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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
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Second Floor | Temporary Exhibit

Genome: Unlocking Life's Code

Past exhibit Summer 2022
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Explore your genomic blueprint

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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green reader panels in exhibit gallery with green light on wall and screen
Discussion starters to continue the conversation
panel showing solving medical mysteries with three icons to choose stories including babies, a woman, and man
Medical mysteries solved via genomics
a screen view of interactive of human parts asking the user three things can to on screen
The chance to meet your own genome
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TO DO:

  • Watch genomic leaders talk about the Human Genome Project.
  • Scroll through human history and see where our genomes have been.
  • Explore a tree of life to see how we are all connected.
  • Bring Genome to your community with our Do-it-Yourself exhibit.

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