Today in Omaha, we have some of the most advanced health care facilities in the world.
That wasn’t always the case.
At noon on Jan. 22, the Durham Museum’s associate director, Kellen Hinrichsen, will discuss the museum’s newest exhibition, “This May Hurt a Bit: Medicine in Old Omaha.”
Using documents from the museum’s Byron Reed collection, “This May Hurt a Bit” will explore a time just after Omaha’s founding, recreating the colorful world of medicine at that time — from bloodletting to magical cure-alls.
Hinrichsen will speak in the Sorrell Center, Room 2018.
The exhibit “This May Hurt a Bit” opens on Jan. 24 in the museum’s Velde Gallery of American History.
In February, the focus shifts to the silver screen as author Jean Druesdow speaks on Katharine Hepburn. Druesdow will speak on campus at noon on Feb. 5 in the Sorrell Center, Room 2018.
Both presentations are part of the Time Travelers Program, a partnership between the Durham Museum and UNMC. The program provides free museum admission for medical center employees, students and their immediate family with a valid identification badge, while also offering lectures, workshops and other events on the medical center campus.