The 1800s saw scientific progress and invention that pushed society leaps and bounds forward from developments to the field of archaeology, to the invention of the telegraph, a new understanding of medical practices, railways in the United States, and improvements in the military.
Hands-on activities for visitors of all ages may include: coloring sheets or a craft for the younger children, archaeology, sending messages using a telegraph and heliograph, and match the fingerprints for a prize.
NEW EXHIBIT OPENING:
A new exhibit on Fort Lowell’s hospital will also open at the event. Housed in the small building south of the museum, the exhibit recreates the hospital’s isolation ward, allowing visitors to visualize what the hospital once looked like during the 1880s. The exhibit will include an antique hospital bed and side table with a water pitcher. Artifacts include a surgeon's amputation kit, a Civil War surgery kit that belonged to one of the doctors at Fort Lowell, and medicine bottles excavated on-site. A mannequin will represent Joseph Basil Girard, one of Fort Lowell's post surgeons. The exhibit will also provide information on the hospital's history.