Community Outreach

• THE EYE SITE Exhibit on Low Vision Continues to Tour the Country
  When: January 1, 2007
  Where: Nationwide
  Institute: National Eye Institute (NEI)

  To help people understand low vision (vision problems that interfere with a person’s ability to perform everyday activities) and to explain what people with vision loss can do to stay independent, NEI developed THE EYE SITE: A Traveling Exhibit on Low Vision for Shopping Centers. The exhibit will visit malls and other accessible venues during 2006 in Mississippi and Texas. Additional tour stops are being scheduled.
  
  Two identical exhibits have been on tour since 2001. By the end of 2005, the exhibits had traveled to 81 malls in 33 states and the District of Columbia. Since THE EYE SITE tour was launched, NEI has:
  
  

  • Given more than 40 million people the opportunity to visit the exhibit and learn about low vision.
    
    
  • Distributed almost 70,000 publications.
    
    
  • Worked with more than 70 vision-related organizations to offer nearly 200 public events.
  
  
  More

  Next Steps
  Members of the public can visit the exhibit during regular business hours at any location on the tour. For more information, visit THE EYE SITE Web site at www.nei.nih.gov/nehep/eyesite.  

• VISION Traveling Exhibit Comes to Discovery Station in Hagerstown, MD
  When: January 2006
  Where: Discovery Station, Hagerstown, MD
  Institute: National Eye Institute (NEI)

  A vision-related traveling exhibit will give people in the Hagerstown, Maryland area an opportunity to learn how the eye and brain work together to create vision. Visitors to the Discovery Station at Hagerstown can also learn how researchers are developing ways to protect our sight from visual disorders and diseases. The 2,000-square-foot exhibit, called VISION, includes 10 interactive modules developed by the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
  
  Targeted at viewers from age 8 to 80, the exhibit has toured since 1993, visiting science museums in 33 cities, and has been seen by more than 6 million people. VISION was developed as part of the NEI's 25th anniversary celebration.

  Next Steps
  More information about the exhibit is available on the NEI website at www.nei.nih.gov/education/visionexhibit/index.asp.
  
  Members of the public can visit the exhibit through January 31, 2007 at Discovery Station at Hagerstown. Museum hours and directions are available on the Discovery Station Web site, www.discoverystation.org/about.html.  

Eyes and Vision

• THE EYE SITE Exhibit on Low Vision Continues to Tour the Country
  When: January 1, 2007
  Where: Nationwide
  Institute: National Eye Institute (NEI)

  To help people understand low vision (vision problems that interfere with a person’s ability to perform everyday activities) and to explain what people with vision loss can do to stay independent, NEI developed THE EYE SITE: A Traveling Exhibit on Low Vision for Shopping Centers. The exhibit will visit malls and other accessible venues during 2006 in Mississippi and Texas. Additional tour stops are being scheduled.
  
  Two identical exhibits have been on tour since 2001. By the end of 2005, the exhibits had traveled to 81 malls in 33 states and the District of Columbia. Since THE EYE SITE tour was launched, NEI has:
  
  

  • Given more than 40 million people the opportunity to visit the exhibit and learn about low vision.
    
    
  • Distributed almost 70,000 publications.
    
    
  • Worked with more than 70 vision-related organizations to offer nearly 200 public events.
  
  
  More

  Next Steps
  Members of the public can visit the exhibit during regular business hours at any location on the tour. For more information, visit THE EYE SITE Web site at www.nei.nih.gov/nehep/eyesite.  

• VISION Traveling Exhibit Comes to Discovery Station in Hagerstown, MD
  When: January 2006
  Where: Discovery Station, Hagerstown, MD
  Institute: National Eye Institute (NEI)

  A vision-related traveling exhibit will give people in the Hagerstown, Maryland area an opportunity to learn how the eye and brain work together to create vision. Visitors to the Discovery Station at Hagerstown can also learn how researchers are developing ways to protect our sight from visual disorders and diseases. The 2,000-square-foot exhibit, called VISION, includes 10 interactive modules developed by the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
  
  Targeted at viewers from age 8 to 80, the exhibit has toured since 1993, visiting science museums in 33 cities, and has been seen by more than 6 million people. VISION was developed as part of the NEI's 25th anniversary celebration.

  Next Steps
  More information about the exhibit is available on the NEI website at www.nei.nih.gov/education/visionexhibit/index.asp.
  
  Members of the public can visit the exhibit through January 31, 2007 at Discovery Station at Hagerstown. Museum hours and directions are available on the Discovery Station Web site, www.discoverystation.org/about.html.  

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