Museums come in many flavors.
I did not realize until today that there was a Museum of Surgical Science, International at that.
Housed in Chicago, the windy city, this museum offers current exhibits such as Beyond Broken Bones which showcases "past, present, and potential of medical
innovations for diagnosing and treating injuries and diseases of the
musculoskeletal system."
I learned from the program notes that we can trace "the birth of orthopedics with Nicolas Andry in the 17th century and include
discoveries and milestones in orthopedic surgery, as well as the
evolution of amputation methods and prosthesis design from ancient
times to the present."
Interested in the Genome project and all that jazz, they will stage a DNA Day on April 21from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm.
Interested, our Consumed to Thrifty friends will be happy to know that this is a Free Admission event.
Enough to please your inner scientist.
There is actually a National DNA Day which (I am confused) takes place on April 24th. 2009 is the seventh edition.
National DNA Day is here to "commemorate the completion of the Human Genome Project in April 2003, and the discovery of DNA's double helix."