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The Public Health Visitor Center The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) oversees the health of the general population – Public 4 Health. Here, scientists focus their research on disease while assessing risks and recom- mending ways on how to protect and improve the health of those living in Germany. 2 3 A special feature of the RKI is its newly designed museum which was showcased to the public in December 2017. It features an interactive visitor concept for different target recognition. After his death in 1910, he was Across 180 m², exhibits depicting the audiences. The museum is located at RKI’s buried in a mausoleum built especially for him current activities of the Robert Koch historic site in Berlin-Wedding. at the institute. Institute as well as historic elements
from Robert Koch’s day are on display engaging The physician and microbiologist Robert Today, the museum at RKI has successfully – spanning from a 19th century incu- bator to a protective bodysuit out of inclusive Koch worked here for several years and developed into a public health visitor center. together with his colleagues, developed and Visitors can learn about important and cur- a modern high-safety laboratory. The published numerous groundbreaking findings rent public health topics including health and mausoleum is also open to visitors. on pathogens and their epidemiology. This prevention research; all this via media instal-
earned him and his institute international lations. open Visit us and learn more about what we do! How has the idea of health and disease changed since Robert Koch? How does the 1 institute determine risks and protective 5 factors for health in the 21st century? What is the significance of the discoveries of Robert Koch and his students today? versatile