Explore medical innovation
past and present at
Massachusetts General Hospital

museum currently closed — click to read more
Painting of 19th century men in frock coats surrounding patient undergoing surgery
Ether Day, 1846

virtual field trips

The Russell Museum is pleased to offer free, 45-minute virtual field trips for educational and community groups (eighth grade through adult). Click here for details.

nurse administering flu shot
MGH Central Flu Shot Clinic

this fall: flu shot clinic

This fall, the museum will host the hospital’s public flu shot clinic. For more detail, click here. 

The museum does not yet have a date for resuming its normal operations. In the meantime, please keep checking back here for information about virtual events.

Painting of Florence Nightingale with patient
Online exhibit

Florence Nightingale’s Legacy

In celebration of Florence Nightingale’s 200th birthday, the World Health Organization declared 2020 the “Year of the Nurse and Midwife.” Click here for an exhibit about her lasting influence on patient care.

Location

Russell Museum at MGH
2 North Grove Street
Boston, MA 02114

Hours

The museum is hosting the MGH public flu shot clinic this fall. For hours, click here.

Contact us

For more information
about the Russell Museum,
 call 617-724-8009.