The Beautiful Brain: The Drawings of Santiago Ramón y Cajal

January 9, 2018 - March 31, 2018 - The Beautiful Brain: The Drawings of Santiago Ramón y Cajal is the first U.S. museum exhibition to present the extraordinary drawings of Santiago Ramón y Cajal , the father of modern neuroscience. Cajal’s astonishing depictions of the brain which combine cutting-edge scientific knowledge with consummate draftsmanship offer much greater clarity than photographs, so much so that they are still in wide use today. Featuring approximately 80 of Cajal’s drawings, the show will situate them within the history of scientific illustration from the 16th to 19th centuries, and juxtapose them with contemporary visualizations of the brain.