On September 22, 1999, a permanent exhibit, "Medical Research: Albert B. Sabin, M.D., A Case Study," opened in the Vontz Center for Molecular Studies, a new building designed by architect, Frank Gehry, on the campus of the University of Cincinnati (UC) Medical Center. Researched, written, designed and installed by Billie Broaddus, Director of the Center for the History of the Health Professions (CHHP), Maggie Yax, Albert B. Sabin Archivist, and Mark Rohling, museum exhibit designer, the exhibit is unique for several reasons. By its location in the foyer of a research laboratory, it both introduces and inspires future biomedical research by focusing on one of the 20th century's most notable medical researchers and his best-known achievement - Sabin's development of the live, oral poliovirus vaccine when he was a faculty member of UC and the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation. The cases, also designed by Gehry, are noteworthy pieces of art themselves and provide distinctive perspectives for viewing.

The exhibit traces Sabin's life, 1906-1993, emphasizing his medical career and achievements, which went well beyond his eponymous vaccine. In addition to the usual storytelling devices of text and photographs, the display also employs medical artifacts, such as a period microscope and a leg brace of the type often used by those stricken with polio, and memorabilia including medals and awards marking significant moments and honors during Sabin's lifetime. The most personal part of the exhibit consists of letters and drawings from children all over the world thanking Sabin for his polio vaccine. The material on display is only a small portion of his large collection of memorabilia.