 edicines: 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.
Over the past century, medical advances have fundamentally transformed American life. Medicines: The Inside Story looks at the ways in which new medicines, tools, and technologies have affected our past, as well as how they continue to affect us today. But this thought-provoking, comprehensive project also contemplates the future of medicine, elucidating some of the challenges and triumphs that lie ahead. Medicines aims to empower people to make informed decisions about their own medical health care and to inspire young people to seek out the medical challenges of tomorrow. |
