page_title: Army Medical Museum and Library
hierarchical_section_title: Army Medical Museum and Library
caption_attribution_description: English: The Army Medical Museum and Library (West side and South front), located at the corner of South B Street and Seventh Street SW in Washington, DC. It was demolished in the 1960s, and the site is currently home to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. It housed a collection of surgical and medical specimens and a medical library, which was subsequently incorporated into the collections of the National Museum of Health and Medicine, the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, and the National Library of Medicine.
context_page_description: The Army Medical Museum and Library of the U.S. Army was a large brick building constructed in 1887 at South B Street and 7th Street, SW, Washington, D.C., which is directly on the National Mall. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. The building was demolished in 1969, and the collections at the focus of the landmark designation were dispersed.
context_section_description: The Army Medical Museum and Library (AMML) of the U.S. Army was a large brick building constructed in 1887 at South B Street (now Independence Avenue) and 7th Street, SW, Washington, D.C., which is directly on the National Mall. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.  The building was demolished in 1969, and the collections at the focus of the landmark designation were dispersed.
caption: The AMML in 1969.
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