Richmond National Battlefield Park - Chimborazo Medical Museum — Attraction in Richmond

Nice little museum. Visited in December between Christmas and New Years. There is a small parking lot next to the building that we missed when first turning in. It's hidden behind hedges.

There were a few exhibits in 2 rooms and the highlight was a large diorama of what the hospital looked like and the 20 min video. There aren't any of the original buildings remining. Spent maybe 1 hr here which included the video with 3 kids, 13, 10 and 7. Small park store front and has junior ranger program with badge.

It took more time do the junior ranger program than reading all the exhibits. Would probably not visit again and wouldn't suggest anyone go out of their way to visit unless truly interested or in it for the cancellation stamp collecting which is...

Parking was easy to find on side of building. The museum itself was nice, a/c, clean and the park ranger was very friendly and very talkative and knowledgeable about a lot. We didn't watch the museum movie, but it had a lot of educational artifacts and old medical tools on display. This site is right in the middle of a busy Richmond neighborhood so just know that when you go. A lot of sketchy people walking around, people walking dogs, lots of...

Cute little museum in a lovely park. It's not big - the museum itself takes up one room, but it's informative about Civil War medicine and its practitioners. The film they show was of good quality, on par with a lot of other Civil War sites in Virginia. The museum attendant was incredibly well-informed and another, probably too-untapped, source of information. Would recommend dropping by and then taking a walk...