Artifacts

The Wangensteen Historical Library artifact collection contains 8,000 objects. The collection includes focus is medical and surgical equipment, instruments, and pharmaceutical products and containers. The collection includes:

• 16th century-Italian pharmaceutical jars,  
• Civil War-era amputation kits,  
• X-ray tubes,  
• patent medicines,  
• plant-based pharmaceutical products,  
• pharmacy equipment,  
• and infant feeding devices.

To learn more about our artifact collection holdings, request a consultation or contact the library (612-626-6881; [email protected]).