Ever wonder how CDC scientists merge old-fashioned detective work with high-tech science to crack the cases of mystery diseases? Get the story! Visit the David J. Sencer CDC Museum Museum at CDC headquarters to see award-winning permanent and changing exhibitions focusing on public health topics and the history of CDC.

Exhibits

What's going on inside your body every moment that you are alive? Take a journey into the micro-world of cells and explore how you grow, change, and react to the outside world. Cells: The Universe Inside Us features hands-on computer interactives, stunning photomicrography, and amazing animations. Sections include The Cellular Universe, Cells and the Miracle of Life, The World Inside a Cell, and Cells and Your Health.

Cells: The Universe Inside Us was created and produced by the Maryland Science Center with funding from MetLife Foundation.

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