First Wednesday for April: Albarelli and Pharmacy Jars
Date: Wednesday April 1, 2026 Time: 3:00–5:00 p.m. Location: 333 Cedar Street / Sterling Hall of Medicine. Medical Historical Library. […]
New Gift: The Stanley B. Burns, MD, collection of postmortem and memorial photography and ephemera
More than 1,000 postmortem and memorial photographs from the early 19th through the mid-20th century are now available for research
Newly conserved Lam Qua paintings on view in YCBA exhibit
The Medical Historical Library is pleased to share that 3 recently conserved portraits from our collection of Lam Qua paintings
Accepting applications! Ferenc Gyorgyey/Stanley Simbonis YSM’57 Research Travel Grant
The Medical Historical Library of the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University is pleased to announce its
First Wednesday for February: Early Modern Prints and Drawings
Date: Wednesday February 4th, 2026 Time: 4:00–5:00 p.m. Location: 333 Cedar Street / Sterling Hall of Medicine. Beaumont Room, L-221A,
Introducing First Wednesdays at the Medical Historical Library
Time: 4:00–5:00 pm Location: 333 Cedar Street / Sterling Hall of Medicine. Medical Historical Library (MHL). *Events will take place
First Wednesday for December: Technology and American Medicine-Fall 2025 Pop-Up Exhibit
Date: Wednesday December 3rd, 2025 Time: 9:45–11 am Location: 333 Cedar Street / Sterling Hall of Medicine. Medical Historical Library.
“Remembering the dead: special viewing session with 19th and early 20th century postmortem and memorial photography in conversation with Dr. Stanley B. Burns”
Date: Thursday November 6, 2025 Time: 4:30 PM – Special viewing of photographs from the postmortem/memorial collection Location: Medical Historical
First Wednesday for November: Reading Signs- Portents and Prognostications
Date: Wednesday November 5, 2025 Time: 4–5 pm Location: 333 Cedar Street / Sterling Hall of Medicine. Medical Historical Library.