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.

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

8/12/24 – 9/21/24
Kokomo Howard County Public Library (Kokomo, IN)
Pick Your Poison: Intoxicating Pleasures and Medical Prescriptions

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

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

10/14/24 – 11/23/24
St. Catherine University (St. Paul, MN)
Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived and Well-Drawn!

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