National Museum of Health and Medicine Lincoln Programs

[LincolnToddFan]

(04-15-2015 01:18 PM)L Verge Wrote:  I have yet to go to the new Medical Museum since they moved it from the grounds of Walter Reed, but we have taken some bus tours to the new one, and they were not impressed. At that time, they thought it too sterile and not that many exhibits. For those of us who remember the dismal building on the grounds of the Smithsonian, nothing can beat the "feel" of that place.

When it was at Walter Reed (in a very nice building), I remember getting emotional while looking at the fragments of Lincoln's skull and thinking how little was left of his earthly remains.

I had the same reaction as yourself and Susan to seeing the skull fragments. But always remember there is an intact body remaining....it's just encased in a cement block.