Harvard's Warren Anatomical Museum preserves the skull of railroad foreman Phineas Gage along with the iron tamping rod that blasted through his head in an 1848 accident. Gage survived, and the case became one of the most famous episodes in the early history of neuroscience. The collection is housed at Harvard Medical School; check current public-access rules before visiting.
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Source: Atlas Obscura