Welcome to The
Cannabis Museum


The Cannabis Museum is dedicated to educating the public on the hidden artistic, historic, medical, and industrial mainstream venues of cannabis and its countless uses in the United States and around the world. We document and present the hidden history of the mainstream use of Cannabis. Prior to its ban in 1937, for political reasons only, cannabis had 25,000 uses in commerce: food, fuel, fiber, and medicine. Our collection is the largest most unique in this space. Check out Events, our Exhibitions and Digitized Collections on the following pages.

 

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Murder at the Museum

 
 
2024 Exhibit    
Cannabis Americana opens 4/20/24

 

Cannabis Americana

photography David Hooker

from the Don Wirtshafter Collection of Cannabis History

 

Cannabis Americana

Cannabis Americana was a strain developed by pharmaceutical companies Eli Lilly and Parke-Davis and Co. in the 1890’s-1937. Hybridization of Cannabis sativa (hemp) and Cannabis indica was creating inconsistent product potency. They were creating standardized medicines with reliable outcomes and marketing their proprietary strain until Cannabis was removed from the pharmacopeia in 1937 with the Marihuana Tax Act. This Congressional Act required all growers and sellers to pay for a tax stamp for both hemp and medicinal varieties, making it prohibitive for farmers and pharmacists. 

Our exhibit is about the history of the American relationship with Cannabis. The first two parts of the exhibit open 4/20

The Golden Age of Cannabis Medicine 1850-1937 

The End of the Hempire 1850-1937

The Cannabis Museum is grateful to have received a grant from Ohio Humanities to help put together this exhibit.

The second part of the exhibit will open summer 2024

Reefer Madness: Propaganda & Prohibition

 

The Cannabis Museum is grateful for the support of the exhibit Cannabis Americana from

 

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At the Cannabis Museum

Learn about hemp history, 10,000 years of agricultural cultivation, selection, trading and uses for hemp. Hemp has been grown and used for thread, yarn, twine, ropes, clothing, canvas for sails, tents and covered wagons. See the tools and processes developed over thousands of years to turn hemp stalks into fiber and fiber into cloth. 

 

Our newly renovated building is available for rent. Host your event at the Cannabis Museum. Email our manager to make arrangements.  info@cannabismuseum.com

VISITING & JOINING THE MUSEUM

 

The Cannabis Museum is an Ohio 501(c)(3) educational and research nonprofit organization, dedicated to revealing the history of mainstream cannabis use in the United States and around the world. It collects, preserves, and shares the history of cannabis use, culture, prohibition, and politics.