Exhibition objects / MF archive
This year, the Department of Anatomy, Histology and Anthropology (AHA) of the Vilnius University (VU) Faculty of Medicine (MF) is celebrating its 250th anniversary. On this occasion, a small exhibition has been organized at the faculty, inviting everyone to take a glance into the history of one of the oldest departments of the Vilnius University. It is a story about the development of science, the unfading academic community and the department contribution to Lithuanian and international research.
One of the central objects of the exhibition is the interwar inventory book of the Department of Anatomy, which testifies not only to everyday scientific activity, but also to intellectual life. It contains laboratory preparations, educational and scientific books, as well as exceptional records about the research conducted at the Department of Anatomy on the royal remains found in the Vilnius St. Stanislaus and St. Vladislav's Archcathedral Basilica. This book records information about the remains of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Alexander II Jagiellon, Grand Duchess of Lithuania and Queen of Poland Barbara Radziwiłł, and Grand Duchess of Lithuania and Queen of Poland Elizabeth of Habsburg, thus, it is an important documentary source that reveals the interdisciplinary approach and historical importance of these studies.
Inventory book of the Department of Anatomy / MF archive
The exhibition also features several archival photographs that testify to the life of the department from the 1970s to the present day. They record lectures and student exams by Prof. Salezijus Benignas Pavilonis, meetings of department staff, everyday life in laboratories, and festive occasions. Among them are portraits of the AHA department staff, documenting the period from 1975 to 2025.
Everyone is invited to view the exhibition, which is only a small part and a prelude to the department's 250th anniversary events to be held in the fall.
The exhibition is on display on the second floor of the Faculty of Medicine, M.K. Čiurlionio st. 21.
