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EXHIBITIONS FROM NLM

Available now

A Voyage to Health – Explores the history of Kaho’olawe and traditional voyaging, and how the resurgence of Native Hawaiian culture helped heal the soul of the community.

Available December 2018

Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine in Harry Potter’s World – The magic in J.K. Rowling’s series of Harry Potter novels is partially based on Renaissance traditions which played an important role in the development of Western Sciences, including alchemy, astrology, and natural philosophy.

Available December 2018

Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture – The title comes from a book written in 1987 by and for people with AIDS that insisted people could live with AIDS, not just die from it. Jennifer Brier, the exhibition curator, explains that “Centering the experience of people with AIDS allows us to see how critical they were and continue to be, in the political and medical fight against HIV/AIDS.”

Available January 2019

Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health – Examines stories of the community groups that are making a difference in global health around the world.

Available April 2019

Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons – Recognizes the achievements of African American surgeons who not only became skilled practitioners, but also educators and trailblazers. The exhibition highlights contemporary surgeons and educators who exemplify excellence in their fields.

Available May 2019

Every Necessary Care and Attention: George Washington and Medicine – During Washington’s lifetime, with the practice of medicine slowly becoming a licensed profession, he called on a growing class of experts and new knowledge about the spread and prevention of disease. Even so, Washington encountered the limits of medicine when faced with serious illness.

Available June 2019

Life and Limb: The Toll of the American Civil War – Explores the experiences of disabled veterans and their role as symbols of the fractured nation.

Available June 2019

The Literature of Prescription: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “The Yellow Wall-paper” – Explores the story behind Gilman’s indictment of the medical profession in her short story titled “The Yellow Wall-paper” and the social conventions she encountered which restricted women’s professional and creative opportunities.

Available August 2019

“And there’s the humor of it”: Shakespeare and the four humors – The four bodily humors – blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm- were understood by Shakespeare, and the generations before him to define people’s physical and mental health and to determine an individual’s personality, as well.

Available August 2019

From DNA to Beer: Harnessing Nature in Medicine and Industry – Explores some of the processes, problems, and potentials inherent in technologies that use microorganisms for health and commercial purposes.

Available December 2019

Confronting Violence: Improving Women’s Lives – In the latter half of the 20th century nurses pushed the larger medical community to recognize the harm of domestic violence, to adequately respond to victims’ needs, and to work towards prevention.

Available April 2020

Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African Americans in Civil War Medicine – The participation of African American women and men in the war effort challenged the prescribed notions of both race and gender, and pushed the boundaries of the role of blacks in America.

Available to January 2021

For All the People: A Century of Citizen Action in Health Care Reform – Tells the lesser-known story of how movements of ordinary citizens helped shape the changing American health care system.

Available January 2021

Pick Your Poison: Intoxicating Pleasures and Medical Prescriptions – Explores the factors that have shaped the changing definitions of some of our most potent drugs, from medical miracle to social menace.