NLM Traveling Exhibits – New Call for Requests to Host

Posted by Carolyn Martin on April 11th, 2023 Posted in: News from NLM
Tags: community outreach, library programming, NLM History of Medicine, NLM Traveling Exhibits

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Research: Scientists and Parents Confront the 1964 Rubella Epidemic highlights the work of researchers and parents to respond to rubella in the years before an effective vaccine nearly eliminated the disease from the United States. This is one of seven NLM traveling exhibits available to host at your library or organization.

The list of exhibits include:

1. “And there’s the humor of it”: Shakespeare and the Four Humors
2. Every Necessary Care and Attention: George Washington and Medicine
3. Graphic Medicine : Ill-Conceived and Well-Drawn!
4. Pictures of Nursing: The Zwerdling Postcard Collection
5. Politics of Yellow Fever in Alexander Hamilton’s America
6. Rashes to Research: Scientists and Parents Confront the 1964 Rubella Epidemic
7. Rise, Serve, Lead! America’s Women Physicians

Your library or organization can now submit your requests with booking time slots ranging from November 2023 to May 2025.

When: April 11 at 11:00 a.m. (PT) through May 2 at 11:00 a.m. (PT)

The Call for Requests is open during these three weeks when you can use an online Request Form to submit your requests.

How: Online submission and Lottery selected bookings

The online Request Form accepts submissions only during the period when the Call is open. Afterwards, a lottery is used to select bookings from all requests received during that time. You can use this PDF of the online form to plan requests for up to three exhibition and booking slot preferences.

Learn more details about this opportunity on the NNLM Traveling Exhibitions Guide.