Kirksville, MO, 63501
660-626-2359
URL : http://www.atsu.edu/museum
overview : Our mission is to collect, preserve, and make available artifacts and related materials to communicate the history and philosophy of the osteopathic principles of body, mind, and spirit to a global audience.
School Discovery Programs
The School Discovery Programs are curriculum-integrated activities provided by the Museum that are not otherwise available to local schools. They are set up to serve children in Preschool through Grade 8. The Museum identified curriculum integration points using the 1999-2000 Approved State of Missouri Curriculum for K-8 (Department of Education, State of Missouri). Early childhood programs were designed using Developmentally Appropriate Practices in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children From Birth Through Age 8 (National Association for the Education of Young Children).
collections : The collections of the Still National Osteopathic Museum include more than 27,000 objects, photographs, documents, and books dating from the early 1800s to the present (bulk 1870-1940). The core of the collection consists of artifacts from A. T. Still's professional and private life, most of them donated by Dr. Still's daughter, Blanche Laughlin, and members of her family.
Since the founding of the Museum, other family members, D.O.s and Museum supporters have donated many additional artifacts that reflect the ongoing history of the osteopathic profession. The research collections of the National Center for Osteopathic History also include many former holdings of the ATSU-KCOM Library's special collections, for which the museum assumed responsibility in 1997.
hours (subject to change) : Museum Hours: M-W, F - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Thursday - 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday - Noon to 4 p.m.
Research Center Hours: M-Thur. - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. by appointment
Reading Room Hours: T & Thur. - 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. or by appointment
topics : Osteopathy, A.T. Still, Osteopathic, Osteopath, health, medicine, medical, anatomy
