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The David J. Sencer ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Museum (ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍøM) Collection has existed since 1995 to advance historical understanding of ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s rich heritage through materials reflecting the history and science of ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø. The Collection is utilized for exhibitions, educational programs, and research. Through preserving records of significant ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø achievements of the past and the present, ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍøM explores the past to enhance present understanding of public health and ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø. The museum actively collects, catalogs, preserves, conserves, and stores three-dimensional objects, equipment, photographs, papers, films, documents, audio recordings, oral histories, and ephemera. There are more than 20,000 items in the collection.

Nigeria. Credit: The Carter Center/E. Staub, The Global Health Chronicles

We keep ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s history, and serve not only to tell the stories of our past, but protect items that would otherwise be lost.

Explore the collection

The David J. Sencer ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Museum’s Collection is available to scholars, students, historians, employees, and researchers. Please direct any questions regarding our collections to the Historic Collections Manager at [email protected].

One of the results of having such an extensive collection is , launched in collaboration with Emory University’s Libraries, Global Health Institute, and Rollins School of Public Health. The web site is a series of “Chronicles,” each dealing with a different subject. Eventually we hope that it will become a digital history of global disease prevention, with ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø as a key agent of prevention.

Leave a legacy

Contact ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍøM today at [email protected] to donate your artifacts.​