of Health Care was born in 1991 when it began to build its collections of medical and general health objects and archives from across Canada. The Museum relocated to its permanent home in the former nursing-student residence at Kingston General Hospital in 1995. The Museum is a non-profit corporation and registered charity and has had a board of directors since 1996; it bills itself as Canada's only museum dedicated solely to preserving health care history. Dr. James Low, the Museum's administrative officer, was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2014. The Museum strives to preserve the material history of the medical and healthcare past with the goal of enhancing public understanding of the history of health and health care, particularly in Canada. The Museum acquires, conserves, researches, displays, and interprets artefacts that help to tell these stories. The Museum also serves as a primary resource for scholarly work in the history of health care. Museum galleries are located both in the Ann Baillie Building and in a network of Outreach Galleries in healthcare centres in Kingston. The Museum also has a commitment to scholars: the Museum benefits from the presence of the Hannah Chair, History of Medicine at Queen's University, Kingston General Hospital Archives, Queen's University Archives and Bracken Health Sciences Library at Queen's University. Collections The Museum has an extensive collection of artifacts and archival documents, dating from the 18th century to the present. There are approximately 40,000 items in the artefact and archival collections. The Museum's collections include a wide range of artefacts including medical, surgical, and laboratory instruments, commemorative objects, and patient care items. Some of the larger collections feature artefacts from the areas of anesthesiology, renal dialysis, orthopaedics, cardiology, patent medicines, nursing, and X-ray. Significant artefacts include: Melrose New Electronic Products Ltd. Extracorporeal Heart and Lung machine with oxygenator, ca. 1958 “Kingmed” dialysis machine designed and produced at Kingston General Hospital, 1967. Last surviving model. A large collection of cardiac pacemakers, 1950s – 1990s Prostheses collection (hip, elbow, knee, leg), c.1920–1975. Iron lung built at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto during a polio outbreak, 1937. Believed to be the last surviving unit in Canada. A rare Waite & Bartlett electrostatic generator unit, circa 1910. Used for electrotherapy treatment and early X-ray imaging and treatment. A rare collection of medical moulages, (wax gynaecological and obstetrical anatomical teaching models), produced in Kingston, Ontario, 1940s by artist