Overview
- Pennsylvania Hospital opened the Pennsylvania Hospital Museum to the public Friday inside its restored Pine Building in Philadelphia.
- The museum spans eight galleries with interactive displays and features restored spaces including the surgical amphitheater, the apothecary, and the medical library.
- Exhibits pair past and present care, such as a bloodletting tool beside a digital cadaver and herbal remedies explained next to CAR-T cancer therapy developed at Penn.
- Lead archivist Stacey Peeples curated the experience with design firm HealyKohler, and the hospital remains part of Penn Medicine.
- Tickets are $10 during May and $12 after with Wednesday–Sunday hours, and the opening anchors the hospital’s 275th-anniversary events within America250.