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Ma'Cille is really dead
Lucille "Ma'Cille" House, who we mistakenly thought passed away last year, is now really dead. She ran Ma'Cille's Museum of Miscellanea in Gordo, AL, an eclectic collection of oddities and junk. She died on New Year's Eve in a Tuscaloosa hospital. The contents of the museum were auctioned off in 1998.
[01/08/2000]- Hours:
- Museum contents auctioned 1998, Ma'Cille died in 2000.
- Status:
- Gone
A 74-year-old man who's had three strokes started using the right side of his brain to make sculptures, stained glass, wood carvings, and a massive collection of blue bottle trees. Admission is free, and he loves to give tours.
[Olivia M, 05/21/2012]Wade's Garden:RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report
- Directions:
- Southwest edge of the city. I-565 exit 17B. Drive east one mile on Governors Drive SW. Turn right (south) onto Triana Blvd SW. Drive 2.5 miles. Turn left onto Nassau Drive SW. Wade's house was the last one on the right, hidden within lots of trees.
- Hours:
- Jan. 2014: Closed. Wade Wharton died.
- Status:
- Gone
The Eichold-Heustis Medical Museum has been moved to 1624 Springhill Drive in Mobile and the name of the museum changed to the Mobile Medical Museum. It still features Dr. Heustis' unique collection.
[Cathy, 01/01/2011]Mobile Medical Museum:- Address:
- 1664 Springhill Ave., Mobile, AL
- Directions:
- I-65 exit 5A, then east on Springhill Ave. three miles, at Walshwood St.
- Hours:
- Tu-F 10 -4 by appt (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 251-415-1109
- Admission:
- Donation
- Mobile, Alabama - Eichold- Heustis Medical Museum
Six months at the new location: the historic Vincent-Walsh House, 1664 Springhill Ave., this is the largest collection of medical artifacts in the Southeast. Three galleries include exhibits of antique instruments, teaching aids and other items related to medicine and surgery. There is also a room dedicated for Nursing. It is nestled in the beautifully landscaped Children Park in sight of two of the city's major hospitals.
[Mary Ann Tuohy, 04/11/2005] - Mobile, Alabama - Eichold-Heustis Medical Museum
"The largest collection of medical memorabilia in the Southeast." From our notes on a 1993 visit: Spookily lit wood display cabinets, thoughfully placed near the children's ward, so they can wander over and see the sharp 19th century instruments and imagine horrors that await them. Small quackery display, many instruments, and two larger-than-life anatomical models spice up the place. One has a moustache and goatee. Made of papier mache, they serve to look down on any children in the place. One trephined skull.
[Roadsideamerica.com Team, 01/01/2004]
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