This November, free exhibition Injecting Hope: The race for a COVID-19 vaccine will open at the Science Museum to explore the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The History department’s Professor Roberta Bivins, Director of Centre for the History of Medicine, has been involved with this amazing exhibition as an advisor.

It will examine the scientific breakthroughs which saw the identification of the virus’ genetic code and development of vaccines at record speed as well as the logistical challenges of their production and distribution.

Injecting Hope forms part of a project with the National Council of Science Museums in India and the Guangdong Science Center in China, which will open across the three countries in November.

INJECTING HOPE: THE RACE FOR A COVID-19 VACCINE

Wednesday 30 November 2022 – Sunday 7 January 2024

Ticketed, free

sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/injecting-hope

Through an incredible variety of artworks, interactives, and personal objects, this exhibition will make the invisible visible: from examining the virus itself to recognising the work done quietly behind the scenes by volunteers, researchers and other individuals that made the huge innovations possible.

Injecting Hope: The race for a COVID-19 vaccine showcases the intense and rapid nature of tackling the pandemic. Revealing the inspiring stories of scientists and innovators collaborating around the globe to find solutions and save lives, this exhibition reveals how they shaped the world we live in today.