Sometimes instead
of changing an entire exhibit, a few new items can be added. This allows some of the artifacts to be
rotated off display for a while. It also
gives our exhibits an “update” and allows our visitors to see new artifacts. I’ve
recently updated two of the exhibits at the NMCWM. Let’s take a look at what’s on display now.
Most of the new
additions were added to the Nursing display.
Though my museum doesn’t have a large collection of artifacts associated
with Civil War nurses, we are fortunate to be able to display the following items
from the collection of Chris Foard.
Nurses did get breaks from their duties sometimes. This is a three-day pass for three nurses, Miss Keen, Miss Kimbal, and Miss Morrison, from the Seminary Hospital on August 11, 1864. |
There were male nurses who served in the Civil War too. The image on this Carte-de-Visite is identified on the back as male nurse, William E. Preston, Company I, 112th Illinois Infantry. |
You might recognize the woman in this image! Though Louisa May Alcott is most famous as an author, she was also a Civil War nurse. |
This tintype shows an unidentified volunteer nurse who worked at the Armory Square Hospital in Washington D.C. The image is dated May 1864. |
This is an unidentified nurse from Portsmouth Grove Hospital. The back of the image is simply labeled, “Nice Lady.” I imagine this was written by one of her grateful patients. |
For a closer look at the havelock, click here.
So, that’s what’s new at the museum. If you’re in area, come take a look!
So, that’s what’s new at the museum. If you’re in area, come take a look!
Photos
courtesy of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine.
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