Summer 2023/24 Museum Closures

The museum will close early at 12pm on Thursday 30th November 2023.

We will also be closing from COB Monday 18th December 2023 until 10am Monday 15th January 2024 for the UNSW Christmas shutdown as well as allowing leave and recuperation for our staff after what has been one of our busiest years.

In the meantime for all other weekdays we are open as usual from 10am - 4pm.

Welcome to the Museum of Human Disease

The Museum of Human Disease contains nearly 1,500 diseased human tissue specimens. Our comprehensive collection demonstrates hundreds of diseases and their complications including HIV/AIDs, cancer, strokes, heart attacks, diabetes, genetic diseases and the effects of drugs.