2 North Grove Street, Boston

Mass General Hospital built the Russell Museum of Medical History and Innovation in 2012 as a place to display and explain a range of remarkable artifacts from the hospital's two centuries of medical pioneering, from the first public demonstration of surgical anesthesia (1856), to the identification of appendicitis (1886), to the first successful reattachment of a severed arm (1962). The museum is free and open to the public and features three levels of displays, artifacts, and photographs. There are also restrooms inside on the upper level.

Guest speaker 

Sarah Alger, Director, Russell Museum of Medical History and Innovation