Museo di Radiologia- Università di Palermo
Institute of Radiology
University of Palermo
Via del Vespro, 127
90127 - Palermo - ITALY
On 11th December 1995 in Palermo there was the inauguration of the Museum of Radiology, during the Celebrations of the Centennial of the discovery of X-rays by W. C. Röntgen (1885-1995).
This Museum was conceived by Prof. Adelfio Elio Cardinale, Director of the Institute of Radiology “Pietro Cignolini” - University of Palermo, Italy.
The museum is directed by Prof. Marcello De Maria.
At present in the world there exist about ten Museums devoted to the history of Radiology, the most important of which in Europe is the Deutsches Röntgen Museum in Remscheid Lennep, Röntgen’s birthplace.
On display in our Museum there are instruments and devices of particular historical value, but also books, journals, correspondence of various kinds, widely used materials and commonly used apparatuses that bear witness to the development of our discipline.
The kind concession of material by the heirs of the pioneers of Italian Radiology and by radiologists of old schools made it possible to set up the Museum.
This Museum is inside the Radiology Institute, sharing the spaces occupied by the most sophisticated and modern devices and hence establishing a continual comparison between past and present.
The Museum of Radiology came into being with the hope of creating in all radiologists an historical memory backing up their high professional skill.