
Frequency Of Tours: 20 people every 30 minutes
Building Type: Educational Buildings – University
Year Built: 1969. Additions: 1997-98
Architect: Mockridge Stahle & Mitchell (1969); Castles Stephenson Turner (1997-98)
Web: mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/harrybrookesallenmuseum
Tram Stops: Stop 10: Royal Melbourne Hospital on route 19
See human anatomy, death masks and unique specimens dating back to the 1880s.
