The conference is held at the Boerhaave Museum: National Museum of the History of Science and Medicine in Leiden.

The historic building in which the Boerhaave Museum is located has had various functions over time. The original nunnery of St Caecilia dates from the early 15th century. Originally a nunnery, the building had become municipal property after the Reformation and shortly before 1600 was converted into a ‘plaque hospital and madhouse’. In 1635 it became an University hospital. It was here, around 1720, that Herman Boerhaave gave his famous sickbed lessons that drew medical students to Leiden from around the world.

After extensive restoration, the building has been used as a museum since 1991. The Boerhaave rooms contain temporary exhibits that can be visited.