Summary
Organization name
New Orleans Pharmacy Museum
Tax id (EIN)
58-1727748
Address
514 Chartres sStreetNEW ORLEANS, LA 70130
The New Orleans Pharmacy Museum's central tenet is studying the past to gain understanding of the present as a means of envisioning the future of healthcare. Our operational approach is multi-modal and encompasses the following categories: preservation, scholarship, public engagement and collaboration. Each year, the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum strives to further our continued mission of preservation and education through two primary cornerstones of our institution: the ongoing conservation of our 200-year-old building and the artifacts held within it, and the Pharmacy Museum's commitment to inclusion, education, community, and access.
The New Orleans Pharmacy Museum showcases an extensive collection of medical and pharmaceutical artifacts and provides educational programs to present and preserve the rich history of pharmacy and healthcare in Louisiana. The Museum is located in the former home and apothecary of Louis Joseph Dufilho, Jr., the first licensed pharmacist in America (1816), whose work symbolizes the beginning of a system of certifying the professional competence of pharmacists, and recognizing the vital significance of that competence for the public health.
Mission
The New Orleans Pharmacy Museum is located at the 1823 apothecary site of America's first licensed pharmacist, Louis J. Dufilho, Jr. It is a monument to the profession of pharmacy and the allied health professions. The Museum's collection documents and illustrates the history of medicine during the 19th century. Guided tours of the Museum offer visitors a better understanding of pharmacy, medicine and health care in the 19th century and the types of illnesses that prevailed. It also provides visitors with an opportunity to gain an appreciation of their common past and a civilizing sense of place, time and self that has proven vital to the welfare and advancement of all communities.
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Organization Data
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130