Injecting Hope

Never before have vaccines been awaited with such anxiety and expectation across the world. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Injecting Hope exhibition will set out the scientific principles underlying the creation and efficacy of COVID vaccines, while capturing some of the behind-the-scenes work that accompanied their rapid development, production, transport and delivery.

As well as unpacking some of the background medical science, this brandnew Blueprint Pack exhibition will highlight how innovative research was adapted to an urgent need and explore the sheer logistical challenges behind this global programme.

EXHIBITION STRUCTURE
The exhibition is divided into six sections…
A new virus: the arrival of COVID-19
The emergence and spread of COVID-19 had enormous impacts across the globe, the fallout from which will be felt for many years. But what caused this disease and why was it able to reach pandemic proportions?
Designing a new vaccine
Scientists around the world began the pursuit of an effective vaccine, calling on established techniques and knowledge, learning from recent disease outbreaks and redirecting ongoing research. But why might vaccination be seen as the best way out of a pandemic and how do you go about designing a new vaccine?
Trials, results and approvals
Designing and making vaccines in the laboratory was one thing, but how could we be sure they actually worked and were safe?
Scaling up and mass production
Here we look at some of the processes and challenges behind scaling up vaccine production in preparation for mass roll-outs.
The vaccine roll-out
Getting those vaccines out to the wider population, at speed, was a vast and complex undertaking involving coordinated networks of people and places, and defined chains of delivery between vaccine manufacturers and vaccinees’ arms.
Living with COVID-19
This is a virus that will not be going away, so how can we live with it and resume the lives we had before the pandemic?

FORMAT
The exhibition is offered as a Blueprint Pack. This means we provide digital assets – including content, IP, designs, videos, interviews, programming ideas and information for sourcing objects – enabling you to produce your own tailored contemporary science exhibition.

SIZE
Completely flexible, depending on your space and needs.

FEATURES
Specially commissioned photography will how the people involved and provide a peek into the spaces where they work.

TARGET AUDIENCES
Independent adults, families, students and older school groups

HIRE PERIODS
No minimum hire period

CONTACT
partnerships@sciencemuseum.ac.uk
sciencemuseum.org.uk/touringexhibitions