The CDC Museum’s mission is to educate visitors about the value of prevention–based public health, while collecting, preserving, and presenting CDC’s rich heritage and vast accomplishments through engaging museum exhibitions, dynamic educational programming, and web archives.The museum was founded in 1996 as the Global Health Odyssey Museum.

This was done during the 50th anniversary of the CDC and coincided with the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

This was done in honor of David Sencer, an American public health official who was the longest serving director of the CDC.

The museum receives approximately 90,000 visitors annually.

[1][3] Exhibitions at the museum include public health topics and the history of the CDC.