National Museum of Health and Medicine
The National Museum of Health and Medicine is a museum in Silver Spring, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. The museum was founded by U.S. Army Surgeon General William A.- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “Armed Forces Medical Museum”, “Army Medical Museum”, and “Medical Museum Building”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Penguin Fountain and Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library.
Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library
Library
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library is part of the District of Columbia Public Library System. It was opened to the public on July 29, 1990. The library was named in honor of Juanita E. Thornton, a teacher and community activist. Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library is situated 1,900 feet north of National Museum of Health and Medicine.
Takoma Park Branch Library
Library
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
The Takoma Park Neighborhood Library is a branch of the District of Columbia Public Library System that serves the Takoma neighborhood. It opened in 1911. Takoma Park Branch Library is situated 2,600 feet east of National Museum of Health and Medicine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shepherd Park and Takoma.
Shepherd Park
Neighborhood
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Shepherd Park is a neighborhood in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. In the years following World War II, restrictive covenants which had prevented Jews and African Americans from purchasing homes in the neighborhood were no longer enforced, and the neighborhood became largely Jewish and African American.
Takoma
Suburb
Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Takoma is a neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C. It is located in Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4B, in the district's Fourth Ward. It borders the city of Takoma Park, Maryland.
Brightwood
Suburb
Photo: thebrightwoodian, CC BY 2.0.
Brightwood is a neighborhood in the northwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C. Brightwood is part of Ward 4.
National Museum of Health and Medicine
- Categories: military museum, medical museum, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“National Museum of Health and Medicine” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المتحف الوطني للصحة والطب”
- Azerbaijani: “Sağlamlıq və Tibb Milli Muzeyi”
- Belarusian: “Нацыянальны музей аховы здароўя і медыцыны”
- Belarusian: “Нацыянальны музэй здароўя і мэдыцыны”
- Catalan: “Museu Nacional de Salut i Medicina”
- Chinese: “国家卫生与医学博物馆”
- Chinese: “美国国家卫生与医学博物馆”
- Chinese: “美國國家衛生與醫學博物館”
- Dutch: “National Museum of Health and Medicine”
- French: “National Museum of Health and Medicine”
- French: “National Museum of Health and social care”
- Galician: “Museo Nacional de Saúde e Medicina”
- Georgian: “ჯანმრთელობისა და მედიცინის ეროვნული მუზეუმი”
- German: “National Museum of Health and Medicine”
- German: “Nationalmuseum für Gesundheit und Medizin”
- Hebrew: “המוזיאון הלאומי לבריאות ורפואה”
- Japanese: “国立健康医学博物館”
- Korean: “국립 의료 박물관”
- Korean: “국립 의료박물관”
- Korean: “국립의료박물관”
- Malayalam: “നാഷണൽ മ്യൂസിയം ഓഫ് ഹെൽത്ത് ആൻഡ് മെഡിസിൻ”
- Russian: “Национальный музей здравоохранения и медицины”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Taigh-tasgaidh Nàiseanta na Slàinte is an Leigheis”
- Slovenian: “Nacionalni muzej zdravja in medicine”
- Slovenian: “National Museum of Health and Medicine”
- Tatar: “Саулык һәм Тыйб милли музее”
- Ukrainian: “Національний музей здоров’я й медицини”
- Urdu: “قومی عجائب گھر برائے صحت و طب”
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