MUSEUM BLOG
MARF 2023 Lecture Recording and Manuscript Now Available
Originally recorded on November 19th, 2023, Jessica's Sealey's lecture Monstrous Instruments: The Vaginal Speculum and the Contagious Diseases Acts Repeal Movement is now available for viewing on the Museum of Health Care's YouTube Channel.
MHC featured in The HISTORY Channel documentary series Our War
The Museum of Health Care at Kingston is proud to announce that on Saturday, November 11th at 9pm ET/PT it will be featured in an episode of The HISTORY® Channel’s Original docu-series, Our War.
2023 Margaret Angus Research Fellowship Lecture
This project brings together a history of the object with examples drawn from the Museum of Health Care’s collection, alongside a critical examination of repealer writing on Contagious Diseases Acts’ medical examinations and the instrument of the speculum.
Escape the Museum: A Special Halloween Event
Join the Museum of Health Care and Murney Tower Museum for an all-ages Halloween event…if you dare!Explore both museums and follow the clues to escape. To earn your prize, you must be awarded a key at each site. Will you be lucky enough to escape? Or will you be trapped inside like some poor souls from times gone by?
MHC newest partner in exciting Ancient DNA Centre project
Where did smallpox and its many less famous cousins come from?Molecular anthropologists Dr. Ana Duggan and Dr. Hendrik Poinar from the Ancient DNA Centre at McMaster University are working on answering this exact question. The Museum of Health Care is delighted to be McMaster University’s latest partner in this exciting new research project.
We are Hiring! Collections Intern Position Available
The Museum of Health Care is hiring a Collections Intern for the Fall 2023 to Spring 2024 period!
Rockwood Asylum featured in new exhibit at the Museum of Health Care
The Museum of Health Care at Kingston has installed a new temporary exhibit, with Rockwood as the first subject.Colloquially known as Rockwood, the city’s first psychiatric hospital has had many names over the years. With artifacts, panels, and even supplementary media links, this small exhibit provides a short overview of the hospital’s history from its beginning all the way to closure.
Sick City: Unlocking the Secrets of Kingston's Medical History
The Museum of Health Care's Sick City Outdoor Guided Walking Tours have returned for the summer!Walk in the footsteps of some of Kingston’s earliest residents and arrivals as they engage in a quest for health care in the Limestone City. The stories of the establishment of one of Canada’s oldest public hospitals, Kingston General Hospital, and Queen's School of Medicine are full of success and sacrifice, triumph and tragedy. Join us for a fascinating look into the lives of those that lived, arrived and died here, as we unlock the secrets of Kingston’s medical history.
Doors Open 2023 at the Museum of Health Care
The theme for this year's Doors Open is FOOD. Visit the Museum during Doors Open and explore the connection between health and food. Allow our "doctors" to determine your humour through a scavenger hunt quiz, and be prepared to discover and taste which food best cures your ills based on some historical (and questionable theories)!
2022 Annual Report Now Available
The Museum of Health Care is celebrating another year of bringing Canada's healthcare story to life with the release of it's 2022 Annual Report.