MuseumPharmacy and Medical Museum of Texas
Cuero · DeWitt County · Dedicated 2014 · THC Atlas #4200001079
Texas history, up close and curated.
About this site
Pharmacy and Medical Museum of Texas is a museum in Cuero, DeWitt County, dedicated in 2014. It is one of 3 museums documented in DeWitt County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 171 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.0904, -97.2911 near Cuero. The nearest cataloged historic site is Cuero Heritage Museum (museum), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Old Beer and Ice Warehouse, Texas Bandstands, and Brayton Flying Field.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4200001079. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Established in 2013, the Pharmacy and Medical Museum of Texas occupies an 1889 Main Street building in Cuero's National Historic District that operated as a pharmacy for more than a century. The structure, built by the Heaton Brothers, was designed as a drugstore and never housed another type of business until it became a museum. Its collection includes antique pharmacy bottles, soda fountains, medical instruments and other apothecary artifacts, and admission is free.
Sources: pharmacyandmedicalmuseum.orgtexastimetravel.comspectrumlocalnews.com
