The Human Brain Museum, initiated three decades ago in the Department of Neuropathology started as a collection of gross brain specimens collected at postmortem of various neuropathological disease conditions. The Museum has now expanded and has more than 300 specimens in rows of brightly lit shelves. It is very popular among students in Bangalore.

About the collection: The specimens of human brain and spinal cord have been collected with informed consent at clinical autopsies from the institute over the past 3 decades. The brain museum has more than 400 specimens displayed in a 1200 square feet room. The room is located in Neurobiology Research Center, NIMHANS.