Mobile Medical Museum

Mobile Medical Museum Group tour free with admission every Friday at 2 pm!
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Due to limited staffing, appointments are The Museum also houses the J.L.
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Founded in 1962, by Dr. Samuel Eichold, II, the Mobile Medical Museum preserves and exhibits medical artifacts and archives to commemorate Mobile’s prominent place in the history of medical education and public health within the state of Alabama and the Gulf Coast. The Museum’s collections and exhibitions provide the public with a broad understanding of the evolution of the art and science of heal

th care. Since 2004, the Museum has been located in the Vincent-Doan-Walsh House, Mobile’s oldest extant private residence, which is located on the midtown campus of the University of South Alabama Children’s and Women’s Hospital. Included on the National Register of Historic Places of the National Park Service, the house was built in 1827 by Captain Benjamin Vincent, who commanded several cargo vessels that sailed between New Orleans and Mobile. The Museum’s collections include thousands of medical artifacts, photographs, and documents from the past 300 years. Bedsole Archives and Ben May Library, which together contain over 50 cubic feet of letters, doctor’s registers, photographs, and rare books. The Mobile Medical Museum is a locally supported 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and does not receive any funding from federal, state, county, or city taxes.

08/03/2026

This stamp was found in the early 19th century near the Roman settlement at Inveresk in East Lothian. Oculists were specialised eye doctors. The original stamp would have been used to seal jars or mark the blocks of eye-ointment before they became hard.

08/01/2026
The audio-visual department records a training video at Mobile Infirmary, early 1970s.
07/29/2026

The audio-visual department records a training video at Mobile Infirmary, early 1970s.


07/28/2026

New book out about medical history, forensics, and Sherlock Holmes--three of our favorite things!

07/24/2026
Check out this Red Couch interview with Mobile Medical Museum Executive Director Daryn Glassbrook and Ken Robinson, Dire...
07/23/2026

Check out this Red Couch interview with Mobile Medical Museum Executive Director Daryn Glassbrook and Ken Robinson, Director of the Historic Franklin House & Gallery, talking about Healing the Community: Mobile's Black Medical History Tour on August 1~

'Healing the Community: Mobile's Black Medical History Tour' brings to life untold stories of African-American medical professionals.
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Our Executive Director, Daryn Glassbrook, joined Ken Robinson, Director of the Historic Franklin House & Gallery, on Stu...
07/21/2026

Our Executive Director, Daryn Glassbrook, joined Ken Robinson, Director of the Historic Franklin House & Gallery, on Studio Ten this morning to talk about our upcoming Black Medical History Tour on August 1.

The Dr. James Franklin Historic House & Gallery, in partnership with the Mobile Medical Museum, proudly presents the “Healing the Community: Mobile’s Black Medical History Tour”

Last week, we were pleased to welcome high schoolers in the healthcare career training program at West Ascension Parish ...
07/21/2026

Last week, we were pleased to welcome high schoolers in the healthcare career training program at West Ascension Parish Hospital. They traveled all the way from Louisiana!

Who is going to see The Odyssey this weekend?One of the most memorable secondary characters in the story is Eurycleia, w...
07/17/2026

Who is going to see The Odyssey this weekend?

One of the most memorable secondary characters in the story is Eurycleia, who was Odysseus' wet nurse. When Odysseus returns to Ithaca disguised as a beggar, Eurycleia is the first one to recognize his true identity by discovering an old scar on his leg while washing his feet. As a girl, Eurycleia was purchased by Odysseus' father, King Laertes. In many ancient civilizations, wet nursing was considered a low status job fit for enslaved and poor women. Wet nurses breastfed the children of aristocratic families, which often meant depriving their own children of sustenance. The Greek word for wet nurse was θηλάστρια (thilástria), which means "breast-feeding woman." Despite her low status, Eurkleia proves her true worth by being an honest servant of the royal family (unlike others in the household) and embodying the feminine virtue of selfless, unconditional love.

Pictured: Terracotta plaque (Eurykleia washing Odysseus' feet), Greek, Melian, ca. 450 BCE. The Met Collection.


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1664 Springhill Avenue
Mobile, AL
36604

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Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 4pm

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+12514151109

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