National Museum of Health and Medicine

For other military medical museums, see Army Medical Museum.
National Museum of Health
and Medicine
(founded as the Army Medical Museum)
The new NMHM facility,
which opened on September 15, 2011.
National Museum of Health and Medicine is located in Maryland
National Museum of Health and Medicine
Location within Maryland
National Museum of Health and Medicine is located in the United States
National Museum of Health and Medicine
National Museum of Health and Medicine (the United States)
Established1862 (new building, 2011)
Location2500 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Maryland
Coordinates39°0′32″N 77°3′14″W / 39.00889°N 77.05389°W / 39.00889; -77.05389
TypeMedicine, Military medicine
Visitors40,000–50,000 annually
Public transit access      Forest Glen
Websitemedicalmuseum.health.mil

The National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM) is a museum in Silver Spring, Maryland, near Washington, D.C.[1] The museum was founded by U.S. Army Surgeon General William A. Hammond as the Army Medical Museum (AMM) in 1862;[2] it became the NMHM in 1989 and relocated to its present site at the Army's Forest Glen Annex in 2011.[3] An element of the Defense Health Agency[4] (DHA), the NMHM is a member of the National Health Sciences Consortium.[5]

  1. ^ "Historic Medical Sites in the Washington, DC Area – National Museum of Health and Medicine". nih.gov.
  2. ^ "Whonamedit – dictionary of medical eponyms". whonamedit.com.
  3. ^ "National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM): Frequently Asked Questions". Medicalmuseum.mil. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  4. ^ "3 US Organizations Set To Join Defense Health Agency".
  5. ^ "National Museum of Health & Medicine – Washington, D.C. – Battlefield Healthcare and Human Anatomy Are Among Themes on Permanent Exhibition at Army Research Center". city-data.com.