We Need Your Help!
We are seeking Dr. Kellogg / Sanitarium artifacts for our up-coming, traveling museum. It's an interactive, health attraction called "Dr. Kellogg's Biologic Living" (click for details). The type of artifacts we are seeking can be seen in the photos below. As an exhibit designer, I was part of the design, fabrication, and production team that put this first Dr. Kellogg museum together. Now we need your donations for our "Dr. Kellogg Biologic Living" project. Please contact us for more information or to discuss donations. Thank you.
The Dr. John Harvey Kellogg Discovery Center - Battle Creek Michigan
Take a ride on the Mechanical Horse (left) President Calvin Coolidge bought and used one of these while he was in the White House. These were also in use on the Titanic, as can be seen in the large photo on the wall behind the horse.
Test your strength on the Dynamometer, (right). Patented by Kellogg and used by West Point, YMCAs, Yale University, etc.
Kellogg popularized the mechanical gym and sold equipment to ocean liners such as the Titanic, Olympic, and the Queen Mary. All had mechanical gyms similar to this one. All these artifacts have been fully restored and are completely operational at the push of a button.
Electrotherapy Display
Mechanical massage equipment used and/or invented by Dr. Kellogg. Each is fully restored and operational.
The Vibrating Chair; excellent for improving circulation and curing constipation. You can see a chair just like this in the mechanical gym on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. The Battle Creek Sanitarium had an entire department devoted to vibrotherapy.
The Four Person Foot Vibrator. This does wonders for tired, aching feet. The vibration diverts blood to the affected body part and can thus also relieve congestion elsewhere by attracting it elsewhere.
Dr. Kellogg was the first to market recorded music and instructions for aerobic exercise. The records were published by Columbia records. The wall on the left shows the Sanitarium employees in their daily exercise. The two push-buttons on the wall allow the visitor to play clips of those recordings.
This antique bicycle is just like the one Dr. Kellogg rode every day to the Sanitarium.
General Conference President Jan Paulson and myself at the Ellen White Exhibit.
Dr. Kellogg and Ellen G. White Displays
Battle Creek Sanitarium History Wall.
Have your picture taken with Sanitarium Bath Attendants.
The Sitz Bath. Dr. Kellogg employed over 250 variations of hydrotherapy techniques. The Battle Creek Sanitarium had it's own hydrotherapy research department.
Sanitarium Nurse's Uniform
This horizontal light bath is just one part of the exhibit on Phototherapy as used at the famous Battle Creek Sanitarium. One similar to this was used on the Titanic and by King Edward at Buckingham Palace in England.
This is part of the phototherapy collection: The main attraction is the sit-down light bath that Kellogg invented in 1891. It was popular all over the world. Thomas Edison owned the very same model as this one. It can still be seen at his estate in Ft. Myers, Florida.The collection also includes therapeutic infrared lamps, arc lamps, and Dr. Kellogg's famous white suit. Kellogg offered year-round artificial sun treatments at the Sanitarium as well.
Dig for Battle Creek Sanitarium Artifacts!
Display of the Adventist Impact on Early Health Foods. Did you know that Dr. Kellogg was the actual inventor of peanut butter, flaked cereals, margarine, and veggie-meats, etc.?
The Surgical Suite. This was an interactive exhibit where you could test how steady your hand is on the device below the window. Dr. Kellogg performed over 30,000 surgeries in his career.
NEWSTART, the Divine Health Plan.