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Welcome to this month's edition of our e-newsletter. Enjoy this brief update on upcoming exhibitions and public programs and the occasional interesting bit of news from our collections.
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THIS MONTH:
 "Wounded in Action: An Art Exhibition of Orthopaedic Advancements," ," an exhibit of art works inspired by experiences with the wounds of war, opens May 7 at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, D.C. and at the University of Maryland, Baltimore on May 14. The exhibit is produced and organized by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). For more information, read our news release.
 New Poster Exhibition Coming to NMHM: The stories of West Nile virus and Lyme disease and how they affect human health are the focus of a new traveling exhibition "Solving the Puzzle: Lyme Disease, West Nile Virus and You," which will open April 19 at the National Museum of Health and Medicine. NMHM is the first museum to display this traveling exhibit. The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History produced and organized the exhibition.
 NMHM held its Fourth Annual National Hairball Awareness Day April 27: Visitors enjoyed a unique opportunity to hold an actual horse hairball during this annual event, which featured an array of specimens from the Museum’s Anatomical Collection’s bezoars collection. Take a look at the photo gallery to see the exhibit and visitors learning more about bezoars.
 "Visibly Human: Health and Disease in the Human Body," a vivid presentation of anatomical and pathological specimens, pulled from museum collections dating back more than 100 years, is now on display. The exhibit presents the body's organ systems and features normal anatomical specimens alongside specimens demonstrating some measure of pathology, be it from injury, disease or environmental factors. "Visibly Human" features specimens and artifacts from the Museum’s Anatomical and Historical Collections. For more information, read our news release.
 Did you know? One of the most frequently visited sections on the Museum’s Web site is an online exhibit "Closing in on a Killer: Scientists Unlock Clues to the Spanish Influenza Virus" This virtual exhibit and the associated galleries of images are featured on an informational Web site related to the history of combating pandemic flu. Please follow us on Twitter and Facebook to stay in touch with the Museum.
Calendar of Upcoming Programs:
Check out the Events Calendar for updates:
http://www.nmhm.washingtondc.museum/events/event_2ed.html.
FREE PUBLIC TOUR: Free docent-led tours are offered on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month. Tour begins at 1:00 p.m. Reservations are not required.
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Brown Bag Lunch: Author Reading and Discussion
"What’s Eating You?: People and Parasites" (Princeton University Press)
When: Thursday, May 13, 2010, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
In "What’s Eating You" Eugene Kaplan recounts the true and harrowing tales of his adventures with parasites, and in the process introduces readers to the intimately interwoven lives of host and parasite. Kaplan will share stories about parasites from worms to lice, designed to appeal to people eating lunch. Topics will cover leeches attacking soldiers in Vietnam, lice attacking lovers in New Orleans, worms attacking eaters in Israel, and will cover what to do when you return from a trip and suspect you have parasites. Eugene H. Kaplan is the Donald A. Axinn Endowed Distinguished Professor of Ecology and Conservation (emeritus) at Hofstra University.
Cost: FREE
Special SciFest Program: "Manya: A Living History of Marie Curie"
When:Thursday, October 21, 2010, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
This one-woman drama by storyteller Susan Marie Frontczak exposes the struggles and triumphs of Marie Curie, an academically impassioned, vehemently private, fervently Polish scientist, mother, and teacher and discoverer of radium and radioactivity. From the political oppression of her childhood, to scientific emergence and fame to the tragedy that forced her into single motherhood as well as further world prominence, Curie’s is a life that challenges our assumptions about what one person can achieve and the responsibilities of science.
Cost: Free
USA Science and Engineering Festival
When: October 23-24, 2010
NMHM is proud to be an Official Partner of the inaugural USA Science & Engineering Festival to be held in the greater Washington DC area in October 2010. The Festival, which will be the country's first national science festival, is a collaboration of over 500 of the country's leading science and engineering organizations and aims to reignite the interest of our nation's youth in the sciences. The culmination of the Festival will be a two-day Expo on the National Mall on October 23-24, 2010, which will give children, teens and adults the opportunity to explore all facets of science & engineering through hundreds of fun, hands-on activities. For more information on all Festival events, visit www.usasciencefestival.org.
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