Sites in north america
Alphabetical by country and city
NORTH AMERICA CANADA
See searchable list of National Historic Sites:
http://www.pc.gc.ca/progs/lhn-nhs/index_e.asp
See useful article
Jennifer J. Connor, J.T.H. Connor. Medical and Related Museums, Historic Sites, and Exhibits in Ontario: An Annotated Guide and Review. Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, vol. 8 issue 1, pp 129-132
http://www.cbmh.ca/index.php/cbmh/issue/view/11
Canadian Medical Hall of Fame online
http://www.cdnmedhall.org/
BRITISH COLOMBIA
Fort Steele, BC – doctor’s house
http://bcheritage.ca/steele/arrive.htm
Victoria, BC
Helmcken House – Royal BC Museum
http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/RBCM_Cult_Pre/Helmcken_Hse.aspx
ONTARIO
Gravenhurst
Bethune Memorial House
Childhood home of Dr. Norman Bethune
http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/on/bethune/index.aspx
Kingston
Museum of Health Care
Displays, virtual museum and searchable databse with images of over 30,000 artifacts
http://www.museumofhealthcare.ca/
London
Frederick Banting House Museum
442 Adelaide St. N. London, Ontario, Canada
http://www.diabetes.ca/about-us/who/banting-house/information/
Fanshawe Pioneer Village, London—doctor’s house
http://www.fanshawepioneervillage.ca/
Canadian Medical Hall of Fame museum
http://www.cdnmedhall.org/
Morrisburg
Upper Canada Village, doctor’s house
http://www.uppercanadavillage.com/
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Niagara Apothecary
http://www.niagaraapothecary.ca/
Ottawa
Canada Science and Technology Museum
http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/
Museum of Civilization
http://www.civilization.ca/
See also this Museum's online exhibit Making Medicare
About the origins of Canada's Health Care System
http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/medicare/medic00e.shtml
St Thomas
Talbot Dispensary – Duncombe House
Formerly home to first medical school in Ontario opened in 1824; a museum until several years ago. now closed.
http://www.ontarioplaques.com/Plaques_DEF/Plaque_Elgin16.htm
Toronto
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Room, University of Toronto
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/fisher/
Black Creek Pioneer Village, Toronto – doctor’s house
http://www.blackcreek.ca/
Historical display on insulin in MARS building, College St.
http://www.marsdd.com/aboutmars/history/insulin1/
QUEBEC
Cap de la Madeleine
Shrine of Notre-Dame du Cap
http://www.sanctuaire-ndc.ca/sndc01/
Montreal
Musée des Hospitaliers de l’Hôtel Dieu de Montréal
http://www.museedeshospitalieres.qc.ca/
Osler Library, McGIll University
http://www.mcgill.ca/library/library-using/branches/osler-library/
Oratoire St Joseph—founded by thaumaturge Frère André canonized 2010
http://www.saint-joseph.org/
La Maison de Mère d’Youville and Hôpital General
Soeurs de la Charité founded by Marie Marguerite d’Youville, canonized 1990
138, rue Saint-Pierre
http://www.sgm.qc.ca/sgm/anglais/a_frameset.htm
Quebec City
Musée des Augustines de l’Hôpital General de Québec
http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/explore/virtual-museum-of-new-france/collections/augustine-monastery-museum
Grosse Ile National Historic Site
Quarantine station; mass grave of immigrants who died of typhus and other diseases; sheds
http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/qc/grosseile/index.aspx
Shrine of Ste Anne de Beaupré
http://www.ssadb.qc.ca/eng/index.htm
UNITED STATES
Arizona
History of Pharmacy Museum, U Arizona, Tuscon
http://www.pharmacy.arizona.edu/museum/
Medical Museum, Baptist Hospital, Phoenix
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/the-medical-museum-at-phoenix-baptist-hospital-6569138
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/the-medical-museum-at-phoenix-baptist-hospital-6569138
Bethesda MD
National Library of Medicine
Extensive history of medicine collection; online collection
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/index.html
Boston, MA
Massachusetts General Hospital—Ether Dome, Bulfinch Bldg
Site of the 1846 surgical demonstration of ether anesthesia
http://www2.massgeneral.org/vep/tours.html
online exhibits
http://www2.massgeneral.org/history/museum_onlineExhibits.htm
Harvard Medical School
Countway Library
https://www.countway.harvard.edu/index.html
Warren Anatomical Museum
https://www.countway.harvard.edu/menuNavigation/chom/warren.h
Cleveland, Ohio
Dittrick Medical History Center
Case Western Reserve University
http://www.case.edu/artsci/dittrick/site2/
Danville, Kentucky
Ephraim McDowell House Museum
Doctor who first performed surgery to remove an ovary before anesthesia
http://www.mcdowellhouse.com/
Iowa City, Iowa
hniversity of Iowa, Medical Museum
http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/medmuseum/
New York City, NY
New York Academy of Medicine, including Malloch Rare Book Library
http://www.nyam.org/library/
Ellis Island, NYC
immigration station
HTTP://www.ellisisland.org/genealogy/ellis_island.asp
Philadelphia, PA
Pennsylvania Hospital
oldest hospital in USA, including Library and old operating theatre
http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/paharc/collections/
College of Physicians of Philadelphia
including Library and Mutter Museum
http://www.collphyphil.org/INDEX.ASP
http://www.collphyphil.org/MUTTER.ASP
Chemical Heritage Foundation
http://www.chemheritage.org/
Rochester, Minnesota
Mayo Clinic Heritage Hall, Gonda Building
http://www.mayoclinic.org/heritage-hall/
Mayo Clinic Historical Suite, Plummer Building
http://www.mayoclinic.org/heritage-hall/history-suite.html
St Marys Hospital display
http://www.mayoclinic.org/saintmaryshospital/smhhistory.html
Article on medical tourism in Rochester
http://www.rochestercvb.org/articles/index.cfm?action=view&articleID=28&menuID=199ttp://www.rochestercvb.org/articles/index.cfm?action=view&articleID=28&menuID=199
St. Joseph, Missouri
Glore's Psychiatric Museum
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/mo-psychiatricmuseum.html
Washington, DC area
National Museum of Health and Medicine in Silver Springs, MD:
http://nmhm.washingtondc.museum/
NORTH AMERICA CANADA
See searchable list of National Historic Sites:
http://www.pc.gc.ca/progs/lhn-nhs/index_e.asp
See useful article
Jennifer J. Connor, J.T.H. Connor. Medical and Related Museums, Historic Sites, and Exhibits in Ontario: An Annotated Guide and Review. Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, vol. 8 issue 1, pp 129-132
http://www.cbmh.ca/index.php/cbmh/issue/view/11
Canadian Medical Hall of Fame online
http://www.cdnmedhall.org/
BRITISH COLOMBIA
Fort Steele, BC – doctor’s house
http://bcheritage.ca/steele/arrive.htm
Victoria, BC
Helmcken House – Royal BC Museum
http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/RBCM_Cult_Pre/Helmcken_Hse.aspx
ONTARIO
Gravenhurst
Bethune Memorial House
Childhood home of Dr. Norman Bethune
http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/on/bethune/index.aspx
Kingston
Museum of Health Care
Displays, virtual museum and searchable databse with images of over 30,000 artifacts
http://www.museumofhealthcare.ca/
London
Frederick Banting House Museum
442 Adelaide St. N. London, Ontario, Canada
http://www.diabetes.ca/about-us/who/banting-house/information/
Fanshawe Pioneer Village, London—doctor’s house
http://www.fanshawepioneervillage.ca/
Canadian Medical Hall of Fame museum
http://www.cdnmedhall.org/
Morrisburg
Upper Canada Village, doctor’s house
http://www.uppercanadavillage.com/
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Niagara Apothecary
http://www.niagaraapothecary.ca/
Ottawa
Canada Science and Technology Museum
http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/
Museum of Civilization
http://www.civilization.ca/
See also this Museum's online exhibit Making Medicare
About the origins of Canada's Health Care System
http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/medicare/medic00e.shtml
St Thomas
Talbot Dispensary – Duncombe House
Formerly home to first medical school in Ontario opened in 1824; a museum until several years ago. now closed.
http://www.ontarioplaques.com/Plaques_DEF/Plaque_Elgin16.htm
Toronto
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Room, University of Toronto
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/fisher/
Black Creek Pioneer Village, Toronto – doctor’s house
http://www.blackcreek.ca/
Historical display on insulin in MARS building, College St.
http://www.marsdd.com/aboutmars/history/insulin1/
QUEBEC
Cap de la Madeleine
Shrine of Notre-Dame du Cap
http://www.sanctuaire-ndc.ca/sndc01/
Montreal
Musée des Hospitaliers de l’Hôtel Dieu de Montréal
http://www.museedeshospitalieres.qc.ca/
Osler Library, McGIll University
http://www.mcgill.ca/library/library-using/branches/osler-library/
Oratoire St Joseph—founded by thaumaturge Frère André canonized 2010
http://www.saint-joseph.org/
La Maison de Mère d’Youville and Hôpital General
Soeurs de la Charité founded by Marie Marguerite d’Youville, canonized 1990
138, rue Saint-Pierre
http://www.sgm.qc.ca/sgm/anglais/a_frameset.htm
Quebec City
Musée des Augustines de l’Hôpital General de Québec
http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/explore/virtual-museum-of-new-france/collections/augustine-monastery-museum
Grosse Ile National Historic Site
Quarantine station; mass grave of immigrants who died of typhus and other diseases; sheds
http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/qc/grosseile/index.aspx
Shrine of Ste Anne de Beaupré
http://www.ssadb.qc.ca/eng/index.htm
UNITED STATES
Arizona
History of Pharmacy Museum, U Arizona, Tuscon
http://www.pharmacy.arizona.edu/museum/
Medical Museum, Baptist Hospital, Phoenix
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/the-medical-museum-at-phoenix-baptist-hospital-6569138
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/the-medical-museum-at-phoenix-baptist-hospital-6569138
Bethesda MD
National Library of Medicine
Extensive history of medicine collection; online collection
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/index.html
Boston, MA
Massachusetts General Hospital—Ether Dome, Bulfinch Bldg
Site of the 1846 surgical demonstration of ether anesthesia
http://www2.massgeneral.org/vep/tours.html
online exhibits
http://www2.massgeneral.org/history/museum_onlineExhibits.htm
Harvard Medical School
Countway Library
https://www.countway.harvard.edu/index.html
Warren Anatomical Museum
https://www.countway.harvard.edu/menuNavigation/chom/warren.h
Cleveland, Ohio
Dittrick Medical History Center
Case Western Reserve University
http://www.case.edu/artsci/dittrick/site2/
Danville, Kentucky
Ephraim McDowell House Museum
Doctor who first performed surgery to remove an ovary before anesthesia
http://www.mcdowellhouse.com/
Iowa City, Iowa
hniversity of Iowa, Medical Museum
http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/medmuseum/
New York City, NY
New York Academy of Medicine, including Malloch Rare Book Library
http://www.nyam.org/library/
Ellis Island, NYC
immigration station
HTTP://www.ellisisland.org/genealogy/ellis_island.asp
Philadelphia, PA
Pennsylvania Hospital
oldest hospital in USA, including Library and old operating theatre
http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/paharc/collections/
College of Physicians of Philadelphia
including Library and Mutter Museum
http://www.collphyphil.org/INDEX.ASP
http://www.collphyphil.org/MUTTER.ASP
Chemical Heritage Foundation
http://www.chemheritage.org/
Rochester, Minnesota
Mayo Clinic Heritage Hall, Gonda Building
http://www.mayoclinic.org/heritage-hall/
Mayo Clinic Historical Suite, Plummer Building
http://www.mayoclinic.org/heritage-hall/history-suite.html
St Marys Hospital display
http://www.mayoclinic.org/saintmaryshospital/smhhistory.html
Article on medical tourism in Rochester
http://www.rochestercvb.org/articles/index.cfm?action=view&articleID=28&menuID=199ttp://www.rochestercvb.org/articles/index.cfm?action=view&articleID=28&menuID=199
St. Joseph, Missouri
Glore's Psychiatric Museum
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/mo-psychiatricmuseum.html
Washington, DC area
National Museum of Health and Medicine in Silver Springs, MD:
http://nmhm.washingtondc.museum/
