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01.06.2016

Medical moulages show at Tübingen Uni Museum

Historical models tell you everything you never wanted to know about horrible diseases, starting June 10

The University of Tübingen Museum (MUT) presents its latest exhibition, Krankheit als Kunst(form) – Moulagen der Medizin (Illness as Art - Medical Moulages) from June 10 - September 11. The show was designed by students in collaboration with the Tübingen dermatology hospital as part of a project to train young curators.

Moulages are wax molds of body parts evincing particular symptoms of a disease. The items on show were made some hundred years ago and were used in teaching medicine. Some of the Tübingen moulages show conditions which no longer exist - or in stages they rarely reach today. Some of the moulages from 1910-36 made by German doctors abroad demonstrate rare tropical diseases.

Opens Thursday, 9 June 2016, 6pm at Hohentübingen Castle (Burgsteige 11, 72070 Tübingen).

Contact:

Edgar Bierende, Peter Moos
University of Tübingen Museum
Schulberg 2
Phone: +49 7071-29-77311, -29-77481

Exhibition

Place: MUT | Schloss Hohentübingen | Kabinettraum, Burgsteige 11, 72070 Tübingen
Duration: 10 June - 11 Sept. 2016
Opening hours: Wed. - Sun. 10am-5pm; Thurs. 10am-7pm.

Information: Sigrid Schumacher 07071-29-77384, <link>Museum[at]uni-tuebingen.de; <link http: www.moulagen-ausstellung.de>www.moulagen-ausstellung.de

Directors: Dr. Edgar Bierende, Peter Moos, Museum der Universität Tübingen | MUT
Exhibition design: Stephan Potengowski Formgebung
Graphic design: Sonja Hülskämper
Publication: „Krankheit als (Kunstform) – Moulagen der Medizin“, Herausgegeben von Edgar Bierende, Peter Moos und Ernst Seidl; 352 Seiten, durchgehend farbige Abbildungen, 24,90 Euro, ISBN 978-3-9817947-0-0.
Tickets: Adults €5, concessions €3, families €12; Tübingen students admitted free.