Medical Museum, Kawasaki Medical School

The Modern Medical Education Museum is a museum for medical education located in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture. It is operated by the Kawasaki Gakuen educational corporation. == Overview == It is the only medical education museum in Japan. It has a wealth of real specimens and audio-visual materials covering all areas of medicine. It houses and exhibits approximately 1,800 organ specimens used in pathological autopsies, fetal models, and more. It is useful for medical education as a ``second physical library'' and ``library that allows you to see movement.'' It is also a museum of ``family medicine'' and ``popular medicine,'' which is open to the general public and explains medicine in an easy-to-understand manner. It also serves as a training facility for Kawasaki Medical University, where a variety of practical training can be conducted. Students of Kawasaki Gakuen schools (Kawasaki Medical University, Kawasaki University of Health and Welfare, Kawasaki Medical University High School, etc.) are required to observe the school during their first year, and are affectionately known as ``MM'' internally. == History == Established in 1980 as a commemorative project for the 10th anniversary of Kawasaki Medical University.