The exhibit opens nearly 100 years after the Great Influenza pandemic, which took the lives of roughly 3 and 5 percent of the population, according to the Smithsonian.

“Exploring pandemic risks in this ecological context is part of our mission as a museum to understand the natural world and the place of humans within it,” said Kirk Johnson, the Sant Director of the National Museum of Natural History in a statement.

To finish reading the full article, click here.