While the AMEDD Museum is still closed for renovations, the Gift Shop has now reopened! Be sure to stop by and check out the new design!

MISSION

The mission of the U.S. Army Medical Department Museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit, and interpret historically significant property related to the history of the Army Medical Department from 1775 to the present.  As an educational institution, the museum will support training and education for military and civilian personnel.

Our History

The original U.S. Army Medical Museum was founded in 1862 as a research facility in Washington, D.C. It was transferred to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, and was located at Walter Reed General Hospital.

Plan a Visit

Are you planning a visit to the museum? The U.S. Army Medical Museum plan to visit page covers all areas visitors would need to know to make their visit that much more enjoyable from parking, entry, and much more.

Gift Shop

The Army Medical Museum Foundation Gift Shop is located inside the building that houses the Army Medical Museum.

U.S. Army Medical Department Museum Foundation

The U.S. Army Medical Department Museum Foundation has taken on an ambitious campaign in the expansion and modernization of the Museum’s exhibits and operations, to bring dramatic new opportunities for visitors to explore and connect with Army Medicine’s vibrant history and discover the value of Army Medicine now and for the future!

 
 

AMEDD MUSEUM NEWS

World Braille Month

January is World Braille Month in honor of Louis Braille who was born on 4 January 1809. Blinded at 3 years of age, he developed the system of raised dots that is now the established system for blind reading materials. Blindness is caused by a variety of diseases and battlefield...
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AMEDD Corps

An image of early medical care, a physician bandaging a soldier's foot. Illustration by Don Troiani, courtesy National Park Service. Welcome to issue #52 of the AMEDD Historian Newsletter! In this edition we focus on each of the corps of the Army Medical Department. There are...
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Under the Red Cross

Battalion Aid Station World War II, painting by Lou Breslow MED 0048 This painting shows two wounded in the field with a medic hovering over one wounded. Another medic is helping another wounded to a Jeep in the background. Also used in the AMEDD Museum's temporary exhibit, "Under the Red...
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Location

3898 Stanley Road, Bldg 1046
San Antonio, TX 78234

Contact Us

Museum Hours

Monday-Friday: 10 - 4 PM (Currently Closed for Renovations)
Closed Saturday, Sunday, and Federal Holidays

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Army Medical Department Museum Foundation
Supporting the U.S. Army Medical Department Museum
501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Organization
Tax ID (EIN): 74-1979783

This website is the property of the Army Medical Department Museum Foundation, a nonprofit organization recognized as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (Tax ID/EIN: 74-1979783). The Foundation exists to support the U.S. Army Medical Department Museum through fundraising, advocacy, preservation, and educational initiatives.

The AMEDD Museum Foundation is a non-federal entity and has no role in the management, operation, or oversight of the U.S. Army Medical Department Museum. The Foundation is not part of the U.S. Army or any of the museums administered by the U.S. Army, including the U.S. Army Medical Department Museum. Furthermore, the Foundation is not endorsed by the U.S. Army or any U.S. Army museum, including the U.S. Army Medical Department Museum.

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