OUTDOOR TOURS!

Campus tours last approximately one hour.
BOOK REVIEW

Volunteer Mary Ferguson suggests Pull of the Stars
by Emma Donoghue
HAVE YOU JOINED OUR BOOK CLUB?

A Civil Action is based on the true story of a court case about environmental pollution that took place in Woburn, Massachusetts in the 1970s.
DID YOU KNOW?

Lowell, MA was the first city in America to issue phone numbers to individual subscribers due to a measles outbreak in October 1879.
A local physician, Dr. Moses Greeley Parker, feared the town's four telephone operators would fall ill, so he recommended giving users their own numbers.
Spring is Here
As the daffodils shake the snow off their leaves, we are excited to announce that our outdoor walking tours will start in May. Our volunteers will take you around the campus of Tewksbury Hospital and explain the history, lore and public health issues of long ago.

If you cannot make it to the museum, we have a slate of online events to watch on our YouTube channel, and upcoming free programs such as our book club and informational talks. We partner with many educational institutions to bring you public health through many lenses.

The museum was recently awarded a Mass Humanities Digital Capacity Grant. We are excited to being the process of digitizing old intake records from the Tewksbury Hospital.
THANK YOU NEB-ASM!

Northeast Branch of the Association of Microbiologists is a supporter of the PHM and this year's co-sponsor of World TB Day with Dr. John Bernardo.
 
The relationship has been long-standing, with joint sponsorship of events over the years, including a program about William Augustus Hinton upon the opening of an exhibit on his life and work in 2012 and dinner meetings with presentations. ASM-NEB archivist, Emy Thomas, also a volunteer at the Public Health Museum, has transferred the archives of the branch to the museum to preserve and make them available for researchers. Members of the branch have been notable for their generous contributions to the museum and participation in its activities. The relationship revolves around a mutual appreciation of the history of the crucial contributions of microbiology to public health.

-Dr. Stefan Riedel, President
Northeast Branch-ASM
THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE IN STAMPS

Join the PHM and the Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History, Weston, MA on May 19th for a free Zoom program about how medicine and public health have been depicted in postal stamps around the world. Henry Lukas, Education Director for the Spellman will present this unique program.
POWER OF FLOWERS
MAY 8th

Join the PHM and The Power of Flowers Project on Saturday, May 8th for a plant sale at the Tewksbury Hospital Greenhouses. The GROW program will be selling plants from 9AM-2PM, along with other vendors, tool sharpening and chances to win great raffles. We hope you'll stop by!
JUNE 5th-SAVE THE DATE!

MEET ASHLYNN RICKORD WERNER AND JON MAYNARD FOR A BOOK SIGNING AND MUSEUM EXTRAVAGANZA

BOOKS WILL BE ON SALE AT THIS EVENT

Opened on May 1, 1854, the State Almshouse at Tewksbury was a venture by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to provide economical care for state paupers. Originally intended to accommodate 500 residents, by the end of 1854 the almshouse had admitted well over 2,200 paupers, thus necessitating future expansion. The name would later be changed to Tewksbury State Hospital to reflect the inclusion of the mentally ill, the sick, and those suffering from infectious disease as patients. Today, the hospital remains operational in providing specialized care in the Thomas J. Saunders Building while also serving as host to various governmental agencies and community organizations like the Public Health Museum on its historic campus. Although many of the early structures were demolished in the 1970s, the Tewksbury State Hospital remains an active institution brimming with architectural beauty and a rich public health history.
"America's first public health museum"