The Science Museum in London hosts one of the world’s largest medical collections, born from Sir Henry Wellcome’s vision to preserve the history of healing through objects. The modern Wellcome Galleries display over 3,000 items—from Fleming’s penicillin mould and the first MRI scanner to early prosthetics and surgical robots. Blending science, history, and ethics, the galleries engage millions of visitors yearly, while the digital catalogue and ongoing acquisitions ensure global educational and research impact.

The Museum of Medicine in Brussels is located on the campus of the ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles / Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels) founded in 1994 is located in Anderlecht (Brussels-Capital Region). The exhibits are logically grouped into the following sections on four floors: Medicine in Egyptian Art; General History of Medicine (from Antiquity until the 20th Century); Pharmacy; Anatomical Waxes I (Anatomy, Obstetrics, Venereal Diseases); Medicine in Pre-Columbian Art.

After extensive renovation, the Zahnmuseum (Museum of Dental History and Dental Technology) of the city of Linz has reopened its doors in the Old Town Hall building at Hauptplatz 1. Although the exhibition is located under the vaulted arches of a medieval building, the exhibition halls have a modern architectural design and are located on the first and basement floors. Here you can see unique exhibits, among which the most interesting are the workplaces of dentists from the 19th century onwards.
 

The Pharmacy Museum of the University of Basel (Pharmaziemuseum Universität Basel) is one of the largest and most important collections of historical pharmaceutical artifacts in the world, the only one of its kind in Switzerland. Its collection includes apothecary ceramics, fully preserved apothecary furniture, an alchemical laboratory, mortars, traveling apothecaries and surgical instruments, medical books, historical medicines and devices related to drug production. Museum is located in the heart of Basel's old town in the Zum Vorderen Sessel building, first mentioned in 1316. Over time, it has hosted notable figures such as Johann Amerbach, Johann Frobenius, Erasmus of Rotterdam, and Hans Holbein the Younger. In 1526-1527, the renowned Theophrastus von Hohenheim (Paracelsius) worked here, and his famulus Johannes Oporinus who later published Andreas Vesalius' groundbreaking anatomy book De fabrica corporis humani as well as works of Paracelsius.

Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (National Archeological Museum of Neapel) holds a significant collection of medical and surgical instruments from ancient Rome recovered from the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum, destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.