The genome contains the instructional code of every living thing. Learning about the human genome will revolutionize your thinking about your biology, your health, and our place as humans in the natural world. Discover how our expanding knowledge of genomes informs everything from personalized medicine to how we think about our human ancestors.
This exhibit was developed by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in partnership with the National Human Genome Research Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health.
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Discussion starters to continue the conversation
Medical mysteries solved via genomics
The chance to meet your own genome
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Watch genomic leaders talk about the Human Genome Project.
Scrollthrough human history and see where our genomes have been.
Explore a tree of life to see how we are all connected.