The Otis Historical Archives holds manuscripts, archives, films, prints and photographs, and institutional records. Material is not necessarily institutionally related. Historical collections hold medical instrumentation.
Anatomical collections hold human and veterinary specimens of historical and pathological interest.
The museum is open for research to qualified researchers. We provide reference services by telephone and mail. The Neuroanatomical Collections focus on the study of the brain. The Human Developmental Anatomy Center contains material on the history of embryology. The museum's web site can be used as a beginning point to search the collections.