TAKE A TOUR!

Indoor and Outdoor Tours Available
PHM on PBS

Did you know that some of our artifacts are used in films? The latest is the PBS series Extra Life: Vaccines which aired this month! Watch for our bifurcated smallpox needles!
VOLUNTEER

We have a few openings for those who like speaking with the public and are interested in public health history and Tewksbury Hospital. Training is provided. Museum studies, history fans and public health professionals- please consider helping. Whether it's once a month for a few hours or every week, we have something for you!
Ruth McNutt and Sandra Price at the Power of Flowers event last week.
Engage With Us
We are fortunate to have a busy slate of events both in person and virtual to offer you this spring and summer. Through the generosity of our donors and grant makers, we bring you this programming free of charge. Please consider becoming a member or donating today so that we may continue our outreach. Through our virtual programming we are able to share our public health history around the globe!
REGISTRATION OPEN: OUTBREAK!2021

Calling all students in grades 10-12 interested in public health. Registration is open for Outbreak!2021 our free public health experience for students. The two week online course dives into careers in public health with professionals who work in the industry,

The program is free of charge thanks to a generous grant from the National Library of Medicine. Deadline: June 30, 2021.
THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE IN STAMPS-MAY 19th

Join the PHM and the Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History, Weston, MA on Wednesday, 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. Part of our Mass Cultural Council Series.
SATURDAY, JUNE 5th-BOOK SIGNING AND TOURS!

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

BOOKS WILL BE ON SALE AT THIS EVENT

Learn about the history of public health on a museum tour, the role of the Tewksbury Hospital as a public health institution on a walking tour, and purchase a signed copy of the new book, Images of America:Tewksbury State Hospital during our museum extravaganza.

Copies of the book will be on sale at the museum. If you'd like to order a copy, send an email to info@publichealthmuseum.org.
TUESDAY, JUNE 8th-TUSKEGEE, RACISM, HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND VACCINE HESITANCY

We are honored to have Susan Reverby and Michael Curry join us for a free Zoom discussion about Tuskegee and how it and other similar examples of malfeasance are relevant to current events. Professor Susan Reverby, author of Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy, and Michael Curry, Esq., President and CEO of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers and Past President of the Boston Branch of the NAACP will discuss the Tuskegee Study and its legacy, and put this history of government and medical betrayal into the context of the overall health impact of structural racism and the current COVID-19 response.
"America's first public health museum"