Happy Halloween!

We are going all out for Halloween this year. We are having Ghost Tours of the building for two nights, and both sold out almost immediately! We decorated a bit, draping the busts in black tulle (with sparkles!) and offered our guests Halloween candy. 

As we walked around the building, I told stories about the building, its history, MedChi's history, of course, Marcia and all of the people who had sighted her over the years. We walked through the museum, and discussed some of the important features.

Our friends at the Baltimore Banner have posted a great video that's perfect for Halloween! Click here.

From all of us at MedChi, especially Marcia, HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Phase II Museum Opening

On Tuesday, October 17, in conjunction with the annual Hunt History of Medicine Lecture, we opened Phase II of the MedChi Museum of Maryland Medical History.

Among the new displays are:

35 years of photographs of our past presidents.

A handicap ramp between our two buildings.

Upton Scott's and John Archer's collections of medical books, which date from the 1600s and 1700s, with a portrait of their contemporary, Tristram Thomas above.

A bust of Dr. John Whitridge, sculpted by William Rinehart in Rome in 1874.

Videos of MedChi's history over the past 225 years, surrounded by a series of 1844 anatomical prints.

The Napoleon Chest

Additional portraits

Seating and a display of the Sappington Ledger

Renovated historic vestibule, uncovering the original tesserae marble floor.

If you are interested in visiting the Museum, please contact Meg Fielding. For now, visits are limited to business hours. 

Ghost Tour

Please join us for the First Annual Ghost Tour!

Marcia Crocker Noyes began working as our Librarian at MedChi in 1896, and worked for us until her death in 1946. She not only worked for us, she had an apartment in our building, so that she could be available at any time of day or night to assist physicians who needed a book. She was our own personal Google!

When Marcia died in 1946, her funeral was held in our historic Osler Hall and she was buried in the historic Greenmount Cemetery.

But she never really left MedChi and the building and library she loved so much. 

For decades, there have been stories of staff members and others hearing footsteps echo in the hallways or on the stairs, finding items which appear with no explanation, or catching a glimpse of a figure our of a corner of an eye...

On Monday, October 30 and Tuesday, October 31, from 6:30 to 7:30, MedChi will be hosting a Ghost Tour of MedChi's Historic Headquarters Building in Mount Vernon, which is reputed to be one of the five most haunted buildings in Baltimore. 

While we can't guarantee that you will see Marcia, we will tell you stories of her haunting of the building, show you our extensive stacks library, our timeless art collection and the historic medical equipment our physicians have used for the past 225 years. 

To reserve a spot, please click on the QR code below, or open it with your phone. Tickets are $10 per person and will support the preservation of our archives. Reservations are required. And don't forget to select which date you'd like to attend!

We will  look forward to seeing you then!