Changing Exhibitions
The Global Health Odyssey Museum will feature changing exhibits over the coming years to supplement our permanent installations. New changing exhibits are in the works, so please check back with us.
Current and Upcoming Exhibitions:
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The Complexity of Emergencies: Responding through Art
June 16 – September 12, 2008
Organized by the Global Health Odyssey Museum, this exhibition examines the visual art projects of three organizations working with children affected by emergencies, both in the United States and abroad. The exhibition highlights the work of America’s Camp with children impacted by the September 11 terrorism attack in New York, the Community Initiatives Foundation with children displaced by Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, and The ArtReach Foundation with teachers and children in Bosnia. The impact of a natural or technological disaster, terrorist attack, or other public health emergency can be long-lasting, and the resulting trauma can reverberate even with those not directly affected by the disaster. Children and their families may need special care and assistance in coping. Expression through art has proven to be both a communicative and healing tool, as well as an innovative public health strategy.
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Outbreak: Plagues that Changed History/The Work of Bryn Barnard
September 29, 2008 – January 30, 2009
Diseases don't affect just one person's life - sometimes they change the world. This exhibit features the illustrations and texts of Washington State-based artist and writer Bryn Barnard,
drawn from his 2005 book for middle-school children, which vividly portrays the history of public health. From influenza to smallpox, from tuberculosis to yellow fever,
the symptoms and paths of the world's deadliest diseases are examined, along with how the epidemics they spawned changed the course of human history in surprisingly
powerful and unexpected ways. Barnard poses provocative questions such as “Did the Black Death create Europe’s middle class?” and “Did cholera make modern cities?”
to create a compelling narrative about infectious disease, public health, and medicine.