Valentine’s Day 2011 at the Medical Museum
February 12, 2011

A young participant decorates her Valentine’s Day card during the Museum’s Valentine’s Day program on February 12, 2011.		Andrea Schierkolk, public programs manager for the National Museum of Health and Medicine, watches as a participant stamps an anatomically correct heart on to a Valentine’s Day card. Decorating cards was just one of three activities featured at the Museum’s Valentine’s Day program on February 12, 2011.
Participants watch as Emily Wilson, technician for the Human Developmental Anatomy Center at the National Museum of Health and Medicine, dissects a pig heart during the Museum’s Valentine’s Day program on February 12, 2011.		A young participant shows off the card he created at the Museum’s Valentine’s Day program on February 12, 2011.
Participants listen as Elizabeth Lockett, collections manager for the Human Developmental Anatomy Center at the National Museum of Health and Medicine, explains how the human heart develops before birth. Lockett’s station was one of three activities featured at the Museum’s Valentine’s Day program on February 12, 2011.