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Medicines: The Inside Story

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Early Modern (15th-18th Century)
  • Images
  • Medicine/Behavioral Science
  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
  • Museum
URL: 

http://www.medicines-inside.com/

Author: 
GlaxoWellcome
Excerpt: 

Medicines: The Inside Story is an expansive four-part project that explores the past, present, and future of medicines. Its parts include: a traveling museum exhibition debuting at Atlanta's Fernbank Museum of Natural History and making stops at four other major museums throughout the country; a planetarium presentation designed to explore the "inner space" universe of the human body; a nationwide education program for high-school students and teachers; and an academic symposium held at the Carter Center in Atlanta.

Annotation: 

Medicines: The Inside Story is an online exhibit explaining how and why medicines work, the history of medicines, current medicinal trends, the future of medicinal research, and the changing role that medicines play in society. GlaxoWellcome's endeavor features a four-year traveling museum exhibition, a high school education program presented on CD-ROM, a planetarium presentation and an academic symposium. The online museum features an interactive floorplan of a travelling exhibit which includes brief narratives and a few images. Other pages provide brief synopses of an academic conference hosted in 1996, lesson plans for high school teachers and a description of the multi media program "Innerspace."

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