EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
| Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 2pm (Eastern) 2022 Glenn B. Mather, MD Memorial Lecture & Annual Members Meeting Uncovering the Silenced Stories of Institutional Life: Suffering and Death at Indiana's Central State Hospital presented by Jeremy Wilson, PhD FREE for IMHM Members, $5 for Non Members In November of 2020, construction on the site of the IMPD Canine Unit headquarters disturbed 13 graves in the adjacent Central State Hospital cemetery. During this presentation, Dr. Jeremy Wilson, Associate Professor & Chair of the Department of Anthropology at Indiana University School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, will present some of his team’s findings from their analysis of human remains excavated from those graves. This talk will be held in person at the Indiana Medical History Museum, but it will also be streamed live via Zoom for a virtual audience. When you register, please make sure you are choosing the correct ticket option. -If you register to watch the event live virtually, you will receive an email with the link and instructions prior to the event. -If you register for the in-person event, doors open at 1:45pm (Eastern) on Sunday, December 4th. You can give your name at check-in and do not need to bring a printed ticket with you.  Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 5:30pm (Eastern) Fall 2022 Installment of the Forensic Science Lecture Series Historical and Modern Anatomical Donation Practices presented by Laura Scheid and Erica Christensen of the Western Michigan Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine’s (WMed) Body Donation Program FREE, suggested donation of $5 During this presentation, attendees will learn about the history of body donation and how current practices in willed body donation programs have been shaped by that past. Attendees will learn the immense contribution such programs have made to modern science specifically, anatomical education and forensics. This talk will be held in person at the Indiana Medical History Museum, but it will also be streamed live via Zoom for a virtual audience. When you register, please make sure you are choosing the correct ticket option.
Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 6:30pm (Eastern) 2022 George H. Rawls, MD Memorial Lecture on the History of Minorities and Medicine A Mecca of Minds: St. Louis's Homer G. Phillips Hospital, Racial Segregation, and the Training of Black Medical Specialties presented by Ezelle Sanford III, PhD, Assistant Professor of History at Carnegie Mellon University with panel including IMHM's Norma Erickson, Dr. Earle U. Robinson, Jr., and Rebecca Robinson Registration is required for in-person and virtual attendance. See registration page for more details. Check out the post about the event from NUVO's Rita Kohn here. |
Ezelle Sanford III, PhD, Assistant Professor of History at Carnegie Mellon University
Earle U. Robinson, Jr., MD
Homer G. Phillips Hospital, St. Louis; photo courtesy of Rebecca Robinson
| 1st and 3rd Saturdays at 11am from June through September IN-PERSON FREE Guided Tours of the IMHM Medicinal Plant Garden Beginning Saturday, June 4th, our volunteers from the Purdue Master Gardeners of Marion County will once again be offering FREE guided tours of the Indiana Medical History Museum Medicinal Plant Garden on the first and third Saturdays of the month from June through September. Come see the newest updates in the garden including additional plants, paved walking paths, and the Vincent Angotti Memorial Fountain! No reservation is needed, but space may be limited. Meet at the garden entrance arch ten minutes prior to tour start time. Garden tours do not include access to the Museum. To learn more about the IMHM Medicinal Plant Garden, visit the garden page here and download the Guide to the IMHM Medicinal Plant Garden. 2022 Annual Lande Family Lecture Author Talk with Eric A. Yancy, MD, about his new book Cottonmouth (2021) Dr. Eric Yancy is a practicing pediatrician of forty-two years in the Indianapolis area. In his fiction novel, Cottonmouth, a deadly pandemic has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide. Dr. Alton McGuire, a retired molecular biologist has done everything he can to keep himself and his wife, Marnie safe. A tragic mishap changes both their lives and Dr. McGuire agonizes over who is to blame. A senior pediatric resident, Dr. Lillian Manning, living in their guest quarters must enter the picture to try and save them, and the world from an even worst disaster. To accomplish this she must use all of her skill as a physician and a friend. The book narrative highlights the challenges of an underserved community and the discrimination that comes with it. It also keenly demonstrates that tragedy is not measured in flattening curves of cases of positive results. Each "case" of infectivity is a personal tragedy not just to those infected but to their families and friends as well.
Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 5:30pmThe Spring Installment of the Forensic Science Lecture SeriesCitius, Altius, Fortius, Volens: The Doping Control Laboratory of the Tenth Pan American Games, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1987FREE, suggested donation of $5
Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 2pm First Ladies of Psychiatry in Indiana presented by Angela Bowen Potter
Sunday, February 20, 2022 at 2pm (EST) The 2022 John E. Pless, MD Memorial Central State Circle Lecture The Emotional Health of Abraham Lincoln presented by Richard Gunderman, MD, PhD
Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 6pm Changing Direction: Adopting Trauma-informed Care in Indiana's State Hospitals a Spirit & Place Festival event featuring Katrina Norris, executive director Indiana State Psychiatric Hospital Network (ISPHN); Norma Erickson and Sarah Halter of the Indiana Medical History Museum
Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 2pm Glenn B. Mather, MD Memorial Lecture & Annual Members Meeting “Prozac-opolis: Locating Serotonin Research in Indianapolis, 1945-1975” presented by Angela Bowen Potter, PhD candidate, Department of History, Purdue University Sunday, November 21, 2021 at 2pm Polio in Indianapolis, a timeline presented jointly by the Indiana Medical History Museum and the Marion County Historical Society
Friday, November 12, 2021 at 6pm Changing Human Nature: Eugenics in Indiana a Spirit & Place Festival event Fall Installment of the Forensic Science Lecture Series Skeletal Pathology Across the Life Course in Historic Philadelphia presented by Jared S. Beatrice, PhD
Thursday, September 23, 2021 at 7pm A PROFILE IN COURAGE, Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler: The 1st Black female physician in the US (1864) Inaugural George H. Rawls, MD Memorial Lecture on the History of Minorities and Medicine presented by Melody T. McCloud, MD with opening remarks by former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD This recording is temporarily unavailable.
Sunday, August 8, 2021 at 2pm Racing & Medicine Part III presented by Norma Erickson Join us for Part III of the Medicine & Racing Series presented by Norma Erickson. The recording for this program is unavailable.
Saturday, August 7, 2021 at 5pm Bookmark Indy Launch Event at the Indiana Medical History Museum
Sunday, July 27, 2021 at 5:30pm
Gadgets & Gizmos VI presented by Norma Erickson and Sarah Halter Here's your chance to see historic medical artifacts that are usually hidden behind the scenes in storage. Learn the history of some of our staff members’ favorite Gadgets & Gizmos.
Saturday, June 19, 2021 at 1:30pm Voices from the Past: Storyteller Series at the Johnson County Museum of History The Spanish Flu Pandemic in Indiana presented by Sarah Halter at the Johnson County Museum of History. Listen to part of Sarah's June 8th interview with Chris Wooldridge of KORN Country 100.3 in Franklin, Indiana. Click here. Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 2pm Annual Lande Family Lecture Medical Education and Body Snatching in Indiana presented by Sarah Halter View the recording here. Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 5pm Spring Installment of the Forensic Science Lecture Series Old Drug, New Issues - Cannabis and OWI in the Recreational Age presented by Michelle Glinn, PhD F-ABFT View the recording here.
Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 2pm Early Woman Physicians at Central State Hospital presented by Sarah Halter View the recording here. Sunday, February 28, 2021 at 2pm Annual John E. Pless, MD Memorial Central State Circle Lecture Presidential Disabilities and Indiana's Role in the Crafting the 25th Amendment presented by historian and IMHM Education Manager, Norma Erickson, MA and retired Indianapolis attorney Gary Shaw, JD View the recording here. Wednesday, February 10, 2021 7pm Getting to the Heart of It “I am compensated by allowing myself to believe that while the scientific man can tell you the exact size, location, pulse, musculature, and color of the heart, we emotionalists can find and touch it quicker.” Join the Ray Bradbury Center and the Indiana Medical History Museum as we ponder the confusing and enticing properties of the human heart from both the scientific and emotionalist perspective. View the recording here. Gadgets & Gizmos V Here's your chance to see historic medical artifacts that are usually hidden behind the scenes in storage. Guess what they are-- then learn the true story. This time, in addition to IMHM staff members, we have a third special guest presenter, William McNiece, MD. View the recording here. Sunday, December 6, 2020 at 2pm 19th Century Spiritualism and Medicine Glenn B. Mather, MD Memorial Lecture and Annual Meeting of the Membership (virtual) presented by R. Gregory Lande, DO View the recording here.
Saturday, November 14,2020 at 12:30pm Moral Treatment and the Indiana Hospital for the Insane presented by Sarah M. Halter part of the Spirit & Place Festival event "Get A Grip: Get Connected to Resources, Information, and Professional Mental Health Care"
Monday, October 26, 2020 at 6pm Virtual Book Event with Author and Librarian Megan Rosenbloom We're proud to be working with our friends at the Ruth Lilly Medical Library at IUSM to bring you this virtual book event. Librarian and author Megan Rosenbloom will discuss her new book, Dark Archives: A Librarian’s Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin. For more information about Megan Rosenbloom or her new book, check out the Ruth Lilly Medical Library blog here. View the recording here. Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 5pm
In Service to Our Military: Identification of Missing Service Members from Past Conflicts IMHM Fall Forensics Lecture presented by the Indiana Medical History Museum in partnership with the University of Indianapolis Human Identification Center (formerly U of I Archaeology & Forensics Laboratory) THIS EVENT WAS NOT RECORDED. Sunday, August 9, 2020 at 2pm "When Fate Overtakes a Race Driver": E. Rogers Smith, MD, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's 2nd Medical Officer presented by Norma Erickson View the recording here. Monday, July 27, 2020 at 5:30pm Gadgets & Gizmos IV presented by Norma Erickson and Sarah Halter Here's your chance to see historic medical artifacts that are usually hidden behind the scenes in storage. Guess what they are-- then learn the true story! "The Evolution of the Medical Instrument Trade" View the recording here. "Betwixt Myth and Modernity: Aesclepius and his daughters meet scientific medicine" View the recording here. Sunday, July 12, 2020 at 2pm The 1918 Pandemic: Indianapolis Confronts the 1918 Spanish Influenza presented by William McNiece, MD and Bill Beck both from the Marion County Historical Society Watch the recording here. Friday, June 12, 2020 Emerging Viruses and Pandemics: Lessons from HIV/AIDS presented by William H. Schneider, Phd Watch the recording here. Sunday, May 10, 2020 The Annual Lande Family Lecture Picturing Nightingale: How Visual Culture Assisted the Rise of Nursing Professionals presented by Jane E. Schultz, PhD Watch the recording here. |
To see a list of other past events, click here. |
