The Health Museum

Near the entrance of The Health Museum’s “Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World” exhibit, volunteers staff a new informational cart distributing materials about the COVID-19 vaccine.

Some of the messaging is targeted specifically to kids.

During select hours, medical school students and retired physicians and scientists are stationed in the kiosk, where one family at a time can approach to collect materials and, if they choose, ask questions about the safety and efficacy of the new vaccine.

From there, visitors step into the exhibit, which explores the effects of global pandemics on the Houston area over the past 100 years.

Conceived and installed before the outbreak of COVID-19, the exhibit has been extended through the fall, with new community programming that ties the learnings to COVID-19.

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