Online Exhibits Gallery

The Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum maintains numerous exhibits, some physical and others online.  Below is a list of our online exhibits about NIH people, objects, and scientific themes.  For onsite exhibitions and displays, as well as their online component, refer to our Onsite Exhibits page.

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usa-card__header Header Class usa-card__header Michael Potter: The Work of Michael Potter Image Removed Div class usa-card__body To Potter, science was driven by curiosity, not competition, and the only goal was to answer questions about the nature of life.

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usa-card__header Header Class usa-card__header Santiago Ramón y Cajal: The Beginnings of Modern Neuroscience Image Removed Div class usa-card__body Santiago Ramón y Cajal was the first to describe the nervous system, including neurons, in exquisite detail.  His original drawings, as well as information about current NIH neuroscience, are on exhibit in NIH Building 35, the Porter Neuroscience Center.

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usa-card__header Header Class usa-card__header Joseph Goldberger & the War on Pellagra Image Removed Div class usa-card__body Dr. Joseph Goldberger discovered of the cause of pellagra, a disease that killed many poor Southerners in the early part of the 20th century.  His finding, that pellagra was caused by a diet deficient in vitamin B, was met by political and social resistance.

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List Item (li) class usa-card tablet:grid-col-4 Visit The Site Div class usa-card__container-shadow noleft Div class usa-card__media Div class usa-card__img Image Added Center Button link Joseph Goldberger & the War on Pellagra page Div class	usa-card__header Header Class usa-card__header Martin Rodbell: How Cells Respond to Signals Image Removed Div class usa-card__body Martin Rodbell and his colleagues discovered a mechanism that transformed our understanding of how cells respond to signals. In a series of pioneering experiments conducted at the NIH, Rodbell studied hormones--substances which have specific effects on cells' activity. He won the 1994 Nobel Prize for this work.

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Scientific and Biomedical Instruments and other "Things"

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desktop:grid-col-3div usa-card__img Image Added Div class usa-card__header Header Class usa-card__header A Thin Blue Line: The History of the Pregnancy Test Kit Image Removed Div class usa-card__body This looks at the history of the home pregnancy test and examines its place in our culture. Research that led to a sensitive, accurate pregnancy test was done by scientists in the Reproductive Research Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health. Button link Pregnancy Test - A Thin Blue Line The History of the Pregnancy Test page Visit the Site

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Visit the Varian A-60 NMR at it's location in Building 50.

Early Computing at NIHImage Removed

This snapshot of some of the computing tools used in NIH labs highlights objects that are now in the NIH Stetten Museum collection.

Early Medical Instruments at the NIH
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A cross section of precision instruments used at NIH between 1945 and 1965 is presented.

Equal Arm Analytical BalancesImage Removed

This type of balance is designed on a “seesaw” principle to measure mass precisely by placing a sample in one pan and a known weight in an opposing pan until an equilibrium was established.

Laboratory Instrument Computer (LINC)Image Removed

The story of one of the first supercomputers from its conception in MIT's Lincoln Laboratory, through its use in biomedical research laboratories.

Medical Posters

Image RemovedA collection of 24 medical posters drawn by artists at the NIH, representing topics from arthritis to women's health.

The National Cancer Institute Real-Time Picture Processor
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The Real Time Picture Processor (RTPP) was one of the first special-purpose hardware computers developed for grayscale image processing and was designed to aid in biological image analysis.

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Converging Pathways of Pain Research at NIDCRImage Removed

The story of how pain research evolved at NIDCR.

Human Genetics and Medical ResearchImage Removed

Cracking the genetic code allowed us to study diseases at the molecular level, which has increased our knowledge of potential preventions and treatments for diseases. The study of genetics has become central to the science of medicine. This exhibit asks many questions: How do genes cause disease? Can gene therapy work? How do we manipulate genes and should we?

NIBIB: Improving Health Through Emerging Technologies

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This exhibit places some examples of cutting-edge research, funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, in historical context.  The virtual exhibit is under construction but you can visit the NIBIB Emerging Technology Exhibit in person in Building 31.

Synthetic Opiates and Opioids
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The quest to free us from a dependence upon certain flowers by developing a synthetic source for morphine and codeine and the development of new painkillers is described.  This work at NIDDK resulted in the NIH Total Opiate Synthesis method.

The National Cancer Institute Real-Time Picture Processor
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The Real Time Picture Processor (RTPP) was one of the first special-purpose hardware computers developed for grayscale image processing and was designed to aid in biological image analysis.

A History of the Pregnancy Test Kit
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This looks at the history of the home pregnancy test and examines its place in our culture. Research that led to a sensitive, accurate pregnancy test was done by scientists in the Reproductive Research Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health.

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Charles Darwin
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Formally titled “Rewriting the Book of Nature: Charles Darwin and the Rise of Evolutionary Theory,” the exhibit describes the Charles Darwin’s life and the fortunes of the theory of evolution by natural selection.

Siemens 1-A Electron Microscope

This Siemens 1-A Electron Microscope was used for over three decades by Dr. Albert Kapikian, NIAID.  The instrument was used to detect and characterize various viruses. 

See the Siemens Microscope at its exhibit site located in Building 50.