5380 ELVAS AVE, SACRAMENTO, CA 95819
Tuesdays - Friday
By Appointment
10 am- 4 pm
Closed: Holidays
Free Admission By Appointment
916.456.3152
Experience the evolution of medicine from the Gold Rush to today in this unique museum presented by the Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society. Exhibits include an iron lung, patent medicines and pharmacology, antibiotics and infectious diseases, Asian medicine, nursing, radiology, quackery and plenty of other tools that will make you grateful for today’s modern medicine.
Online users can access a virtual tour (originally launched 10 years ago) that highlights many intriguing medical artifacts and interesting tidbits