Exhibitions at The Hagströmer Library

The Hagströmer Library has been working with art and artists in recent years to produce regular exhibitions. Below you can find out more about our exhibitions.

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Current Exhibition - Livets skörhet

The Fragility of Life
Knowledge of the fetus and childbirth over 500 years
Exhibition in Haga Tingshus
October 30, 2024 to September 26, 2025

Knowledge of the art of childbirth – obstetrics – and of reproduction and fetal development increased rapidly from the second half of the 18th century. At that time, research on the development of the human fetus also began to take off. As medical knowledge increased mortality among women giving birth and newborns fell. Slowly at first, then more and more rapidly.
Books and medical illustrations from the Hagströmer Library collections and historical objects from hospitals, educational and research environments in Stockholm show the history of obstetrics and fetal research from the 16th century to the 20th century.

Link
Hagströmerbiblioteket

Contact person
Anna Lantz eller Ann Gustavsson, hagstromerlibrary@ki.se
08-524-86828

Planning your visit
Exhibitions can be visited by appointment only, because of limits on the number of visitors that can be in the library at the same time. It is advised to book your visit on the dates and times when free guided tours focusing on the exhibitions are organized.

Welcome to book your visit via e-mail to: hagstromerlibrary@ki.se

Vitreous Bodies. Exhibition at The Hagströmer Library.