Downtown St. Paul Medical quackery exhibit

Questionable Medical Devices (Science Museum of MN)

Bob McCoy's old Museum of Questionable Medical Devices lives on inside the Science Museum as a permanent exhibit. A phrenology head reader, an Orgone Accumulator, the Kellogg Vibratory Chair, and other contraptions sold as medicine for a century.

120 W Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul Get directions www.smm.org $$
How to visit: Inside Science Museum of Minnesota. General admission ticket. Tuesday through Sunday.
Hours
Sun10a–5p
Mon10a–5p
Tue10a–5p
Wed10a–5p
Thu10a–5p
Fri10a–8p
Sat10a–8p

Saves, regulars, and moments shape the Best of MPLS. Anonymous, never sold.

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