May 13 2016

Indiana Medical History Museum & MEDICINAL PLANT GARDEN TOUR

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INDIANA MEDICAL HISTORY MUSEUM & MEDICINAL PLANT GARDEN TOUR

On Saturday, June 4, you are invited to join Mensa Youth for a tour of the Indiana Medical History Museum and its gardens. If you’ve not visited the museum, you’ll be fascinated to see medicine as it was practiced in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The museum is housed in the Old Pathology Building, which begins our tour. It’s a nineteen-room building constructed in 1896 on the grounds of the Central Hospital for the Insane. The building includes three clinical laboratories and a photography laboratory which were used to support study and research on the physical causes of mental disease.

The Medicinal Plant Garden offers the opportunity to remember that plants were the original source of most medicines. A local master gardener will lead our tour and we are assured that the plants will be at their peak during our visit.  The museum is located at 3045 West Vermont Street (the Old Pathology Building) and our tour will begin there at 2:00 p.m. followed by a tour of the garden from 3:15 to 4:00 p.m. Please RSVP if you would like to attend – and plan to arrive at least 15 minutes early.

Adult $10

Children (18 or younger) $3

http://www.imhm.org

Here are some photos from our last visit.  It was a popular event, and we sold out!  Be sure to RSVP right away to get a spot on this tour.

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