Whatever Happened to Polio? exhibit photos

When the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History closed in 2006, one of the things that went with it was Katherine Ott's excellent exhibit "Whatever Happened to Polio?" I don't know if the exhibit is in the re-opened museum, but when I ran across my pictures I figured I'd share them here.




Would a vaccine work? panels


Will there always be polio? panels


What do these devices do? panel with crutches.


What is polio? panels


What could your dime do? (for the March of Dimes) panel




How did polio change us? panels


What happened in a polio epidemic? panel


Interactive station


Iron lung.


Model showing how iron lung reduced pressure to enable lungs to fill with air.


What do these devices do? panel with braces.