The Phantom Museum

An anthology of stories, true and imagined, inspired by objects from Henry Wellcome's collection. Beautiful, mysterious and often disturbing, the objects Wellcome collected range from the ancient to the magical, the religious to the scientific. 'The Phantom Museum' offers some personal responses to this vast but little-known collection.

Playful and thought-provoking contributions combine text and images, fact and fiction, to consider how objects can be read depending on who is viewing them and when.