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Mobile Mammography Screenings on Oct 27, 2025

A mobile mammography unit is making a house call to the Country Doctor Museum on Monday, October 27, 2025.

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Welcome, Katelyn!

We’re excited to welcome our new site manager, Katelyn Rollins. A true Pirate, Katelyn earned her Masters in Maritime Studies at East Carolina University. Katelyn’s undergraduate degree in archaeology/anthropology is from the University of West Florida. She comes to...
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Where in the World is Dr. Pittman?

The museum’s newest exhibit installed at East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine is all about Dr. Newsom Jones Pittman. Pittman graduated from medical school at the University of Pennsylvania in 1839. Like hundreds of other American doctors in the early...
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Ready the Remedy!

Family Medicine Center in Greenville. “Ready the Remedy: Making Medicine with the Doctor and Druggist” features many of the museum’s pharmacy artifacts. The museum’s rich collection of 19th and early 20th century apothecary bottles take center stage. Who knew the many...
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The Garden is Looking Lovely!

Site Manager Katelyn Rollins planned the garden this year and coordinated planting of herbs. With all the rain this season, the plants, butterflies, and caterpillars are loving it. Stop by and enjoy the garden!  
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Class is in Session!

Did you know the Country Doctor Museum has installed temporary, rotating displays at Wake Tech Health Science Library since 2017? The community college health sciences campus located in Raleigh offers a wide range of health care related programs for their students....
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Cap it off!

The most recognizable symbol of nursing in the 20th century was the nurse's cap. A nurse's cap came to represent many different meanings to nurses: pride, identity, commitment, dedication, loyalty, professionalism and caring. Made by the original Kay's Cap company, we...
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Global Connections Solve a History Mystery

When a visitor walks into the Country Doctor Museum with a box, it usually means they have something to discuss, perhaps a potential donation or questions about something they found. Gary Ambert, a retired Spanish-language professor and ham-radio aficionado, recently...
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Welcome, Lizzie!

When our previous docent left for graduate school in summer 2022, the museum was very fortunate to bring on board Lizzie Yates as our new interpretive guide and collections assistant. Lizzie recently moved to North Carolina from western New York state and is currently...
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Beautiful Practicality

The 19th century chatelaine is a relatively new artifact in the museum’s collection. Curator Annie Anderson acquired it at a historic North Carolina auction house in 2019 to use in the museum’s “Care and Comfort in the Sick Room” exhibit. At the turn of the 20th...
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Cap it off!

Cap it off!

Dec 14, 2022 |

The most recognizable symbol of nursing in the 20th century was the nurse's cap. A nurse's cap came to represent many different meanings to nurses: pride, identity, commitment, dedication, loyalty, professionalism and caring. Made by the original Kay's Cap company, we...

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Global Connections Solve a History Mystery

Global Connections Solve a History Mystery

Dec 10, 2022 |

When a visitor walks into the Country Doctor Museum with a box, it usually means they have something to discuss, perhaps a potential donation or questions about something they found. Gary Ambert, a retired Spanish-language professor and ham-radio aficionado, recently...

read more
Welcome, Lizzie!

Welcome, Lizzie!

Dec 10, 2022 |

When our previous docent left for graduate school in summer 2022, the museum was very fortunate to bring on board Lizzie Yates as our new interpretive guide and collections assistant. Lizzie recently moved to North Carolina from western New York state and is currently...

read more
Beautiful Practicality

Beautiful Practicality

Mar 25, 2022 |

The 19th century chatelaine is a relatively new artifact in the museum’s collection. Curator Annie Anderson acquired it at a historic North Carolina auction house in 2019 to use in the museum’s “Care and Comfort in the Sick Room” exhibit. At the turn of the 20th...

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Doctors on the Go!

Doctors on the Go!

Jan 28, 2022 |

The Country Doctor Museum recently installed the exhibit “Doctors on the Go!” in nine display cases that dot a long hallway connecting East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine with Vidant Medical Center. Vidant is eastern North Carolina’s largest medical...

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