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The museum’s archivist, Layne Carpenter, helped us develop and install a new exhibit at East Carolina University’s Family Medicine Center. The display shares a wealth of information about medical education for the country doctor during the 19th and early 20th...
Welcome, Rebekah!
Rebekah Burroughs joined our staff in May 2021 as a docent and collections management assistant. We are so excited to have her on our team! Rebekah interned with the museum in Spring 2021 as a student at East Carolina University. Just as she was joining our team, she...
Our Garden at 50 Years
Our medicinal garden is turning 50 this year and we’re celebrating! The Mercer Reeves Hubbard Medicinal Garden, named after a museum volunteer who helped organize and implement the garden, was created in 1971. The wagon wheel design drawn by famed North Carolina...
Medical Legacies in NC
A display in the museum’s library, next to the gift shop, shares information about two medical legacies in North Carolina. The display features information about Dr. Manassa Thomas Pope, an 1886 graduate of the Leonard School of Medicine at Shaw University, Raleigh....
A Women’s Place
In our Victorian-era sick room, we talk about 19th-century life when an ill family member was cared for in the home. Common illnesses of the time, such as tuberculosis, diphtheria, or scarlet fever, caused great suffering and the task of caring for a loved one often...
Cabinets of Wonder!
Museum staff had a great time installing a fun exhibit, “Cabinets of Wonder,” at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine. Featuring quirky and unusual objects from the Country Doctor Museum’s collection, the exhibit is reminiscent of cabinets of curiosity...