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In these rooms, the lesson had to be visible from the back row. Some theaters put students on steep tiers above a dissection table. Others used skylights to brighten an operating floor or arranged seats around a lecturer’s demonstration bench. These photos show surviving rooms and clearly identified reconstructions, from Renaissance anatomy theaters to halls built for public science lectures.

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Anatomical Theater of Padua
Anatomical Theater of Padua: Six steep wooden tiers drop toward an oval floor in the University of Padua’s Bo Palace. The…
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Anatomical Theater of the Archiginnasio
Anatomical Theater of the Archiginnasio: In Bologna’s university theater, two carved figures without skin flank the…
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Anatomical Theater of the Gustavianum
Anatomical Theater of the Gustavianum: Steep wooden galleries ring a table in a rooftop addition at Uppsala University…
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Ether Dome at Massachusetts General Hospital
Ether Dome at Massachusetts General Hospital: Curved rows rise above what was Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital’s…
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Theatrum Anatomicum at the Waag
Theatrum Anatomicum at the Waag: Look up in Amsterdam’s 1691 anatomy theater and the painted ceiling reveals the room’s…
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Royal Institution Lecture Theater
Royal Institution Lecture Theater: Red seats curve around a demonstration bench in this London lecture theater. Michael…
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Royal Surgical Academy Anatomical Theater
Royal Surgical Academy Anatomical Theater: Polished wooden benches wrap around the teaching floor under a pale dome. Peter…
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Anatomical Theater of Ferrara
Anatomical Theater of Ferrara: Dark benches rise around the central table at Ferrara’s Palazzo Paradiso. The octagonal…
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Anatomical Theater of Modena
Anatomical Theater of Modena: In Modena, pale blue rails curve around a wooden table. Antonio Scarpa modeled the room on…
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Aula Scarpa at the University of Pavia
Aula Scarpa at the University of Pavia: A modern audience fills the curved rows in this former anatomy theater. Antonio…
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Leiden Anatomical Theater Reconstruction
Leiden Anatomical Theater Reconstruction: Wooden galleries and upright skeletons fill this full-scale reconstruction at…
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Veterinary Anatomical Theater, Berlin
Veterinary Anatomical Theater, Berlin: White rails curve below a dome painted with figures and animals. Carl Gotthard…
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Old Operating Theater at St. Thomas’ Hospital
Old Operating Theater at St. Thomas’ Hospital: Wooden galleries face the operating table in the former women’s operating…
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Anatomy Lecture Theater at the University of Edinburgh
Anatomy Lecture Theater at the University of Edinburgh: Wooden writing ledges curve across steep rows of seats in…
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Josephinum Lecture Hall
Josephinum Lecture Hall: Tall windows light the restored, two-story lecture hall at Vienna’s former military surgical…
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Chemistry Amphitheater at Lisbon Polytechnic School
Chemistry Amphitheater at Lisbon Polytechnic School: Curved benches rise above the teaching floor in the chemistry…
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Aula Volta at the University of Pavia
Aula Volta at the University of Pavia: The rows of seats in this physics classroom made room for the public to watch…

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