Located on the same campus as the National Institutes of Health, where scientists conduct cutting-edge medical research, this gallery takes a different path to promote the same mission.
This site supports the exhibit, Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness, with a wealth of image galleries, an interactive timeline, and educational resources.
Occupying a focal point in the rotunda gallery of the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland, this media installation tells the story of Native peoples' healing traditions.
This gallery of interactives creates a treasury of first-person accounts of Native medicine in action.
As visitors enter the Native Voices gallery, they are greeted with a “Welcome Wall” of media, representing a diversity of perspectives on health.
The National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health created the Global Health exhibit to raise awareness of, encourage dialogue about, and inspire action on global health issues.
This graphically bold interactive inspires visitors with personal video narratives of front-line AIDS activists.
A rich motion graphics story on a disjointed canvas evokes the fear of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s and its political ramifications.
Documentaries on two notable global health pioneers focus on the remarkable work of these men within two simple kiosks.
Personal stories of the people involved in securing health for the worlds’ populations are placed front and center to inspire and educate visitors.
A clean, minimal interface allows visitors to connect to the poignant memorials revealed in detailed images of the quilt panels in the AIDS Names Quilt Project.
Over the centuries, physicians, surgeons, and other medical professionals have struggled to develop scientific methods that translate views of the body into “visible proofs”: evidence that testifies on behalf of the victims of violent crime and against the guilty.
A medical examiner’s table becomes the screen for a group-based interactive autopsy.
An interactive lecture by an anthropologist explores the origin and evolution of human rights forensics.
Demonstration images from crime scene documentation software show how every detail of a crime scene is potential evidence.
Controlled playback of high-speed gunshot footage allows visitors to study the effects of firearms in forensic science.
As an overture to an exhibition about the history of forensic medicine, visitors first encounter a draped body on an examining table backed by a floor-to-ceiling video projection.
This companion Web site to an exhibition about the history of forensic medicine helps audiences plan their visit, access all the content from the exhibition, find links to more in-depth resources, and gives educators activities for students.
The Changing the Face of Medicine exhibition at the National Library of Medicine examines the many ways that women have influenced and enhanced the practice of medicine.
Touch screens mounted near display cases give visitors an enhanced understanding of adjacent artifacts on view.
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