United States Army Medical Department Museum

The U.S. Army Medical Department Museum — or AMEDD Museum — at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, originated as part of the Army's Field Service School at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. It moved to Fort Sam Houston in 1946. It is currently a component of the U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School.

United States Army Medical Department Museum
United States Army Medical Department Museum Entrance
Location in Texas
LocationJoint Base San Antonio

The museum features the history of the Army Medical Department from 1775 to the present, as well as medical contributions of the Army during times of peace and war. General areas covered are significant historical events, scientific and technological advances, development of the medical field service and contributions of key officers and enlisted personnel. Audio-visual presentations introduce the history of the Department. Two large galleries house the medical equipment, uniforms, medals, insignia and artwork that make up the museum's exhibits. Museum holdings include material on medical personnel, POWs in World War II's Pacific Theater, unit insignia and archival documents and photographs.

The museum has been chosen to preserve historic artifacts from Naval Hospital Corps School Great Lakes.[1] BRAC 2005 resulted in transferred of Corps School from Chicago to the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC), also located on Fort Sam Houston.[2]

Exhibits

Specific displays of interest include:

Hospital train ambulance car

Outside the museum are examples of medical vehicles including ambulances and a fully equipped hospital train ambulance car. A Medical Combat Memorial honors the Army's combat medics.

See also

References
  1. Navy Hospital Corps School Great Lakes.
  2. "U.S. Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Home". web.archive.org. 2004-03-13. Retrieved 2020-09-17.

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