The following exhibits are currently on display at the Laupus Library. The exhibits are open to the public during the library’s normal operating hours.
Microscopes in the History of Medicine and Biology: From the Collection of Donald R. Hoffman, PhD
April 4, 2008 - July 31, 2008
2nd, 3rd, and 4th floor display cabinets and the History Collections Reading Room (4th floor)
The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic: July 18-September 9, 2008 The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic is an exhibit based on the contents of hundreds of abandoned suitcases that were found in the attic of Willard Psychiatric Center in Willard, New York when it closed in 1995 after 126 years of operation. Contents of the suitcases allowed exhibit curators to interpret and present stories from the lives of people who were removed from their communities and institutionalized. The exhibit offers historical insight and inspires compassion for those with mental illness today. The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic was developed by The Community Consortium and is circulated by the Exhibition Alliance, Inc., Hamilton, N.Y.”
Changing the Face of Medicine: April 28-May 28, 2007 "Celebrating America’s Women Physicians” was developed by the Exhibition Program of the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine in collaboration with the American Library Association Public Programs Office.The traveling exhibition has been made possible by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women’s Health. The American Medical Women’s Association provided additional support.
