Curator // Social Historian // Museum Professional
Upcoming events
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New Orleans Ghosts: The History behind the Legends
10.04 6:30-10:00 PM
Join us for an evening of ghosts in the parlors of the historic Olivier House Hotel, where we explore the line between fact and fiction in America's most haunted city.
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Spirited Salon
10.16, 24 & 30 6:00-8:00PM
This Spirited Evening begins with an immersive look at the first floor exhibits, followed by a break for handcrafted refreshments before final seating in the courtyard to finish with haunting stories. This event will feature live performance, storytelling and an insider's look at the museum's collections.
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Museum of the Soon to Depart
10.21 7:00-8:00PM
Poet Andy Young will launch her second full-length poetry collection. The evening will be filled with poetry, songs, soundscapes, and the singular atmosphere of the museum. The evening will also feature a poetry reading by The Pharmacy Museum’s own docent, Owen Ever.
The New Orleans Pharmacy Museum is located in the original building of America’s first licensed apothecary and is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of 19th century medical history.
Presentations:
Hard Acts to Follow: A Brief History of New Orleans Quarantine Ordinances; Gallier Gathering; April 8th, 2020
Credit Due: Understanding a 19th Century Apothecary through a Year's Worth of Purchases; VCPORA/Beauregaurd-Keyes Lecture Series "Vieux Carre at 300: New Perspectives on an Old City; October 23rd, 2019
From Proven Adequacy to Absolute Fallacy: Interpreting the Collection of the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum; Weinstein Memorial Banquet for the Tulane University History of Medicine Society; January 26, 2019
(Terra)Formation: Working the Elements as Creative Practice; Antenna::Signals; New Orleans Pharmacy Museum; Jan 21st, 2017
All the Pretty Horrors: Beauty Standards of the Victorian Grotesque; Antenna::Signals; Ace Hotel; Oct 4th, 2016
Exhibitions:
The Bitter End: The Lasting Legacy of an Herbal Tonic
Position of Birth: Early Midwifery and Birth Work in Louisiana
Bedside Manner: The Afflicted, the Indecent and the Indisposed
The Cachet Art and Culture Program was a collaboration between artists, educators and the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum. It aimed to strengthen the intersections of culture, health and healing and to provide a space for exchange and interaction between individuals, the community and the institution.
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HARD ACTS TO FOLLOW: A Brief History of New Orleans Quarantine Ordinances
“In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, residents of New Orleans are presently experiencing a wave of closures and restrictions that feel unprecedented- but this is not the first time the city has had to confront an epidemic. Throughout the 19th century our beloved Port of Orleans was besieged by cholera, malaria and yellow fever resulting in a wild array of efforts and ordinances. Some were reasonable; some quite erroneous. In an effort to provide perspective - or at least momentary distraction - we’ll reflect on some of the conditions, reactions and acts of quarantine our historical counterparts were faced with.”
Lecture presented in April 2020 by the Hermann-Grima + Gallier Historic Houses
