NEUROSCIENCE IN THE COLLECTION OF THE OLD ANATOMY MUSEUM OF TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
The School of Medicine in Trinity College Dublin houses a heritage collection that spans three hundred years of medical teaching and includes anatomical and pathological specimens, models, and illustrations. This website showcases a selection of specimens and artefacts that relate to the history of neuroscience in Ireland.
![Wax model fragment](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b7d518_f8acbf19966e487199fb19e1fc8870ac~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_608,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/b7d518_f8acbf19966e487199fb19e1fc8870ac~mv2.jpg)
A fragment of a wax model showing brain anatomy that was part of a famed early 18th century collection by Parisian anatomist Guillaume Dennoues. The collection was donated to the School of Medicine by the Earl of Shelbourne in 1739.
![Embryology brain models](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/31ade7_7a099ca320fd49eb8de875937c689630~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_980,h_1045,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/31ade7_7a099ca320fd49eb8de875937c689630~mv2.png)
This assemblage of embryological brain models was created under the instruction of anatomist Daniel J. Cunningham pictured in the framed portrait in the background.
![Portrait of a man with Bell's paralysis](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b7d518_a3b714082c104481b7e9ea5549275caf~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_743,h_973,al_c,q_85,enc_auto/b7d518_a3b714082c104481b7e9ea5549275caf~mv2.jpg)
Painted in watercolour by Marsella Irwin in 1888.
![Wax model fragment](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b7d518_f8acbf19966e487199fb19e1fc8870ac~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_608,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/b7d518_f8acbf19966e487199fb19e1fc8870ac~mv2.jpg)
A fragment of a wax model showing brain anatomy that was part of a famed early 18th century collection by Parisian anatomist Guillaume Dennoues. The collection was donated to the School of Medicine by the Earl of Shelbourne in 1739.