• 👁 Photo of the NLM building from a distance.
  

  From digital humanities to web archiving, the National Library of Medicine is working today to collect and preserve tomorrow's history.

• 👁 Detail from a handwritten data chart.
  

  Explore unique items from the history of medicine held in the public trust at the National Library of Medicine.

Collections & Exhibitions

• Rare Books & Journals

  👁 Detail from an anatomical atlas featuring skeletons.
  

• Archives & Modern Manuscripts

  👁 Handwritten document from the Executive Mansion.
  

• Films & Videos

  👁 Photo of frames on 16 millimeter film of the title Easy to Get.
  

• Prints & Photographs

  👁 Detail from a Red Cross poster featuring a nurse in a helmet.
  



• NLM Digital Collections

  👁 Detail of a cloth book cover printed with an image of an ambulance.
  

• Finding Aids

  👁 File folders
  

• LocatorPlus Catalog

  👁 LocatorPlus logo
  

• Images from the History of Medicine

  👁 Three women wearing nursing hats face away.
  



• Featured Collections

  👁 Chinese family planning poster.
  

• Profiles in Science

  👁 Rosalind Franklin looks at a microscope.
  

• Medicine on Screen

  👁 A still of a film featuring Gene Kelly.
  

• Exhibitions

  👁 Banner from Outside/Inside.
  



• DeBakey Fellowship

  👁 Painting of Michael E. DeBakey
  

• Digital Humanities

  👁 xml and books
  

• Research Tools

  👁 Five men in military uniforms sit at two library tables reading.
  

Last Reviewed: July 29, 2025