{{Short description|Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, US}} {{More citations needed|date=June 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox museum | name = Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry | native_name = | native_name_lang = | logo = | logo_upright = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = NationalDentistryMuseum.JPG | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = National Museum of Dentistry in Baltimore, Maryland | map_type = | map_relief = | map_size = | map_caption = | map_dot_label = | coordinates = {{Coord|39|17|16|N|76|37|24|W|type:landmark_scale:2000_region:US|display=inline,title}} | former_name = <!-- or |former_names= --> | established = {{start date|1996|||df=y}} | dissolved = <!-- {{end date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | location = Baltimore, Maryland | type = | accreditation = | key_holdings = | collections = | collection_size = | visitors = | founder = | executive_director = | leader_type = | leader = | director = | president = | ceo = | chairperson = | curator = | architect = | historian = | owner = | employees = | public_transit = | parking = <!-- or |car_park= --> | website = {{URL|https://www.dental.umaryland.edu/museum/}} | network = | embedded = <!-- or |nrhp= --> }}
The '''Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry''' – located in Baltimore, Maryland, and opened in 1996 – preserves and exhibits the history of dentistry in United States and throughout the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dental.umaryland.edu/museum/about-us/|title=About Us|last=Baltimore|first=University of Maryland|website=University of Maryland, Baltimore|language=en|access-date=2019-05-20}}</ref> Situated on the campus of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, home of the nation's first dental school, The Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, it exhibits numerous artifacts concerning dentistry throughout the ages as well as exhibits on oral health and dentistry professionals. Highlights of the collection include George Washington's dentures,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dental.umaryland.edu/museum/exhibitions/george-washington-gallery/|title=George Washington Gallery|last=Baltimore|first=University of Maryland|website=University of Maryland, Baltimore|language=en|access-date=2019-05-20}}</ref> Queen Victoria's dental instruments, and the world's only tooth jukebox.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dental.umaryland.edu/museum/exhibitions/the-prevention-gallery/|title=The Prevention Gallery|last=Baltimore|first=University of Maryland|website=University of Maryland, Baltimore|language=en|access-date=2019-05-20}}</ref>
The museum has also been honored by receiving congressional designation as the nation's official dental museum (2003)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2003-10-07/html/CREC-2003-10-07-pt1-PgH9238-2.htm|title=Congressional Record, Volume 149 Issue 140 (Tuesday, October 7, 2003)|website=www.govinfo.gov|access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref> and is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://affiliations.si.edu/affiliate-profile/?pid=74|title=Affiliate Profile|website=Smithsonian Affiliations|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-20}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.dental.umaryland.edu/museum/ The Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry]
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