A Guide to Pharmacy Museums and Historical Collections in the United States and Canada by George Griffenhagen, Ernst W
A Guide to Pharmacy Museums and Historical Collections in the United States and Canada by George Griffenhagen, Ernst W. Stieb, Beth D. Fisher (American Institute of the History of Pharmacy, 1999) ALABAMA_________________________________ Birmingham Alabama Museum of Health Science Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences University of Alabama at Birmingham 1700 University Boulevard University Station, AL 35294-0013 (205) 934-4475 Managed by the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Michael Flannery, executive director. Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Admission - free A large hall includes exhibitions on pharmaceutical tools, drug bottles, medical and dental equipment, nursing and ophthalmological artifacts, together with documents, photographs, memorabilia, and archival material related to the health professions in the state of Alabama. In an adjacent hall is the Lawrence Reynolds Historical Library, which includes rare books and archives. *** Jacksonville Dr. J. C. Francis Medical Museum 100 Gayle Street Jacksonville, AL 36265 (256) 435-7611, ext. 8 Managed by the State of Alabama Historical Commission, 468 S. Perry Street, Montgomery, AL 36130-0900, (334) 242-3184 ext. 248. Open by appointment only. Admission - free The museum and grounds are owned by the Alabama State Historical Commission. The museum was opened to the public on March 21, 1974, when a marker in memory of Dr. J.C. Francis was unveiled by his great- grandson. The restored structure consists of two rooms, an apothecary shop in front leading into a physician’s office in the rear. The building was constructed about 1850 and was occupied by Dr. Francis for almost forty of his fifty-four years of practice as a family physician in Jacksonville.
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