Our Collections

At its inception, the Medical Heritage Center began acquiring historic material and artifacts that speak to central Ohio's rich health sciences history. All MHC collections are housed in a temperature and humidity-controlled environment. All collections are available for viewing by appointment.

The College of Nursing produced a video for Homecoming 2020, highlighting some of the nursing artifacts in the Center's collections.

Rare Book Collection

The rare book collection contains over 20,000 volumes representing limited edition and one-of-a kind monographs dating back to 1555.

All rare books are catalogued and searchable through The Ohio State University Library Catalog.

Artifact Collection

The artifacts collection represents medical equipment used as early as the 1800's and ranges from those now perceived as quackery to those that were truly innovations of their time.

Please contact the Collections Curator for more information and access to the artifact collection.

Archival Collection

The Center's archives include the papers and memorabilia from regional and nationally recognized luminaries such as Arthur G. James, M.D., William G. Myers, M.D., Ph.D., and Robert Zollinger, M.D., as well as medical organizations such as the Ohio Health Sciences Library Association and the Mid-Ohio District Nurses Association.

Finding aids for the archival collections can be viewed at the OhioLINK Finding Aid Repository.