Our Curator hasn’t made an appearance on Ex Crypta since her last blog draft turned into an academic paper (keep an eye out for news on that soon!) but rest assured she’s still researching and writing about medical history.
We’re pleased to share The Illuminating Power of Things, our Curator’s guest post on Synapsis: A Health Humanities Journal. You can find it here:
Rowena McGowan, Curator
Rowena McGowan started her curatorship at the Museum of Health Care in March of 2022. She holds Bachelor’s degrees in Biology and Archaeology, and graduated with a Master’s degree in Museum Studies from the University of Toronto in 2016. She has worked at Semaphore Lab, the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum, the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, the Manitoba Museum, and Lac La Biche Museum. In the little spare time her cat allows her, she enjoys writing fiction. Her first novel was published under a pseudonym in 2025.