NLM Traveling Exhibitions – Region 6 Host Sites
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:
- Connect your community to NLM offerings like MedlinePlus and PubMed
- Publicize your institution through programming and activities
- Establish community partnerships and share NLM health information resources with partner institutions
- Foster health literacy in your community
Below is a list of exhibits that will be hosted by Region 6 organizations through 2025, broken down by state. Learn more about requesting a NLM Traveling Exhibit for your organization.
4/22/24 – 6/1/24
Niles-Maine District Library (Niles, IL)
“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 (Chicago, IL)
“Fire and Freedom: Food and Enslavement in Early America”
5/28/24 – 7/6/24
American Dental Association (Chicago, IL)
“Take Two and Call Me in the Morning: The Story of Aspirin Revisited”
6/3/24 – 7/13/24
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign – Illinois Early Intervention Clearinghouse (Champaign, IL)
“This Lead is Killing Us: Citizens Fight Lead Poisoning in Their Communities”
6/17/24 – 7/27/24
Chatham Area Public Library (Chatham, IL)
“Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature”
6/17/24 – 7/27/24
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (North Chicago, IL)
“Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture”
6/17/24 – 7/27/24
International Museum of Surgical Science (Chicago, IL)
“From DNA to Beer: Harnessing Nature in Medicine and Industry”
8/19/24 – 9/28/24
Lake Land College Library (Mattoon, IL)
“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 (Chicago, IL)
“Rise, Serve, Lead! America’s Women Physicians”
10/7/24 – 11/16/24
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine – Galter Health Sciences Library (Chicago, IL)
“Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature”
10/7/24 – 11/16/24
University of Illinois at Chicago – Library of the Health Sciences at Peoria (Peoria, IL)
“From DNA to Beer: Harnessing Nature in Medicine and Industry”
11/12/24 – 12/21/24
International Museum of Surgical Science (Chicago, IL)
“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 (North Chicago, IL)
“From DNA to Beer: Harnessing Nature in Medicine and Industry”
12/2/24 – 1/11/25
International Museum of Surgical Science (Chicago, IL)
“Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture“
1/27/25 – 3/8/25
International Museum of Surgical Science (Chicago, IL)
“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 (Chicago, IL)
“Rashes to Research: Scientists and Parents Confront the 1964 Rubella Epidemic”
4/8/24 – 5/18/24
Indiana University School of Medicine – Ruth Lilly Medical Library (Indianapolis, IN)
“Care and Custody: Past Responses to Mental Health”
4/22/24 – 6/1/24
Ivy Tech Community College – Terre Haute Campus (Terre Haute, IN)
“Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African Americans in Civil War Medicine“
4/29/24 – 6/8/24
The Indianapolis Public Library (Indianapolis, IN)
“And there’s the humor of it”: Shakespeare and the four humors”
8/12/24 – 9/21/24
Kokomo Howard County Public Library (Kokomo, IN)
“Pick Your Poison: Intoxicating Pleasures and Medical Prescriptions”
4/22/24 – 6/1/24
University of Iowa – Hardin Library for the Health Sciences (Iowa City, IA)
“Literature of Prescription: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “The Yellow Wall-paper”
4/29/24 – 6/8/24
Pella Public Library (Pella, IA)
“Pictures of Nursing: The Zwerdling Postcard Collection”
8/26/24 – 10/5/24
Lied Public Library Clarinda (Clarinda, IA)
“Life and Limb: The Toll of the American Civil War”
8/19/24 – 9/28/24
Des Moines University Library (Des Moines, IA)
“Politics of Yellow Fever in Alexander Hamilton’s America”
10/7/24 – 11/16/24
Pella Public Library (Pella, IA)
“Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature”
3/31/25 – 5/10/25
Pella Public Library (Pella, IA)
“Rise, Serve, Lead! America’s Women Physicians”
5/6/24 – 6/15/24
Farmington Community Library (Farmington Hills, MI)
“Life and Limb: The Toll of the American Civil War”
6/3/24 – 7/13/24
Center for Forensic Psychiatry (Saline, MI)
“Care and Custody: Past Responses to Mental Health”
8/19/24 – 9/28/24
North Central Michigan College (Petoskey, MI)
“And there’s the humor of it”: Shakespeare and the four humors”
10/7/24 – 11/16/24
Orion Township Public Library (Lake Orion, MI)
“Pick Your Poison: Intoxicating Pleasures and Medical Prescriptions”
12/9/24 – 1/18/25
Kalamazoo Public Library (Kalamazoo, MI)
“Rise, Serve, Lead! America’s Women Physicians”
4/29/24 – 6/8/24
Rochester Public Library (Rochester, MN)
“And there’s the humor of it”: Shakespeare and the four humors”
4/29/24 – 6/8/24
HealthPartners Institute (Bloomington, MN)
“Every Necessary Care and Attention: George Washington and Medicine”
10/14/24 – 11/23/24
St. Catherine University (St. Paul, MN)
“Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived and Well-Drawn!”
4/8/24 – 5/18/24
Ohio State University – Health Sciences Library (Columbus, OH)
“Care and Custody: Past Responses to Mental Health”
4/8/24 – 5/18/24
Youngstown State University – Melnick Medical Museum (Youngstown, OH)
“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 (Geneva, OH)
“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 (Cincinnati, OH)
“Physician Assistants: Collaboration and Care”
6/17/24 – 7/27/24
Wood County Museum (Bowling Green, OH)
“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 (Youngstown, OH)
“Surviving + Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture / Sobrevivir & Prosperar: Sida, Politica y Cultura”
10/14/24 – 11/23/24
Youngstown State University – Melnick Medical Museum (Youngstown, OH)
“Rise, Serve, Lead! America’s Women Physicians”
7/22/24 – 8/31/24
Medical College of Wisconsin – Todd Wehr Library (Milwaukee, WI)
“Promising Future, Complex Past: Artificial Intelligence and the Legacy of Physiognomy”
10/7/24 – 11/16/24
Gundersen Health System – Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center (La Crosse, WI)
“Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature“
3/3/25 – 4/12/25
Gundersen Health System – Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center (La Crosse, WI)
“Take Two and Call Me in the Morning: The Story of Aspirin Revisited”