Wolfgang Ellenberger was one of Prof. Holstein’s anatomy students and was able to provide the musical accompaniment for his 80th birthday.
In close cooperation with the monument preservation authority, the individual construction phases were completed and presented to the public step by step. In 2010, the restored dissection room was unveiled, accompanied by an exhibition that provided an initial insight into the diversity of the exhibits. In October 2013, the first part of the permanent exhibition “The Emergence of Modern Medicine” opened. In December 2014, the museum opened the recently completed small dissection room and the rooms on the first floor.
Dear Mr. Ellenberger,
Thank you very much for your kind email. I am touched by everything you want to share about me. Of course, I agree. During my professional career, I was highly committed to medical teaching and research on spermatogenesis, and after my retirement, I devoted myself to monument preservation, painting, and sculpture. After restoring the rooms in the Erika House, I founded a center for communication and culture there. I then took over the task of restoring the pathology institute building from the medical director, Prof. Jörg Debatin. I created a new use for it as the Hamburg Museum of Medical History. At my request, the building was named Fritz Schumacher House after its builder, to house a new cultural institute. To illustrate this, I created a sculpture of the famous building director, which stands in front of the museum.
If you give me your address, I will be happy to send you a small booklet published by the Friends and Supporters Association for my 90th birthday.
But now I’d also like to know how you’re doing? How do music and medicine fit into your life?
Best regards
Adolf-Friedrich Holstein
Prof. Dr. Adolf-Friedrich Holstein
Medizinhistorisches Museum Hamburg
Martinistr.52
20246 Hamburg
