Introduction
This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round orange objects) emerging from the surface cells cultured in the lab. SARS-CoV-2, also known as 2019-nCoV, is the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The virus shown was isolated from a patient in the U.S. Image: NIAID-RML
Museums are places where visitors encounter, explore, and engage with objects, ideas and topics that are new, familiar or challenging. And they are places where people can gather safely. In the face of the global Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology continues and extends our mission with an online exhibition about the current pandemic and different ways to know about it and look at it. We offer this information in partnership with many scholars, institutions and individuals with the goal to educate, add perspectives, and open conversations.
In order to consider the larger issues of “sickness” and “wellness”, we offer sections on those topics that approach these concepts both in the current moment in New Mexico, as well as throughout time and geographic location. Additionally, we have a section for “your story”, presenting stories of people living through this pandemic in real-time. We invite you to offer your own story.
Lastly, we offer a synopsis of the current news related to the pandemic with links to pages and resources.
This exhibition is a living entity that continues to grow and change; help us to keep it vital by sharing your stories and helpful resources and by checking back for new content!
