Behind the Scenes: Quack Medicine and Eyecups

Check out our new Behind the Scenes episode discussing the museum’s collection of eyecups and the quack medicine boom of the 19th and 20th centuries. Eyecups are receptacles used to wash the eye. They were often sold with eye water and marketed as part of regular hygiene or to cure disease. This episode features Museum Director Jenny Benjamin, who will unveil the museum’s eyecup collection and the people who profited from their sale.