The museum is open Wed, Sat, Sun 12-17.

Panel discussion: History of Diseases in Art and Bodies

Event

17.05.2025 15:00-16:00

Panel discussion: History of Diseases in Art and Bodies

A discussion about medicine history with researchers Elina Maaniitty and Agneta Rahikainen, facilitated by Villa Gyllenberg's head of customer and program services Siiri Oinonen.

The discussion is in Finnish and Swedish.

Duration ca. 45-60 min.
Included in the museum's entrance ticket (12/10 €, Museum Card).
Limited amount of seats (ca. 50)
No pre-bookings.

Picture: A doctor failing to hold death at bay from his patient; represented by a group of skeletal death figures one of whom is grabbing the doctor by the throat; the terrified patient looks on from the bed. Etching after S. Collings, ca. 1803. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.