The Country Doctor Museum
History Museum
Why pick this one
The Country Doctor Museum offers guided tours of three buildings focused on rural health care history and includes a medicinal garden in spring and summer.
Best for
- Visitors interested in rural American medical history
- School and homeschool groups seeking educational tours
- Groups studying historic nursing, pharmaceuticals, or home remedies
- Visitors seeking a guided museum experience with historic medical artifacts
- Families wanting a tour with a hands-on student activity
Look elsewhere if
- Visitors seeking self-guided admission
- Visitors planning to visit on Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday
- Visitors needing cash payment, because admission and gift shop sales are cashless
Specialties
- rural American medical history
- history of nursing
- historic pharmaceuticals and apothecary practices
- home remedies
- medicinal garden interpretation
What makes them different
- Oldest museum in the United States dedicated to rural health care history
- Collection includes over 5,000 medical artifacts and historic texts
- Guided walking tours cover three buildings with an apothecary, doctor's office, sick room, transportation collection, and polio display
- Medicinal garden is included in tours during spring and summer
- Public buildings, restrooms, and handicap parking facilities are ADA accessible
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 7089 Peele Rd, Bailey, NC 27807
- Phone
- +12522354165
- Website
- http://www.countrydoctormuseum.org
- info@countrydoctormuseum.org
Services
- guided museum tours
- small group tours
- educational tours and programs
- hands-on student activities
- gift shop sales