Spook-tacular Artifacts at the Augusta Museum of History - Part V

This horse-drawn hearse on display at AMH is from Dents Undertaking Establishment and was used from the 1890s until about 1920.

Spook-tacular Artifacts at the Augusta Museum of History - Part IV

This photograph from the AMH archives shows the grave of John Martin (1737-1843) in Magnolia Cemetery. Martin was a veteran of the 1755 Cherokee War and Revolutionary War. The cannon barrel was a souvenir he brought home from the Revolutionary War and is being used as a foot marker for his grave.

Spook-tacular Artifacts at the Augusta Museum of History - Part III

Cooking Pot ca. 1800’s

Often referred to as a cauldron or a gypsy kettle, these types of vessels were typically used to cook food over an open fire.

Spook-tacular Artifacts at the Augusta Museum of History - Part II

Augusta’s first hospital, City Hospital, opened in 1818. This surgical environment features anesthesia and surgical instruments ca. 1906 and a mural photograph of City Hospital’s staff in the operating theater ca. 1906.

Spook-tacular Artifacts at the Augusta Museum of History - Part I

Shrunken Head

The process of preparing human heads for display was developed by a South American tribe located on the Amazon River. The skull would be removed and the skin treated with herbs in a similar way leather is tanned. This was thought to be done as a way to gain the spiritual power of a fallen enemy.

This item was donated to the Museum by G.L. Straub.