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Professional Bio
Paula Summerly’s academic background is in the history of medicine, paleopathology
and combined and media arts. She has curated medical exhibitions on both sides of the
Atlantic and served as a curatorial consultant on Dirt: The Filthy Reality of Everyday
Life and Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime temporary exhibitions hosted by Wellcome
Collection, London, UK.
Currently, Paula is curator of the Old Red Medical Museum at the University of Texas
Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB). The museum will be housed in the former dissection
laboratory on the top floor of Old Red-the oldest surviving medical school building west of
the Mississippi River.
and combined and media arts. She has curated medical exhibitions on both sides of the
Atlantic and served as a curatorial consultant on Dirt: The Filthy Reality of Everyday
Life and Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime temporary exhibitions hosted by Wellcome
Collection, London, UK.
Currently, Paula is curator of the Old Red Medical Museum at the University of Texas
Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB). The museum will be housed in the former dissection
laboratory on the top floor of Old Red-the oldest surviving medical school building west of
the Mississippi River.