Escape the Museum: A Special Halloween Event

⁠Join the Museum of Health Care and Murney Tower Museum for an all-ages Halloween event…if you dare!⁠

⁠Explore both museums and follow the clues to escape. To earn your prize, you must be awarded a key at each site. Will you be lucky enough to escape? Or will you be trapped inside like some poor souls from times gone by?⁠ … More Escape the Museum: A Special Halloween Event

MHC newest partner in exciting Ancient DNA Centre project

Where did smallpox and its many less famous cousins come from?

Molecular anthropologists Dr. Ana Duggan and Dr. Hendrik Poinar from the Ancient DNA Centre at McMaster University are working on answering this exact question. The Museum of Health Care is delighted to be McMaster University’s latest partner in this exciting new research project. … More MHC newest partner in exciting Ancient DNA Centre project

Rockwood Asylum featured in new exhibit at the Museum of Health Care

The Museum of Health Care at Kingston has installed a new temporary exhibit, with Rockwood as the first subject.

Colloquially known as Rockwood, the city’s first psychiatric hospital has had many names over the years. With artifacts, panels, and even supplementary media links, this small exhibit provides a short overview of the hospital’s history from its beginning all the way to closure. … More Rockwood Asylum featured in new exhibit at the Museum of Health Care