Sacramento, CA

As a pre-med major, I found a place of particular interest to me here in Sacramento–the Sierra Sacramento Valley Museum of Medical History. The museum was built in May 2001 after the city opted for the closure of the Paul Guttman Medical Library and Information Center. The city wanted to be sure that their rare texts would be preserved so they chose to build the SSVMS to take its place. They decided to keep medical journals dating from the late 1800’s to the 1950’s along with hundreds of medical texts from the 1700’s. In addition to the texts, they have sixteen different displays of medical artifacts that were donated to the society. The displays depict collections of Surgery, Clinical Diagnosis, Infectious Disease, Pharmacy, Radiology, Chinese Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Medical Quackery (which sounds the most interesting to me!). The museum is located at 5380 Elvas Avenue #100 and is open daily from 9:00AM-4:00PM. You can arrange for tours by calling 916-452-2671 or by e-mailing info@ssvms.org.

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