COVID-19 Collecting Continues

The Museum continues to collect objects that help tell the story of the COVID-19 pandemic, now including vaccination efforts in the Chattahoochee Valley. Recent acquisitions include post-vaccination stickers and vaccine safety information documents from three sites: the Muscogee County School District site at Kinnett Stadium, the Georgia Emergency Management Agency site at the Columbus Civic Center, and the East Alabama Medical Center site at the Market Square shopping center in Auburn.

A fact sheet about the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson vaccine may prove to be of particular historical interest because it is dated February 27, 2021, several weeks before the April 2021 pause in administering this vaccine that resulted in the fact sheet being revised with additional precautions on April 23. The Moderna vaccines that came in a box of empty vials were administered at Fairfax Drug Company, a locally owned pharmacy in Valley, Alabama, which offers a contrast to more expansive mass vaccination sites. Columbus healthcare providers have also donated material related to COVID testing and treatment.

For donations:

If you are interested in donating objects related to local effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, please email curatorial@columbusmuseum.com or call 706.748.2562 ext. 3231.

Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine vial

2021, Gift of Fairfax Drug Company, The Columbus Museum G.2021.40.2

COVID-19 vaccination sticker from GEMA mass vaccination site at Columbus Civic Center

2021, Gift of Aimee Brooks, The Columbus Museum G.2021.39.1