WACO - A century ago, nurses wore blue-and-white striped dresses and starched aprons. Their duties often included cooking for patients as well as caring for them - and nurses gave up nursing if they married.

These days, nurses wear scrubs, train on simulator “patients” and have careers which may include military duty. Their ranks - unlike in the early days - include men. And marriage doesn’t come between nurses and their desire to serve.

The history of the Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing in Dallas is captured in a new exhibit at Baylor University’s Mayborn Museum Complex in Waco. “Celebrating a Century of Service,” a 1,000-square-foot exhibit will open Monday with a 2 p.m. ribbon-cutting and will run through April 18, in the History of Baylor University Exhibit at the Mayborn.

Admission to the museum is $6; $5 for senior citizens; and $4 for children. The museum as at 1300 S. University Parks Drive.