Oklahoma Frontier Drug Store Museum

Science museum in Guthrie, Oklahoma, U.S.
35°52′42″N 97°25′38″W / 35.87823°N 97.42720°W / 35.87823; -97.42720 (Oklahoma Frontier Drugstore Museum)TypeScience museumCollectionsAntique Medicinal TreatmentsFounderRalph EnixCuratorPam EkissOwnerOklahoma Pharmacy Heritage FoundationWebsitewww.drugmuseum.org

Oklahoma Frontier Drug Store Museum was established in 1992 and located in Guthrie, Oklahoma.[1] The museum has an occupancy in the Gaffney Building constructed in 1890 and integral to the Guthrie Historic District.

The museum has nineteenth century and early twentieth century apothecary artifacts related to alchemy, elixirs, esoteric pharmacies, herbal tonics, tinctures, and traditional medicines for confronting the struggles with the diseases and epidemics of the 19th century.

The Apothecary Garden

The Oklahoma Frontier Drug Store Museum established the Apothecary Garden in the Spring of 2006. The physic garden offers specimens of botanical and medicinal plants used for herbal medicine and homeopathy as necessitated by the Oklahoma settlers and pioneers residing in the American frontier.[2]

  • Apothecary Garden at Oklahoma Frontier Drug Store Museum
    Apothecary Garden at Oklahoma Frontier Drug Store Museum
  • Apothecary Garden entrance at Oklahoma Frontier Drug Store Museum
    Apothecary Garden entrance at Oklahoma Frontier Drug Store Museum
  • Centennial clock of the Apothecary Garden
    Centennial clock of the Apothecary Garden

See also

References

  1. ^ "In the Museum". Guthrie, Oklahoma: Oklahoma Frontier Drugstore Museum.
  2. ^ "The Apothecary Garden". Guthrie, Oklahoma: Oklahoma Frontier Drugstore Museum.
  • Media related to Apothecary Garden (Guthrie, Oklahoma) at Wikimedia Commons
  • Guthrie (Oklahoma) travel guide from Wikivoyage
  • "Folk Medicine". Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society.
  • "Guthrie". Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society.
  • "Medical Education". Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society.
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