Skip Navigation Links
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 CDC Home Search Health Topics A-Z   

Home About Us Contact Us Global Health Odyssey Museum
What's New
Mini-Tour for Kids
Kids' Page
Schedule a Visit
Speakers' Bureau
Speakers' Bureau

The CDC Visitor and Education Center

Rendering of the new CDC Visitor and Education CenterThe success of the Global Health Odyssey Museum proved to us that many, many people are interested in CDC's life-changing, mysterious, and sometimes dangerous work. Our new museum will tell the dramatic story of our history and world-changing accomplishments, advancing CDC's mission "to promote health and the quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability."

Scheduled to open in 2006, the CDC Visitor and Education Center will serve as a gateway to CDC's Roybal Campus, and will provide the space and resources necessary to communicate our history, our current work, and to inspire people to take greater interest in the field of public health and the benefits of prevention. The museum's 19,000 square feet will be an interdisciplinary forum with innovative permanent and changing exhibits, educational programs, and presentations that can paint a complete portrait of CDC and its worldwide network of partners.

Drawing upon many disciplines, from art to sociology, the CDC Visitor and Education Center will inform, engage and intrigue visitors with a wide open, brightly-lit exploration of facts and ideas. Exhibitions will be layered with visual and written information along with highly-interactive experiences for all visitors. Additional seminars, lectures, films, cultural events and other programs are sure to educate all who visit about the interplay of health, culture and society.

The CDC Visitor and Education Center invites you to:

  • marvel at the stories in the absorbing video experience, The Global Symphony
  • explore CDC’s historical role in public health by following the timeline of prevention
  • check on the latest worldwide developments in CDC Now
  • find out about CDC's surprising and inspiring work in CDC from A-Z, 26 separate exhibits with one common theme
  • imagine the possibilities in The World Ahead, as the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century are presented in five immersive exhibit areas
  • feel like a laboratorian investigating a dangerous outbreak in the replica of the BioSafety Level 4 Lab
  • learn more from special programs designed for students and adults
  • enjoy the traveling exhibits from around the world in the Changing Gallery

Home | What's New | About Us | Contact Us
CDC Home | Search | Health Topics A-Z | Accessibility | Privacy Policy

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Office of Communication
Global Health Odyssey Museum