Oct
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Posted in: All Members, Opportunity to participate
The NLM Traveling Exhibitions present inspiring stories about history, society, and medicine. Topics include history of lead poisoning in America, the yellow fever epidemic in 1793 in Philadelphia, African American surgeons, the history of women physicians, and more. Discover something new about the past!
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If you would like to check out an exhibit in person, there are numerous exhibits coming to Region 4 institutions between now and May 2025.
Exhibit | Dates | Venue | City/State |
Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African Americans in Civil War Medicine | 10/7/24-11/16/24 | Laramie County Library System | Cheyenne, WY |
Pictures of Nursing: The Zwerdling Postcard Collection | 10/14/24-11/23/24 | Health Connect of South Dakota | Sioux Falls, SD |
Politics of Yellow Fever in Alexander Hamilton’s America | 10/14/24-11/23/24 | University of Arizona – Arizona Health Sciences Library | Tucson, AZ |
Rashes to Research: Scientists and Parents Confront the 1964 Rubella Epidemic | 10/14/24-11/23/24 | West Fargo Public Library | West Fargo, ND |
Promising Future, Complex Past: Artificial Intelligence and the Legacy of Physiognomy | 11/12/24/12/21/24 | University of Northern Colorado – University Libraries | Greeley, CO |
Take Two and Call Me in the Morning: The Story of Aspirin Revisited | 1/6/25-2/15/25 | Health Connect of South Dakota | Sioux Falls, SD |
Every Necessary Care and Attention: George Washington and Medicine | 2/3/25-3/15/25 | Laramie County Library System | Cheyenne, WY |
Pictures of Nursing: The Zwerdling Postcard Collection | 2/3/25-3/15/25 | University of Arizona – Arizona Health Sciences Library | Tucson, AZ |
Promising Future, Complex Past: Artificial Intelligence and the Legacy of Physiognomy | 3/3/25-4/12/25 | University of New Mexico – Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center | Albuquerque, NM |
“And there’s the humor of it”: Shakespeare and the four humors | 3/31/25-5/10/25 | Health Connect of South Dakota | Sioux Falls, SD |
Pictures of Nursing: The Zwerdling Postcard Collection | 3/31/25-5/10/25 | Idaho State University Libraries | Pocatello, ID |
Interested in hosting a traveling exhibit at your organization? Keep an eye out for the next call for requests sometime in late summer/early fall 2025. We’ll be sure to share that information via our regional blog and newsletter when the time comes. Please contact the NLM Traveling Exhibition Services team with any questions you may have at NLMTravelingExhibits@nih.gov.