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Our exhibits are located in several buildings across the NIH campus. Visitors and researchers can contact us for more information at: history@nih.gov

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A Short History of the NIH

How NIH grew from a one-room laboratory to become the largest biomedical research agency in the world.

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The DeWitt Stetten Jr. Museum of Medical Research, established in 1986, preserves and interprets the material culture of the scientific work of the NIH. In conjunction with the broader Office of NIH History, the Stetten Museum collects biomedical research instruments, photographs, videos, journals, oral histories, and objects related to the general history of the NIH, including architectural artifacts, artwork, and clothing.

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The Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum holds many collections: objects, images, and documents, and books. We have over 3,100 objects and thousands of photographs related to NIH history. There are many ways to search our collections.

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ONHM 2022 Annual Report

Learn about the Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum's most recent projects, exhibits, and acquisitions, while finding out more about our history too. (15 MB)

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Caroline Hannaway, PhD (1943 to 2024)

ONHM was saddened to learn of the recent passing of Caroline Hannaway, PhD., an historian and editor in our office from 1992 until 2008. ONHM owes her an enduring debt of gratitude for her many contributions to this office and to the history of NIH itself.

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Call for Stories: Behind the Mask

COVID-19 has impacted the NIH community in many ways—from researching and providing information about the disease, developing therapeutics and vaccines, caring for patients in the Clinical Center, and re-configuring how we perform our jobs. The Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum seeks reflections, documents, photographs, and objects about how those at NIH have experienced the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Observing Native American Heritage Month

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New Display Cases in Three Buildings on Campus

Read a comic book about Joseph Goldberger’s work in pellagra in the early 20th century at the Building 1, 3rd-floor case. Be amazed at the variety of Clinical Center patches near the Hospitality Desk on the 1st floor of the Clinical Center. Think about the social context of coloring books from the Clinical Center by its 2nd-floor cafeteria. And salute a leading woman investigator, Dr. Margaret Pittman, in the Building 60 lobby.

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A New Set of Neuroanatomy Drawings by Santiago Ramón y Cajal was Installed in Building 35

The current set of seven neuroanatomy drawings by Santiago Ramón y Cajal will remain on rotation in Building 35.

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This Native American Heritage Month, we want to recognize the history of cooperation and collaboration between NIH and Tribal Nations. On his final day as NIH director – October 31, 2008 – Dr. Elias Zerhouni attended a meeting of the Director’s Council of Public Representatives (COPR). Formed in 1998 by former NIH Director Harold Varmus, COPR was composed of members of the public who gave insight on opportunities for public participation and outreach at NIH. During this meeting, committee member Dr. Cynthia Lindquist, Spirit Lake Dakota Nation member and president of Cankdeska Cikana Community College, gifted a star quilt to Dr. Zerhouni. She invited Lora M. Church, a Navajo committee member from the Bitterwater and Black Streak Wood Clan, to sing a song of blessing as Zerhouni stepped down.

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From left to right: Lora M. Church, Dr. Cynthia Lindquist, Dr. Elias Zerhouni, and Dr. Raynard Kington, acting director following Zerhouni.

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Remembering Dan Lednicer, Volunteer Extraordinaire

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Photo Courtesy of the Lednicer Family
We celebrate the life, work, and friendship of Daniel Lednicer, Ph.D., who joined our office as a volunteer in 2006 and actively contributed to our mission until his death last week at the age of 91. He is greatly missed.

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Dr Herbert Tabor Dies 1918-2020

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Photo Courtesy of the Tabor Family

We are sad to relay news of the passing of Herbert Tabor, M.D., the world's foremost authority on the enzymatic pathways of polyamines, as well as an esteemed editor of the Journal of Biological Chemistry for 40 years and, until his death at age 101, a senior principal investigator in the NIDDK Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, where he had served as lab chief until 1999.

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"One of the most remarkable developments of the last 50 years is the awakening of a sanitary conscience. It is a new thought to many men that the care of the body and cleanliness of surroundings are very considerable factors in the comfort, safety, and even the life and health of their fellow men.”

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Hand Hygiene in Hospitals

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A Short History of the NIH

Exhibits

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ONHM 2022 Annual Report

Caroline Hannaway, PhD (1943 to 2024)

Call for Stories: Behind the Mask

Observing Native American Heritage Month

New Display Cases in Three Buildings on Campus

A New Set of Neuroanatomy Drawings by Santiago Ramón y Cajal was Installed in Building 35

Remembering Dan Lednicer, Volunteer Extraordinaire

Dr Herbert Tabor Dies 1918-2020

Hand Hygiene in Hospitals

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