Exhibitions at the Medical Library
Mar 10, 2025
Discover how mathematics, theology, art, and medicine converge through the lens of “similarity” in this unique historical exhibition.
On view in the Cushing Rotunda through August 20, 2025
Curated by Laura R. Phillips, Ph.D., Curator for Visual Arts
Imagine a world in which similarity is the foundation of everything. That idea, inspired by the writings of cultural theorist Walther Benjamin (1892–1940) and Yale Professor Paul North, is the basis for the new exhibition in the Cushing Rotunda: A... Read More
Aug 20, 2024
Exhibition curated by Terry Dagradi, Sofia Fertuzinhos PhD, Rolando Garcia Milian MLIS, Melissa Grafe PhD, Dana Haugh MLS, and Kaitlin Throgmorton MLIS.
On view in the hallway and Cushing Rotunda from August 21, 2024 – February 2, 2025
Curated to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Bioinformatics Support Hub at the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, the "Data as Art" exhibition invites visitors to explore the aesthetic potential of scientific data. This unique display challenges the... Read More
Feb 20, 2024
On view in the hallway and rotunda from February 19th – August 16th, 2024
Curated by Melissa Grafe, Ph.D. and Laura Phillips, Ph.D.
Mindscapes tells a story about mental health—its visibility, classification, and treatment—through the archival and visual art collections of the Medical Historical Library. Instead of a sweeping grand narrative of medical progress, Mindscapes presents a constellation of short stories that illuminate shifting cultural attitudes and scientific approaches to mental... Read More
Aug 24, 2023
Yale School of Nursing Centennial (1923 - 2023)
On view in the Cushing Rotunda August 18, 2023 - January 14, 2024
Please join us for our newest exhibition celebrating 100 years of the Yale School of Nursing. The core mission of Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is “better health for all people.” As we celebrate YSN's 100th anniversary, we take this opportunity to explore and reflect on the school’s first century.
Highlights of this exhibition include the assessment that helped found YSN as a... Read More
Jul 6, 2023
The Medical Library is pleased to annouce a new banner exhibition "This Lead Is Killing Us: A History of Citizens Fighting Lead Poisoning in their Communities" produced by the National Library of Medicine.
The exhibition is on view in the corridor between SHM L 112A/B from July 3 - August 12, 2023.
"This Lead Is Killing Us" explores the story of citizen action taken against an environmental danger. Lead exposure can cause neurological problems and sometimes even death; yet this metal has been... Read More
May 27, 2023
On view in the Medical Library's hallway exhibition space through August 18th
In 2013, the Historical Library acquired a collection of 2,600 posters with international public health and safety messages, representing 57 countries and several global health organizations. The posters are selections from the collection dating between 1963-2008. Many represent collaborations between national governments and international health organizations. A major global health issue concerns pregnancy and... Read More
Mar 1, 2023
On display in the Cushing Rotunda, March 22 - August 13, 2023
A touchstone of murder mysteries and historical intrigue, tactical warfare and political coups, poison looms large in our cultural imagination. An invisible agent of death, it might be hiding anywhere, stashed in a secret agent’s suitcase or mixed into a murderous martini.
Less glamorously, but even more palpably, it lurks in our everyday lives as well, creeping in through garden plants and exotic pets, household cleaners and... Read More
Jan 24, 2023
The Medical Lens: Highlights from the Stanley B. Burns, MD, Historic Medical Photography Collection
January 27, 2023 - March 10, 2023 (EXTENDED TO MARCH 19TH!)
Join us at the Medical Library for our newest Rotunda exhibition! Medicine is a field grounded in the visual world. Over the centuries, illustration became increasingly embedded in the medical field via textbooks, posters, and other visual medium. With the development of photography in the early nineteenth century... Read More
Sep 7, 2022
Post by curator Renata Nagy, Ph.D. Candidate, History of Art and Renaissance Studies, Yale University
Explore our newest online exhibition: “Natural Interactions in the Book as Art and Making Knowledge”
When readers call up early printed books in libraries, they expect to see clean copies. It is a fair belief, for most rare library collections include books with the least signs of wear, which were often cherished by collectors. In addition, a lot of used books either perished over the... Read More
Aug 26, 2022
“Pasteur at 200”
Cushing Rotunda, August 24th, 2022 - January 20th, 2023
Join us at the Medical Library for our newest Rotunda exhibition! “Pasteur at 200” commemorates the work of French chemist Louis Pasteur, born December 27, 1822, along with his longer scientific legacy, which continues today. If you drink pasteurized milk, or take your pet for a rabies shot, Pasteur was the renowned chemist behind these innovations, among many others. Pasteur was celebrated in his lifetime for... Read More