National Museum of American History | Smithsonian’s Great Americans Medal | Dr. Anthony S. Fauci Explains COVID-19 Through ONE Object @SmithsonianAmHistory | Uploaded March 2021 | Updated October 2024, 19 hours ago.
Learn what Dr. Fauci chose to donate to the museum as representative of HIS COVID-19 experience—a 3-D printed model of the SARS-CoV-2 virion showing the spike protein. Dr. Fauci used this model as an educational tool in his work explaining the COVID-19 pandemic in briefings to congressional members, journalists, and the public. During the past year, the museum canvassed the nation, asking the public what it should collect to remember and document this pandemic through a digital platform, Stories of 2020. The object was collected in the spirit of this public collecting.
Dr. Fauci’s donation was part of the Great Americans Award Program on March 2, 2021 when he became the seventh recipient of the National Museum of American History’s Great Americans Medal. The Great Americans Medal is awarded for lifetime contributions embodying American ideas and ideals, and honors individuals who have not only made a lasting impact in their fields, but whose philanthropic and humanitarian endeavors set them apart.
Watch the full program, including an interview with Smithsonian Regent David M. Rubenstein, at youtube.com/watch?v=6D8jlW5nd6A
View more Great Americans videos at: https://s.si.edu/GreatAmericans.
For more on the Great Americans Medal and its recipients, visit https://greatamericans.si.edu./
Historians will remember 2020—a time of pandemic, economic crisis, police violence, and protest.
What should future generations know about 2020? We're working to create an inclusive portrait of last year, but we can't do it alone. We need your story, too. If you have a memory that you'd like to preserve, consider submitting it to the museum's Stories of 2020 project: https://s.si.edu/stories-of-2020
Learn what Dr. Fauci chose to donate to the museum as representative of HIS COVID-19 experience—a 3-D printed model of the SARS-CoV-2 virion showing the spike protein. Dr. Fauci used this model as an educational tool in his work explaining the COVID-19 pandemic in briefings to congressional members, journalists, and the public. During the past year, the museum canvassed the nation, asking the public what it should collect to remember and document this pandemic through a digital platform, Stories of 2020. The object was collected in the spirit of this public collecting.
Dr. Fauci’s donation was part of the Great Americans Award Program on March 2, 2021 when he became the seventh recipient of the National Museum of American History’s Great Americans Medal. The Great Americans Medal is awarded for lifetime contributions embodying American ideas and ideals, and honors individuals who have not only made a lasting impact in their fields, but whose philanthropic and humanitarian endeavors set them apart.
Watch the full program, including an interview with Smithsonian Regent David M. Rubenstein, at youtube.com/watch?v=6D8jlW5nd6A
View more Great Americans videos at: https://s.si.edu/GreatAmericans.
For more on the Great Americans Medal and its recipients, visit https://greatamericans.si.edu./
Historians will remember 2020—a time of pandemic, economic crisis, police violence, and protest.
What should future generations know about 2020? We're working to create an inclusive portrait of last year, but we can't do it alone. We need your story, too. If you have a memory that you'd like to preserve, consider submitting it to the museum's Stories of 2020 project: https://s.si.edu/stories-of-2020
