The National Museum of Civil War Medicine Events
May 19, 2012
Garden Party
Join the staff at the Pry House for a “garden party” to prepare the nineteenth century-style kitchen and medicinal garden.
Calendar
Events for May 2012 - July 2012
Pry House Field Hospital Museum Opens
- Saturday, May 5th, 2012 • 11:00 AM – Sunday, May 6th, 2012 • 5:00 PM
The Pry House Field Hospital Museum at Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, MD reopens for walk-in visitors on weekends only.
More InformationMonthly Lecture: 150th Maryland Campaign EVENTS
- Saturday, May 12th, 2012 • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Nancy Koval, chair of the 150th Commemorative Committee for the Battle of South Mountain, will reveal new original research and a variety of events that will take place in the Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area.
More InformationGarden Party
- Saturday, May 19th, 2012 • 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Join the staff at the Pry House for a “garden party” to prepare the nineteenth century-style kitchen and medicinal garden.
More InformationMonthly Lecture Series: Medicine of Andersonville Prison
- Saturday, June 9th, 2012 • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Joseph Berman, M.D., discusses the lack of medicine at Andersonville Prison and its impact on the prison population.
More InformationCigar and Whiskey Night at Pry House
- Saturday, June 9th, 2012 • 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Join the National Museum of Civil War Medicine for an evening of cigars and whiskey at the Pry House Field Museum in Antietam National Battlefield on June 9th 2012.
Early American Banjo Conference
- Friday, June 22nd, 2012 • 3:00 PM – Sunday, June 24th, 2012 • 12:00 PM
World-renowned banjo scholars, makers and players share their expertise with all those who share their enthusiasm for this nineteenth century instrument.
More InformationBANJO CONCERT
- Saturday, June 23rd, 2012 • 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Join world-renowned Early American banjoists for a nineteenth century-style banjo concert on the grounds of the Pry House.
More InformationSummer Evening Lecture: Surgeon General William Hammond
- Thursday, July 5th, 2012 • 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Kyle Wichtendahl, Pry House Field Hospital Museum, NMCWM satellite site at Antietam National Battlefield Park, will talk about William Hammond’s life.
More InformationNational Kitchen Garden Day
- Saturday, July 7th, 2012 • 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Learn about the uses of a variety of herbs and vegetables by people in the nineteenth century for cooking and homeopathy.
More InformationSummer Lecture Series: Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes
- Thursday, July 12th, 2012 • 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Robert Slawson, MD, FAC, discusses the medical career of Joseph Barnes, the longest-serving U.S. Surgeon General, 1864-1882.
More InformationMonthly Lecture Series: Importance of Quilts to the Civil War Soldier
- Saturday, July 14th, 2012 • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
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.
More InformationSummer Lecture Series: Major Jonathan Letterman, MD
- Thursday, July 19th, 2012 • 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
George Wunderlich, NMCWM Executive Director, will discuss Dr. Letterman and his legacy.
More InformationChildren's Experience Weekend
- Saturday, July 21st, 2012 • 11:00 AM – Sunday, July 22nd, 2012 • 4:30 PM
Enjoy a kids-day-out at the Pry House Field Hospital Museum.
More InformationSummer Lecture Series: Maryland Campaign in Middletown Valley
- Thursday, July 26th, 2012 • 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Jody Brummage, author, Curator, and Historian of the South Mountain Heritage Society, Burkittsville, MD, discusses the impact of the Battles of South Mountain and Antietam on the civilian population of the villages of Burkittsville and Middletown, MD.
More InformationSignal Corps Weekend
- Saturday, August 4th, 2012 • 11:00 AM – Sunday, August 5th, 2012 • 5:00 PM
The Pry House Field Hospital Museum will host live signaling demonstrations and talks.
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