CSPAN3 American Artifacts September 26, 2015
Shipping and handling. To look at items spanning over 150 years of existence. Civil war collection. Some viewers may find images in this program disturbing. Mr. Clarke hello, and welcome to the National Museum of health and medicine. My name is tim clarke and i am the museums deputy director. We are here to give you a short tour of the highlights of the museum. It was founded in 1862 as the Army Medical Museum. Our Mission Today is very much the same. It is to collect objects that shed light on the value of military medicine and preserve the legacy of american medicine. What we will show you t...