Public Health Museum in Massachusetts

Tewksbury Hospital
Tewksbury, MA, 01876

URL : http://www.publichealthmuseum.org

overview : The Public Health Museum in Massachusetts is housed in the Old Administration Building of Tewksbury Hospital. - The hospital was established in 1852 as a state almshouse to care for the poor including a growing number of immigrants.

collections : EXHIBITS INCLUDE - Pioneering Public Health .. Campaign against Tuberculosis .. The History of Public Health Hospitals .. The State Laboratory .. Patent Medicine .. The Philip Johnston Exhibit .. The William Hinton Exhibit

topics : health, medical, medicine, hospitals, sanitoriums