MUSEUM OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE,(SM)

Missouri Digital Heritage website is hosting Dr. Andrew Taylor Still's Unpublished Papers. Made available through a State of Missouri LSTA grant. Check it out here!

Welcome to the Museum of Osteopathic Medicine (SM). Our mission is to preserve and promote the history and tenets of osteopathy through collections and research to a global audience

As you browse through our site, you will be introduced to many of the Museum's unique features, including:

• Two historic buildings preserved inside a two-story atrium adjacent to the Museum
  - the birthplace log cabin of Dr. Andrew Taylor Still, M.D., D.O., (1828-1917), founder of osteopathy
  - the original two-room classroom building of the American School of Osteopathy,   founded in 1892
• Distinctive exhibits highlighting osteopathy's heritage
• School Discovery Programs and other educational programs designed to educate visitors of all ages about osteopathic medicine, healthcare, wellness, and a wide range of other topics
• A reading room with access to hundreds of documents, books, and photographs to support research into the history of osteopathy and its practitioners
• A gift shop featuring historic books and unusual gifts with an osteopathic theme
• Exhibit kits with objects and photographs to rent for your own display or presentation

As the only museum dedicated to the national history of osteopathic medicine, the Museum of Osteopathic Medicine (SM):

• Collects artifacts, photographs, documents, and books that trace the history of the osteopathic profession throughout the United States and the world
• Preserves these unique resources for present and future visitors and researchers
• Educates thousands of visitors about the unique legacy of Andrew Taylor Still, M.D., D.O., and the osteopathic profession

View the Museum's Main Gallery, which features the history of American medicine as it relates to the growth of osteopathic medicine. Also, you will find osteopathic treatment tables, medical tools, specimens, photographs, and a room full of the personal property of A.T. Still and his family in a turn-of-the-century setting. The Main Gallery is located in theMuseum of Osteopathic Medicine (SM).
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The Museum is located in Kirksville, Missouri, where Dr. Still lived for more than 40 years and where in 1892 he founded the first school of osteopathic medicine, today known as the ATSU/Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine.

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