deep roots: plants as medicine

How have different cultures used plants to create medicine throughout history? How many plant-based remedies are in your medicine closet?

Deep Roots: Plants as Medicine explores the history of plant-based medicine around the world, uncover the variety of uses and preparations across cultures, and reflect on the advances made in plant medicine as our scientific understanding has evolved.

Dive deeper! Many of the plants found in this exhibit can be found in The Bakken Museum’s three distinct gardens.

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what you’ll experience

  • Play a matching game to find out which household medicines are created from plants.

  • Use an interactive kiosk to learn about how plants have been used as medicine – and poison around the world.

  • Read about some of the history and cultures that have contributed to modern medicine.

  • Ask questions about why some plants are used for medicine and some are not.