Category Archives: Exhibits
Groundbreaking: Spring Botanicals Exhibit
March 10-May 31, 2025 HSHSL’s exhibit, “Groundbreaking: Spring Botanicals,” features illustrations by 18th-century botanists William Woodville and William Curtis from the library’s Pharmacy Historical Collection. The botanical illustrations were digitally enhanced and enlarged to highlight intricate details and vivid colors. … Continue reading
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Drawing Blood: Anatomical Depictions of the Heart Exhibit
February is American Heart Month. To honor this most central organ, the HSHSL has installed an exhibit in the Weise Gallery highlighting four centuries of anatomical drawings of the heart from the HSHSL’s Historical Collections. The first understanding of … Continue reading
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Don’t Miss the December Connective Issues Newsletter
In this edition: Dean’s Message Home Grown: The 2025 HSHSL Calendar December Hours Student Advisory Board (SAB) Update Walk, Watch, Study: Multitask on Our Treadmills Visual Storytelling in Medicine: New Exhibit at HSHSL Sequential Art: Stories by Baltimore City Students … Continue reading
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Graphic Medicine: New Exhibit at HSHSL
Dec. 9, 2024 – Jan. 18, 2025 The HSHSL is proud to host the National Library of Medicine (NLM) exhibit, “Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived & Well-Drawn.” The exhibit’s authors describe “graphic medicine” as “the use of comics to tell personal stories … Continue reading
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Sequential Art: Stories by Baltimore City Students
Oct. 30, 2024 – Jan. 17, 2025 The Mother Mary Lange (MML) Catholic School teamed up with the Health Sciences and Human Services Library to present an exhibit exploring mental health, self-expression, and Halloween-inspired storytelling. We invite you to experience … Continue reading
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Beyond the Lab: Postdoctoral Art at the Weise Gallery
Postdoctoral fellows are a driving force behind the biomedical research conducted at UMB. They work long hours in the lab, advancing cutting-edge research. September is Postdoc Appreciation Month, a time to recognize and celebrate our postdocs. In this exhibition, postdocs … Continue reading
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Fall into Creativity: Visit the Enchanted Pumpkin Patch at HSHSL
Fall is a busy time for new and returning students. Take a coloring break in HSHSL’s Weise Gallery on the first floor. This year’s coloring wall theme is “The Enchanted Pumpkin Patch”. Grab some markers and color in pumpkins, gnomes, … Continue reading
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“Hiding in the Walls” Documentary & Discussion, Wed, July 10, Noon – 1:30 p.m.
Join the HSHSL for a screening and group discussion of “Hiding in the Walls,” a documentary that explores the fraught history of lead’s government-mandated use in low-income housing in Baltimore. The film delves into how lead poisoning became an accepted … Continue reading
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New Exhibit: This Lead is Killing Us, June 10 – July 12
The HSHSL is hosting a traveling banner exhibition exploring the story of citizen action taken against the environmental danger of lead. Lead exposure can cause neurological problems and even death. Despite this, lead has been pervasive in many aspects of … Continue reading
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1807: Selected Works from UMB’s Art & Literary Journal
The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), is proud to announce the unveiling of a captivating art exhibit in the Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HSHSL). Running from June 10 to July 28, the exhibit promises a journey through diverse … Continue reading
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