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  • Here you will find our online resources for educators and researchers or learning from home. From the dropdown menu under Explore, you can search our object collection, previous exhibits, as well as oral histories, biographies, and generations of ophthalmologists.

    The Museum of the Eye welcomes all inquiries. Contact museum staff at museum@aao.org.

    Resources for Educators & Learning from Home

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  • Research: Image Rights and Reproductions

    Ex-voto or prayer offering, c1900The Museum of the Eye welcomes inquiries to license any of our images or content.

    Be advised that all of the content of this website is the property of the American Academy of Ophthalmology Foundation, our partners or content providers and is protected by US and international copyright laws. Download of material from this website is limited to personal, non-commercial use. Any commercial use is prohibited without prior written consent of the Foundation. For further information please refer to Terms of Service.

  • Research: Museum Services

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    Researchers may make an appointment to see the collection in person. You may also send a written request via email for staff assistance. An initial response can be expected within three weeks of receipt. Research service fees may apply.

  • This website features a museum search that contains a substantial portion of the museum's holdings and continues to grow. However, if you find you need more information about eyes and medicine, these organizations have related holdings and may be of additional help.

    1. Ophthalmic History in the United States
    2. Ophthalmic History outside the United States
    3. Societies
    4. Related Websites and Blogs
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    Ophthalmic History in the United States

    Association of Vision Science Librarians
      Private and public libraries with holdings in the vision sciences

    A.T. Still University, Kirksville MO
      Museum of Osteopathic Medicine

    Brown University, Providence RI
      John Hay Library; History of Medicine Collections

    Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH
      Dittrick Medical History Center

    College of Physicians of Philadelphia, PA
      Mutter Museum

    Dartmouth, Hanover NH
      Rauner Special Collections Library

    Duke University, Durham NC
      Medical Center Archives

    Harvard University, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston MA
      Howe Library; Archives and Rare Book Library; Countway Library of Medicine; Center for the History of Medicine

    Indiana University, Indianapolis
      Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute; contains the first camera used in fluorescein angiography

    The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD
      The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions; Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives

    Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
      Mayo Clinic Libraries; History of Medicine

    Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami FL
      Bascom Palmer Eye Institute; Mary and Edward Norton Library of Ophthalmology

    National Museum of Health and Medicine, Silver Spring MD
      Historical Collections; feat. Helmholtz ophthalmoscopes, etc.; Otis Historical Archives;

    NOVEL (The Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library)
      Joint effort by NANOS and AAO, featuring biographies, videos and images from the work of neuro-ophthalmologists

    Optical Heritage Museum, Southbridge MA

    Stanford University, Stanford CA
      Stanford University Medical Center; Lane Medical Archives;

    University of Alabama, Birmingham
      Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences

    University of California, Berkeley
      Bancroft Library; Regional Oral History Office; AAOO Oral History Collection

    University of California, Los Angeles
      Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library; History and Special Collections Division

    University of California, San Francisco
      UCSF Archives

    University of Iowa, Iowa City
      University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Medical Museum; collection of instruments

    University of Kansas, Kansas City
      University of Kansas Medical Center; Clendening History of Medicine Museum; ophthalmic ruby laser and other instruments

    University of Louisville, Kentucky
      Kornhauser Health Sciences Library; History Collections and Museum;

    University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA
      Claude Moore Health Sciences Library; Historical Collections and Services

    University of Wisconsin, Madison WI
      Ebling Library; Historical Collections and Services

    University of Washington, Seattle WA
      Health Sciences Library; Rare Books and Special Collections

    Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO
      Bernard Becker Medical Library; Archives and Rare Book Section;

    Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia PA
      Charles D. Kelman Medical Library; feat. ophthalmic journals and rare books

    Yale University, New Haven CT
      Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library; Medical Historical Library; Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History


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    Ophthalmic History outside the United States

    Academia Espanola de Dermatologia y Venereologia, Madrid, Spain
      Museo Olavide; feat. medical moulage (wax casts) of eye diseases

    Association of Vision Science Librarians
      Private and public libraries with holdings in the vision sciences

    College of Optometrists, London, United Kingdom
      Formerly the British Optical Association Museum

    Museu Virtual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia

    Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists Museum

    Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London, United Kingdom
      Feat. a collection of books, diagnostic and surgical instruments

    Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
      Library and Archive;

    Royal College of Surgeons, London, United Kingdom
      Wellcome Museum of Anatomy and Pathology; Hunterian Museum; RCS Archives;

    University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
      Melbourne Medical School; Medical History Museum; feat. diagnostic and surgical instruments

    University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
      Faculty of Health Sciences; Adler Museum of Medicine; feat. diagnostic and surgical instruments

    Wellcome Collection and Library, London, United Kingdom
      Collection; Library


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    Societies

    Cogan Ophthalmic History Society

    The Ocular Heritage Society

    Ophthalmic Photographer's Society


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    Related Websites and Blogs

    Antique Spectacles

    Burns Archive of Medical Photography

    Doyne's Hall of Fame: Ophthalmic Eponyms


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