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Directions to get to the Museum:
Location, Directions: The Center is located on the third floor of the Allen Memorial Medical Library at the corner of Euclid Avenue and Adelbert Road, 11000 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-1714.

From downtown Cleveland: follow Chester Avenue east five miles to Euclid Avenue in University Circle.
Turn left onto Euclid. The second traffic light is Adelbert Rd. The Dittrick Center is located at the corner of Euclid and Adelbert.

From I-90 West or East: take Exit #177 to Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. Turn south (away from Lake Erie) and travel through Rockefeller Park for three miles to East 105th Street in University Circle. Cross 105th St. and follow sign to Euclid Avenue. Almost immediately, turn left on Jeptha Drive (a sign directs you to Botanical Garden, Art and Natural History Museums). Bear right at the top of Jeptha Drive onto Wade Oval. Follow to East Blvd., turn right and follow East Blvd. to Euclid Avenue. Turn left. First traffic
light is Adelbert Rd. The Dittrick Center is at the corner of Euclid and Adelbert.

From I-77 North or I-71 North: take I-90 East to Exit #177. Follow directions above. From Cleveland-Hopkins Airport, take I-71 north and follow the above directions.

From I-271 North: take Exit #32 to Cedar Road. Bear right onto Cedar Road and travel west 4.5 miles to the bottom of a steep hill and traffic light at interesection with Murray Hill Road. Turn right on Murray Hill Road, bear left at traffic light, and cross bridge to junction with Adelbert Road. Bear left on Adelbert. The Center is at the corner of Euclid Avenue and Adelbert Road.

Facilities
Museum galleries, Allen Memorial Medical Library, Rare books room, and Archives.

Activities
Lectures, Research Facility, Group tours.

Membership
The Center is supported in part by membership dues.
Members receive the following benefits:

The newsletter of the Cleveland Medical Library Association, issued twice a year and includes
information of interest about the Center's activities.
Announcements of all meetings, programs, and special exhibits.
Membership in the Handerson Medical History Society, a local Cleveland-area group.
Members in the $250 and higher categories are eligible for extended help with research.

Associate Partner: $ 25 annually
Partner: $ 50 annually
Sustaining Partner: $ 100 annually
Sponsoring Partner: $ 250 annually
Senior Partner: $500 annually
Life Member: $ 1,000. Life membership is added to endowment.

Publications
Newsletter of the Cleveland Medical Library Association

About the Museum
The Dittrick Medical History Center is dedicated to the study of the medical past through a distinguished collection of rare books, museum artifacts, archives, and images. The Dittrick originated as part of the Cleveland Medical Library Association (est. 1894) and
today functions as an interdisciplinary study center within the College of Arts and Sciences of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio

Collections
Medical Artifacts: 75,000 artifacts with large collections relating to microscopy and surgical instrumentation, and endoscopy.
Medical Archives: Our holdings include the papers of local medical societies and health care institutions, including medical schools, and hospitals. The papers of individual physicians and others in the health sciences professions are also found in the Archives. All of this material is freely available for research and scholarship.
Rare Books Collection: 60,000 books covering medicine and science and to make up the Library's rare book collection. These books date from the late 14th century into the 20th
century.
Image Collection: This collection contains several thousand images in all media and is often used to provide illustrations for lectures, books and exhibits.