IAMMC Conference, 10 - 13 September 2025

Material Matters.
Powerful Objects in Medical Museums and Collections

First Biannual Conference of the “International Association of Medical Museums and Collections” (IAMMC), formerly “European Association of Museums of the History of Medical Sciences” (EAMHMS)

The last conference (Leiden 2023) investigated “New Horizons” for medical museums and collections as a whole. The 2025 conference takes a different approach. It seeks to explore the power and needs of the single object in medical museums and collections. How can it serve as a starting point and source for specific research, teaching, and outreach? What are the challenges and opportunities of its sheer materiality? And how does our “care work” in museums and collections open up new approaches for the understanding of the object itself?

Furthermore, the current temporary exhibition of the DMMI “Heart of the Matter. Human specimens in the museum” serves as a focus for the sensitive object group of human remains with its specific needs and challenges. It raises the question of how to deal with these items on public display in the museum.

Call for papers (closed)

Online-Registration
Online-Registration for the IAMMC Conference 2025 will be available from 6 May.
Conference fees:
Early bird (until 31 July):  100 € conference / 20 € optional conference dinner / 5 € optional guided tour
Regular (from 1 August):  150 € conference / 20 € optional conference dinner / 5 € optional guided tour

How to get to Ingolstadt?
The city of Ingolstadt is situated in Bavaria on the banks of the River Danube, mid-way between Munich and Nuremberg. It can be reached by car (highway A9), train (ICE station) and airplane (for shuttle buses Munich airport - Ingolstadt see www.invg.de/Infobox_fly_away).

Where to stay in Ingolstadt?
Conference venue: Volkshochschule Ingolstadt, Hallstr. 5, 85049 Ingolstadt (location in google maps)
We have made hotel reservations in walking distance to the conference venue: Hotel recommendations

Start / end dates
Registration opens on Wednesday, 10 September, at 16.00, the conference begins at 17.00.
The conference ends on Saturday, 13 September, at 13.00.
What to do before the conference? You may join various guided city and museum tours on Wednesday, 10 September, at 14.00.
What to do after the conference? All participants are offered free tickets for the “Nacht der Museen” (Long Night of the Museums) in Ingolstadt on Saturday, 13 September, from 17.00 until midnight.

Feel free to contact us via dmm(at)ingolstadt.de

With kind support from Sparkasse Ingolstadt Eichstätt