International conference on anatomical models.
Lessons in anatomy made easy: Anatomical models in scientific and cultural context.

MUSEUM BOERHAAVE
6-7 November 2008,
Leiden, The Netherlands

Anatomical models nowadays are made of plastic and so common that simple ones
are sold in the department stores everywhere. The origins of these models are to
be seen in the permanent exhibitions of many science museums.

Museum Boerhaave organises on the 6th and 7th of November 2008 an international
conference on anatomical models in their scientific and cultural context. The
occasion for this conference is the completion of the restoration of the
papier-mâché anatomical models of Dr. Louis Thomas Jerôme Auzoux, one of the
largest collections of this kind in the world.

Our aim is to show and share ideas about the interdisciplinary approach of the
conservation of the models. The project needed cultural-historical as well as
technical input. In four sessions the subject will be approached from different
perspectives:

Museum Boerhaave invites historians of science, art historians and conservators
with an interest in anatomical models, whether made from wax, plaster,
papier-mâché or glass, to attend this conference.

More info and Registration: http://www.museumboerhaave.nl/anatomy

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