Manon S.Parry, PhD, is an historian of medicine and exhibition curator, specializing in the uses of the humanities for health and wellbeing. She is Professor of Medical and Nursing History at Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, and Associate Professor of American Studies and Public History at the University of Amsterdam. Formerly, she was Curator in the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine, USA, where she curated gallery and online exhibitions on a wide range of topics, including global health and human rights, disability in the American Civil War, and medicinal and recreational drug use, with budgets ranging from $14,500 to $3 million. Traveling versions of her exhibitions have visited more than 300 venues in Argentina,Canada, Germany, Guam, the Netherlands, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States. She has served in formal and informal advisory roles for exhibition projects on health and medicine at the Mütter Museum, Philadelphia; the National Archives and Records Administration and the Library of Congress, Washington, DC; MUCEM, the Museum of European Civilisations, Marseille; Rijksmuseum Boerhaave, the national museum for the history of science, technology and medicine in the Netherlands; and Vesalius Museum, Leuven. Her current book project, Human Curiosities: Engaging with Medical Museums, examines trends in the collection and exhibition of historical medical collections in European museums.

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