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This week at Wellcome Collection

All exhibitions and events
Photograph of visitors exploring the exhibition, Living with Buildings at Wellcome Collection. Photograph shows an architectural model in a display case, an armchair and framed works hanging on the wall.
  • Exhibition

Living with Buildings

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Now on
Photograph of a group of people examining library material on a table.
  • Performance

Books as Bodies

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Part of Library Insights

  • Discussion
  • Speech-to-text

Walking with Ghosts

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Fully booked
Photographic portrait of Emma Purce at a colourfully lit fairground.
  • Seminar

Freak Shows, Seaside Resorts and 20th-century British Culture

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Part of Exploring Research

Colour photograph of people sitting in the Henry Wellcome Auditorium at Wellcome Collection on purple flip-down seats. They look towards a woman standing at a podium speaking and gesturing.
  • Discussion

The Sun and Us

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Fully booked
  • Gallery tour

Daily Guided Tours and Discussions

Tuesday–Sunday

11:30, 14:30 and 15:30

Photograph of the Medicine Now exhibition space at Wellcome Collection with visitors looking at the exhibits.
  • Permanent exhibition

Medicine Now

Now on – closing 22 April 2019
Photograph of the Medicine Man exhibition at Wellcome Collection showing a wall of oil paintings with two visitors standing in front.
  • Permanent exhibition

Medicine Man

Now on
Installation

The Pharmacy of Colour

Experience a medieval pharmacy, where pigments and medicines are displayed side by side – the insects, plants and rocks of the artist’s palette mixed into the physician’s concoctions.

Latest articles, comics and more

All stories
Photo of dark sky with clouds and light
  • Book extract

Winter blues and the story of SAD

In ‘Chasing the Sun‘ Linda Geddes reveals why for some people, winter is literally depressing, showing how we first came to recognise seasonal affective disorder (SAD).

Part of Inside Our Books

  • Image gallery

Challenging stereotypes of people with learning disabilities

Explore the voices and photographs of people with and without learning disabilities who have worked with creative arts company Heart n Soul over the last 30 years.
Detail of metaphor by Rob Bidder
  • Comic

Metaphor

We think of our bodies using tank or factory metaphors, but we are all made of stars.

Part of Body Squabbles

  • Essay

The art of soundproof design

Too much noise is more than annoying – it has serious negative effects on health and cognitive ability. Find out how designers and architects are mitigating the downsides of sound.