Lepramuseet i Bergen (Leprosy Museum)

Kong Oscarsgate 59

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Visiting a former lepers' colony might not be your idea of a hot time, but this museum of early medicine has much to fascinate visitors -- and not just those who are doctors. Exhibits focus on the country's contribution to leprosy research, especially the work of Dr. Armauer Hansen, who gave his name to Hansen's disease, the modern name for leprosy. In the Middle Ages, St. Jørgens Hospital here was a hospital for lepers, and many of the oldest buildings date from the beginning of the 1700s. The museum also exhibits the Bergen Collection of the History of Medicine.

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