DO NOT MISS THIS LITTLE GEM IN SHAWNEE KANSAS!!This Museum collection set in the building that used to belong to the Johnson County Museum Society is exceptional!It contains a lifetime collection of a local physician and encompasses the world of ancient medicine up to the present time.You will not want to pass this one by even during covid-19 and isolatio....why?? Because It recounts the past epidemics, including polio and smallpox. It includes a wall of fame on some of the most renowned contributors to medicine and Science in the world. It has rooms filled with old pharmaceutical remedies and treatments that some of us might even remember from the 1940s and 50s and 60s. It has ancient tribal artifacts and stories from our past and from other countries around the world.It shows the strength and resilience of people, the gift and sacrifices of caregivers and the ancient remedies that got us to where we are today. Put on some comfortable shoes and spend a few hours enriching your life experience.Thank you Dr. Bruce Hodges for your inspiring collection and for taking the time to bring this jewel back to Shawnee KS!!!

A very cool place that anyone even remotely related to the field of medicine or just curious should stop by and see. Great collection that spans generation, you get a glimpse of humanity and what makes modern medicine into what it is today. Highly recommended!

Great experience ... Loads to see