New Orleans Pharmacy Museum

The New Orleans Pharmacy Museum occupies the 1823 Creole townhouse where Louis Dufilho Jr., America's first licensed pharmacist, opened his apothecary, and the museum dates to 1950. It holds one of the largest collections of pharmaceutical and medical memorabilia in the country. Dr. Dupas, who bought the building in 1855 and lived there until his death in 1867, is the ghost most often named, said by guides and ghost tours to move objects, throw books and set off the alarm after hours. Tour guide Ruth Ex told WDSU in 2017 that she had seen drawers and doors open and close on their own. A popular legend that Dupas experimented on enslaved women is unsupported by any documented evidence, and the museum does not endorse it or advertise a haunting, so the ghost stories are staff and tour lore.