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. Collections are available for viewing by appointment only.

Rare Book Collection

The rare book collection contains over 25,000 volumes representing limited edition and one-of-a kind monographs dating back to 1555. All rare books are catalogued and searchable through the Libraries Search catalog.

Libraries Search

Collection of rare, old books on a shelf.

Side view of old wooden box with vintage labels.

Artifact Collection

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

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

Archival Collection

The MHC's archives include 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 Ohio State University Special Collections Registry.

View the Registry

Contact Us

Location

Fifth Floor, Prior Hall

The Ohio State University
Health Sciences Library
376 W 10th Ave
Columbus, OH 43210

Medical Heritage Center

(614) 292-3275

Email

MHCMail@osumc.edu

Looking from a hallway into the entrance of the Medical Heritage Center.