Collections Care for Historical Pharmaceuticals Resource Package

Are you concerned about the pharmaceuticals lurking in your museum collection or in a donation you just received? This resource package is filled with fact sheets, tips, and practical demonstrations for handling historical pharmaceuticals, and is available in both French and English.

Creation of this package was

The Museum of Health Care would like to thank:

Project Partners:

Michelle Hamilton, PhD, Professor, Public History and Shaelyn Ryan, Curator, Western University

Advice on items in this package was provided by:

Adam Pollard, Curator of Collection

Erin Secord, Manager, Conservation, Ingenium - Canada’s Museum of Science and Innovation

Emily Turgeon-Brunet, Manager of Conservation Science and Preventive Conservation, and Michael Doutre, Conservation Scientist, Parks Canada