Mobile Medical Museum

A small,but very interesting museum that straddles the informative/oddity fence very well. Every exhibit was well curated and the information was easy to read. Ms. Treice showed us around and turned on the Cardiac Bypass machine so we could see it in action. The road to turn off is easy to miss,but parking is ample

Important Note: They are only open on the /first Saturday/ of every month. We were unable to visit, as we weren't aware of this until we arrived, but will definitely be returning and updating this review once we've had the chance to actually enter. The outside, for what it's worth, was EXTREMELY beautiful. The entrance is only accessible from the sidewalk along the main road, so we did circle a couple of times before we realized we'd already passed it. We wandered around after discovering it was closed and realized their garden, which looked well kept, was full of various plants labeled with their respective taxonomy and medical uses, such as the symptoms and illnesses they were used to treat. Super interesting!! So even though we didn't actually get to see the inside of the museum itself, we found it to be a really cool and educational spot to visit. The building itself is also quite pretty. It and the grounds are obviously well looked after, and we look forward to the chance to seeing how that care is applied to the curation and upkeep of the museum's (mysterious) interior. *The only reason for my 4 vs 5 star rating is the fact that I only saw the outside, unfortunately. I will return with the fifth star once I've had the pleasure. Hoping the hours can be updated in some way to reflect the "first Saturday of the month" caveat.* Edit: The kind people who run the museum have confirmed that their hours are provided in specific detail on their direct site, and unfortunately Google doesn't have a format to support the details of their weekend hours. Looking forward to the first Saturday of my next month in Mobile!

Small but very interesting museum on the grounds of the Women's and Children's Hospital. Exhibits are not limited to Mobile or Alabama medical history. Admission fee is reasonable and the museum displays are well labeled. If door is locked, ring the bell cause there is only one guide.

I have lived on the Gulf coast for over 20 years and never knew this places existed! Such a great experience to go and visit a local museum to learn about the medical history! It is a small museum, but full of great historical information! I would recommend to make a stop here and checking it out!

Small, but packed with devices, artifacts, and materials showing the history of medicine in Mobile. Very impressive!

Fascinating medical museum really makes me appreciate modern medicine! Friendly, knowledgeable staff.

Not worth the visit. The museum manager is also very rude. Save yourself some time.

This is the smallest medical museum I've ever been to. The price of admission is $6 a person, which I think is a little too high considering it's only 3 rooms. There is not a lot of stuff here. The points of interest that I found unique were the models if human body parts showing different skin diseases. They were very realistic. I also liked seeing the iron lung and the machine used during open heart surgeries (though I can not recall what exactly it does). The man who was there had quite a dull voice as he showed us around the museum. Spent less than 20 minutes here and saw the whole place twice.