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The history of NIH is

  • 27 Institutes and Centers
  • 138 years of discovery
  • 138 years of innovation
  • patient care
  • clinical research
  • personal stories
  • population health
  • lab research
  • technology transfer
  • turning discovery into health

ONHM Archives and Stetten Museum Collections

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Objects

Interior of ONHM warehouse in Gaithersburg, MD

The Stetten Museum collections range from laboratory equipment to diplomatic gifts, dating mostly from the mid-to-late 20th century. These objec…

Photographs

Drs. John W. Daly, Takashi Tokuyama, and Bernhard Witkop examining the structure of the frog venom batrachotoxin with the molecular model of the venom.

The ONHM photograph collection contains materials such as slides, prints, negatives, contact sheets, and digital photos. It primarily showcases …

Oral Histories

From 2026 oral-history interview of Dr. George Pavlakis (NCI) by Gabrielle Barr, ONHM Senior Archivist

The Office of NIH History and Museum both conducts and collects oral histories from people associated with NIH history.

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Timelines and Illustrated Histories

Watch this space as we add more descriptions of people and events in NIH history.