The National Museum of Civil War Medicine Unveils
The 2012 Civil War Lecture Series
Frederick, MD. The National Museum of Civil War Medicine opens this year’s Civil War Lecture series at 2:00 pm on Saturday, February 11, 2012, with Professor James F. Tent’s lecture on the Dawn of Microbiology. This year’s lectures will unveil new research on a variety of topics as well as creative comparative programs not seen before. The lectures take place the second Saturday of each month from February through October, with an exception in April. Each 60 minute lecture starts at 2:00 pm and includes a Q&A session. The lecture fee is included in the regular price of admission to the 7,000 square foot museum dedicated to Civil War medicine in downtown Historic Frederick, Maryland. Fees: $7.50 for Adults, $7.00 for seniors and military and $6.00 for students 10-16 years old. Lecture timing enables visitors to eat lunch at any of the countless cafés, delis and restaurants located within minutes of the Museum at 48 E. Patrick Street, Frederick, MD 21701. Reservations are not required; first come first, served. You may re-enter the Museum with no additional charge the day of your visit. Convenient parking garage located behind the Museum, $1.00 per hour. For more information,call 301-695-1864.
The Museum will expand this year’s Civil War Lecture program to include a special day-long work-shop on March 10, 2012, in honor of the Sesquicentennial anniversaries of the Battles of South Mountain and Antietam. The Civil War Living Historians Workshop features five respected historians who will talk about the how and what of interpreting Civil War medicine. This is a program that can assist professional and volunteer staff of any museum exploring the mid-Victorian medical aspect of their historic site. The workshop will be held from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm in the Museum’s Delaplaine–Randall Room. Pre-registration cost: $55.00 [$35.00 for NMCWM members and active volunteers]. Lunch, snacks and hand-outs included. For more information, call 301-695-1864 x 14.
The National Museum of Civil War Medicine
2012 Civil War Lecture Series Calendar
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 2:00-3:00pm
The Dawn of Microbiology and the American Civil War
Professor James F. Tent explores the European and American medical advancements that revolutionized the world of nineteenth century medicine, including the medical visionaries who instinctively came to ground-breaking conclusions decades before technology proved them correct. Program fee is included in Museum admission fee. Free to members. Re-admittance to the Museum the day of talk is welcome. For more information, call 301-695-1864.
Saturday, March 10, 2012, 8:30am-4:30 pm
Living Historians/Re-enactors Workshop
What is a Civil War Living Historian? An individual dedicated to sharing an unbiased interpretation of the American Civil War and its impact on the civilian population through a variety of techniques including: wearing authentic reproduced clothing, using appropriate language as well as re-production and original artifacts to demonstrate a slice of mid-Victorian life; and sharing these stories within the context of their host museum’s interpretation plan or mission statement.
Learn what a museum’s expectations are of their living historians; your knowledge base, skills, appearance, manners in interacting with the public and proper care and transportation of your own artifacts. Enjoy a special 90 minute program by author Guy R. Hasegawa, Pharm. D., on Medicines for the Civil War Armies, which includes a demonstration of how pills and powder papers were prepared. Cost: $55.00 or $35.00 for NMCWM active volunteers and members. To pre-register contact: Education@CivilWarMed.org or 301-695-1864x14.
Saturday, May 12, 2012, 2:00-3:00pm
Battles of South Mountain and Antietam, and the 150th Commemorative Maryland Campaign Events
Nancy Koval, Chair of the 150th Commemorative Committee for the Battle of South Mountain, and Vice President of the Central Maryland Heritage League will reveal new original research on the impact of the Battles on the Middletown Valley. She’ll also share the variety of events that will take place in the Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area that encompasses South Mountain and Antietam Battlefields and the surrounding villages impacted by those battles. Program fee is included in Museum admission fee. Free to members. Re-admittance to the Museum the day of talk is welcome. For more information, call 301-695-1864.
Saturday, May 26, 2011, 11:00am– 4:00pm
Confederate Surgeon and CSA Medical Practices - a Civil War Living History Program
Mark Quattrock, Civil War medical historian, shares the story of the dedicated 9,000 surgeons and assistant surgeons that served the Confederate States, the organizational structure and field system adopted by the Confederate Medical Service accredited to Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire, as well as the accomplishments of other key Confederate medical personnel and the challenges they surmounted in obtaining and distributing medical supplies. Program fee is included in Museum admission fee. Free to members. Re-admittance to the Museum the day of talk is welcome. For more information, call 301-695-1864.
Saturday, June 9, 2012, 2:00-3:00pm
The Medicine of Andersonville Prison
Joseph Berman, M.D., discusses the medicine and medical practices of Andersonville Prison and its impact on the prison population. Program fee is included in Museum admission fee. Free to members. Re-admittance to the Museum the day of talk is welcome. For more information, call 301-695-1864.
Saturday, July 14, 2012, 2:00-3:00pm
The Civil War Soldier and His Quilt
Mavis Slawson, collector and textile historian, talks about the importance of quilts to Civil War soldiers--those brought from home, those distributed from the Sanitary Commission and those made by Civil War soldiers suffering from what we now know as post-traumatic stress disorder. Program fee is included in Museum admission fee. Free to members. Re-admittance to the Museum the day of talk is welcome. For more information, call 301-695-1864.
Saturday, August 11, 2012, 2:00-3:00pm
Frederick, One Vast Hospital
President Lincoln described Frederick, MD, as “One Vast Hospital” during his visit to the region after the battle of Antietam. Terry Reimer, author and NMCWM Director of Research, discusses the aftermath of the battles of South Mountain and Antietam, its impact on the Frederick population and the two-dozen buildings that were confiscated to serve as hospitals for the wounded and ill. Program fee is included in Museum admission fee. Free to members. Re-admittance to the Museum the day of talk is welcome. For more information, call 301-695-1864.
Saturday, September 8, 2012, 2:00-3:00pm
Visitation Girls’ Academy as General Hospital No. 5 - Frederick, MD
Scott Fullerton, NMCWM Research Volunteer, shares re-surfaced stories of life on the home front at the Catholic girls’ school based on original letters, diaries, reports and other firsthand accounts. These are very human stories of amazing people in extraordinary time during the 1862 Maryland Campaign. Program fee is included in Museum admission fee. Free to members. Re-admittance to the Museum the day of talk is welcome. For more information, call 301-695-1864.
Saturday, October 13, 2012, 2:00-3:00pm
Archaeology of Baltimore’s LaFayette Square, Union Encampment and Military Hospital
Closing lecture of 2012 Civil War Lectures series. Eli Pousson, Field Officer, Baltimore Heritage, in partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, presents the findings of archeologists, Brandon Bies, MAA, and Dr. David Gadsby, on the archaeological investigation of Baltimore’s LaFayette Square, the former site of a Union Civil War encampment, military hospital and occasional refuge for those escaping slavery in the south. Program fee is included in Museum admission fee. Free to members. Re-admittance to the Museum the day of talk is welcome. For more information, call 301-695-1864.
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