The National Museum of Health and Medicine offers a wide variety of programs throughout the year. Programs are aimed at adults and children, take place on weekends, weekdays, and evenings, and range in topics that include medical, scientific, and historical subjects. A list of upcoming events is listed below.

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Upcoming Programs at NMHM

Brain Awareness Week 2010

When: March 15-19, 2010, 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. or 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.

What: School children (grades 5-8) will learn about brain science through hands-on interactions with area neuroscientists. This program is for school groups and home school groups. Educators may schedule a group (minimum: 10 students; maximum: 60 students) for one of the sessions by calling the tour program office (202-782-2456).

Cost: FREE.

"A Lady Alone"
Elizabeth Blackwell: First American Woman Doctor

When: : March 27, 2010, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

What: : Celebrate Women's History Month with a play about Elizabeth Blackwell, the first American woman doctor. Written by Harvard playwright N. Lynn Eckhert, M.D., this one-actress play, performed by Linda Gray Kelley, tells the story of Blackwell, who in addition to being the first woman to receive her medical degree in the United States, founded her own infirmary in New York (when other hospitals would not accept her as a doctor) and trained nurses during the Civil War. During the play, Kelley acts as Blackwell's fellow classmates and colleagues in addition to the doctor herself.

Cost: FREE.

23rd Annual Forensic Anthropology Course (5209)    

When: June 07, 2010 - June 11, 2010

What: Forensic anthropology is concerned with the scientific recovery, analysis and identification of human remains in the medicolegal context. Forensic anthropologists frequently apply their knowledge of human remains to victim identification, remains search and recovery and the interpretation of skeletal trauma. Over time, the role of the forensic anthropologist has expanded to include a greater role in human rights investigations and mass disaster operations. This course uses hands-on lab sessions to introduce basic techniques of skeletal analysis. Lectures provide the theoretical methodological basis of human osteology and introduce applications used by anthropologists in their work. Forensic pathologists, death investigators, forensic dentists, attorneys and other specialists engaged in multidisciplinary forensic investigations will find this course an excellent survey of forensic anthropology. Learn more from AskAFIP.org. Download the course brochure..

USA Science & Engineering Festival    

When: October 23-24, 2010

What: NMHM is proud to be an Official Partner of the inaugural USA Science & Engineering Festival to be held in the greater Washington DC area in October 2010. The Festival, which will be the country's first national science festival, is a collaboration of over 500 of the country's leading science and engineering organizations and aims to reignite the interest of our nation's youth in the sciences. The culmination of the Festival will be a two-day Expo on the National Mall on October 23-24, 2010, which will give children, teens and adults the opportunity to explore all facets of science & engineering through hundreds of fun, hands-on activities. For more information on all Festival events, visit www.usasciencefestival.org.