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Posted by Miles Dietz-Castel on October 16th, 2023
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Tags: Traveling Exhibit
Libraries and cultural institutions present inspiring stories about history, society, and medicine to their communities through National Library of Medicine (NLM) Traveling Exhibitions. Curated from NLM collections and available free of charge, these exhibitions explore current themes in public health and connect visitors to trusted NLM health information resources such as MedlinePlus and PubMed.
NLM Traveling Exhibitions help to:
Below is a list of exhibits that will be hosted by Region 6 organizations in through 2025, broken down by state. Learn more about requesting a NLM Traveling Exhibit for your organization.
10/23/23 – 12/2/23
Fountaindale Public Library District
“Renaissance Science Magic and Medicine in Harry Potter’s World”
11/6/23 – 12/16/23
International Museum of Surgical Science
“Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature”
11/20/23 – 12/30/23
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine – Medical Library
“Physician Assistants: Collaboration and Care”
12/18/23 – 1/27/24
Chatham Area Public Library
“Care and Custody: Past Responses to Mental Health”
12/18/23 – 1/27/24
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
“This Lead is Killing Us: Citizens Fight Lead Poisoning in Their Communities”
1/16/24 – 2/24/24
Fountaindale Public Library District
“Fire and Freedom: Food and Enslavement in Early America”
2/12/24 – 3/23/24
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine – Medical Library
“This Lead is Killing Us: Citizens Fight Lead Poisoning in Their Communities”
2/26/24 – 4/6/24
Lake Land College – Library
“Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African Americans in Civil War Medicine”
2/26/24 – 4/6/24
International Museum of Surgical Science
“Pick Your Poison: Intoxicating Pleasures and Medical Prescriptions”
4/22/24 – 6/1/24
Niles-Maine District Library
“Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African Americans in Civil War Medicine”
5/6/24 – 6/15/24
University of Illinois at Chicago – Library of the Health Sciences
“Fire and Freedom: Food and Enslavement in Early America”
5/28/24 – 7/6/24
American Dental Association
“Take Two and Call Me in the Morning: The Story of Aspirin Revisited”
6/17/24 – 7/27/24
Chatham Area Public Library
“Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature”
6/17/24 – 7/27/24
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
“Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture”
8/19/24 – 9/28/24
Lake Land College Library
“Rashes to Research: Scientists and Parents Confront the 1964 Rubella Epidemic”
8/19/24 – 9/28/24
University of Illinois at Chicago – Library of the Health Sciences
“Rise, Serve, Lead! America’s Women Physicians”
10/7/24 – 11/16/24
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine – Galter Health Sciences Library
“Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature”
10/7/24 – 11/16/24
University of Illinois at Chicago – Library of the Health Sciences at Peoria
“From DNA to Beer: Harnessing Nature in Medicine and Industry”
11/12/24 – 12/21/24
International Museum of Surgical Science
“Take Two and Call Me in the Morning: The Story of Aspirin Revisited”
12/2/24 – 1/11/25
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
“From DNA to Beer: Harnessing Nature in Medicine and Industry”
12/2/24 – 1/11/25
International Museum of Surgical Science
“Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture“
1/27/25 – 3/8/25
International Museum of Surgical Science
“Literature of Prescription: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “The Yellow Wall-paper”
2/3/25 – 3/15/25
University of Illinois at Chicago – Library of the Health Sciences
“Rashes to Research: Scientists and Parents Confront the 1964 Rubella Epidemic”
9/25/23 – 11/4/23
Marian University – Hackelmeier Memorial Library
“Confronting Violence: Improving Women’s Lives”
1/2/24 – 2/10/24
Kokomo Howard County Public Library
“Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African Americans in Civil War Medicine”
1/16/24 – 2/24/24
Ivy Tech Community College – Terre Haute Campus
“Confronting Violence: Improving Women’s Lives”
1/16/24 – 2/24/24
Indiana University School of Medicine – Ruth Lilly Medical Library
“Physician Assistants: Collaboration and Care”
4/8/24 – 5/18/24
Indiana University School of Medicine – Ruth Lilly Medical Library
“Care and Custody: Past Responses to Mental Health”
4/22/24 – 6/1/24
Ivy Tech Community College – Terre Haute Campus
“Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African Americans in Civil War Medicine“
4/29/24 – 6/8/24
The Indianapolis Public Library
“And there’s the humor of it”: Shakespeare and the four humors”
8/12/24 – 9/21/24
Kokomo Howard County Public Library
“Pick Your Poison: Intoxicating Pleasures and Medical Prescriptions”
2/26/24 – 4/6/24
Des Moines University – Des Moines University Library
“Pick Your Poison: Intoxicating Pleasures and Medical Prescriptions”
4/22/24 – 6/1/24
University of Iowa – Hardin Library for the Health Sciences
“Literature of Prescription: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “The Yellow Wall-paper”
4/29/24 – 6/8/24
Pella Public Library
“Pictures of Nursing: The Zwerdling Postcard Collection”
8/26/24 – 10/5/24
Lied Public Library Clarinda
“Life and Limb: The Toll of the American Civil War”
8/19/24 – 9/28/24
Des Moines University Library
“Politics of Yellow Fever in Alexander Hamilton’s America”
10/7/24 – 11/16/24
Pella Public Library
“Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature”
3/31/25 – 5/10/25
Pella Public Library
“Rise, Serve, Lead! America’s Women Physicians”
9/25/23 – 11/4/23
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine – Medical Library
“Fire and Freedom: Food and Enslavement in Early America”
11/6/23 – 12/16/23
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine – Medical Library
“Literature of Prescription: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “The Yellow Wall-paper”
11/13/23 – 12/23/23
Kalamazoo Public Library
“Rise, Serve, Lead! America’s Women Physicians”
1/9/24 – 2/17/24
North Central Michigan College
“Rise, Serve, Lead! America’s Women Physicians”
1/9/24 – 2/17/24
Washtenaw Community College
“Pictures of Nursing: The Zwerdling Postcard Collection”
2/12/24 – 3/23/24
Georgetown Township Public Library
“Renaissance Science Magic and Medicine in Harry Potter’s World”
5/6/24 – 6/15/24
Farmington Community Library
“Life and Limb: The Toll of the American Civil War”
6/3/24 – 7/13/24
Center for Forensic Psychiatry
“Care and Custody: Past Responses to Mental Health”
8/19/24 – 9/28/24
North Central Michigan College
“And there’s the humor of it”: Shakespeare and the four humors”
10/7/24 – 11/16/24
Orion Township Public Library
“Pick Your Poison: Intoxicating Pleasures and Medical Prescriptions”
10/23/23 – 12/2/23
Regions Hospital Medical Library
“Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons”
1/9/24 – 12/23/24
Washtenaw Community College – Bailey Library
“Pictures of Nursing: The Zwerdling Postcard Collection”
1/9/24 – 2/17/24
North Central Michigan College
“Rise, Serve, Lead! America’s Women Physicians”
4/29/24 – 6/8/24
HealthPartners Institute
“Every Necessary Care and Attention: George Washington and Medicine”
10/14/24 – 11/23/24
St. Catherine University
“Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived and Well-Drawn!”
9/25/23 – 11/4/23
Youngstown State University – Melnick Medical Museum
“For All the People: A Century of Citizen Action in Health Care Reform / Para todo el pueblo: Un siglo de acción ciudadana en la reforma de la atención de la salud”
11/6/23 – 12/16/23
Richland Public Health
“Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture”
3/4/24 – 4/13/24
Ashtabula County District Library – Geneva Public Library
“And there’s the humor of it”: Shakespeare and the four humors”
4/8/24 – 5/18/24
Ohio State University – Health Sciences Library
“Care and Custody: Past Responses to Mental Health”
4/8/24 – 5/18/24
Youngstown State University – Melnick Medical Museum
“This Lead is Killing Us: Citizens Fight Lead Poisoning in Their Communities”
4/29/24 – 6/8/24
Ashtabula County District Library – Geneva Public Library
“Rise, Serve, Lead! America’s Women Physicians”
5/6/24 – 6/15/24
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine -Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library
“Physician Assistants: Collaboration and Care”
6/17/24 – 7/27/24
Wood County Museum
“Literature of Prescription: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “The Yellow Wall-paper”
6/24/24 – 8/3/24
Geisinger Health
“Rise, Serve, Lead! America’s Women Physicians”
10/7/24 – 11/16/24
Youngstown State University – Melnick Medical Museum
“Surviving + Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture / Sobrevivir & Prosperar: Sida, Politica y Cultura”
10/14/24 – 11/23/24
Youngstown State University – Melnick Medical Museum
“Rise, Serve, Lead! America’s Women Physicians”
1/2/24 – 2/10/24
Gundersen Health System – Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center
“Pick Your Poison: Intoxicating Pleasures and Medical Prescriptions“
7/22/24 – 8/31/24
Medical College of Wisconsin – Todd Wehr Library
“Promising Future, Complex Past: Artificial Intelligence and the Legacy of Physiognomy”
10/7/24 – 11/16/24
Gundersen Health System – Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center
“Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature“
3/3/25 – 4/12/25
Gundersen Health System – Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center
“Take Two and Call Me in the Morning: The Story of Aspirin Revisited”
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