Exhibitions

Explore the connections between science, medicine, life and art through our permanent and temporary exhibitions. Admission is always free.

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Free admission
Photograph of an exhibition gallery space, with a blue stained wood wall in the background, in front of which a young man looks at a life-size artwork of a figure resembling an astronaut. In the foreground a young woman sits on a wooden bench holding an audio speaker to her ear.
  • Permanent exhibition
Being Human
Closed
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
Closed
Photograph of the Medicine Now exhibition space at Wellcome Collection with visitors looking at the exhibits.
  • Permanent exhibition
Medicine Now
Now closed
Photograph of a gallery installation with three seated people watching a video on a tv screen. On the wall to the left are large bold graphics and text, coloured blue, red and green. To the right are leaflets standing on 5 shelves, inset into a wall. In the distance are the windows and a section of a spiral staircase.
  • Installation
Inclusive Futures

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Photograph of visitors exploring the exhibition, Play Well at Wellcome Collection. The photograph shows three people standing next to a low display plinth discussing the exhibit which consists of pieces of furniture covered by a white sheet. Behind them are other display cases against a pink wall and another gallery visitor.
  • Exhibition
Play Well

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Photograph of the Misbehaving Bodies exhibition at Wellcome Collection, showing a wide view of the space. in the foreground a young man and woman discuss a video piece projected onto a large screen. In the background an other young man and woman look at the artworks that are displayed on the wall.
  • Exhibition
Misbehaving Bodies: Jo Spence and Oreet Ashery

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Photograph of a visitor exploring the exhibition, Smoke and Mirrors at Wellcome Collection. Photograph shows a women in the background looking at an object in a display case. In the foreground is a large colourful poster showing a man in a Victorian swimming costume suspended upside down in a tank of water.
  • Exhibition
Smoke and Mirrors: The Psychology of Magic

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Photograph of a man looking at an exhibition installation on a gallery hoarding, made up of hand drawn text and illustration. The large pink title reads, 'What would you like to change?'.
  • Installation
Heart n Soul’s Wall of Change

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Photograph of a visitor exploring the exhibition, The Global Clinic at Wellcome Collection.
  • Installation
Global Clinic

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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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Photograph of a temporary exhibition at Wellcome Collection called The Pharmacy of Colour with two people engaged in conversation.
  • Installation
The Pharmacy of Colour

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Photograph of a man and a woman looking at an exhibit in the Teeth exhibition at Wellcome Collection.
  • Exhibition
Teeth

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Photograph of a visitor exploring a gallery installation. She is sitting in the dark on the floor, in front of a large projection of a figure floating underwater. The room has a blue cast.
  • Exhibition
Somewhere In Between

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Photograph of visitors exploring the exhibition, Ayurvedic Man: Encounters with Indian medicine at Wellcome Collection.
  • Exhibition
Ayurvedic Man: Encounters with Indian Medicine

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Photograph of two visitors in the Can Graphic Design Save Your Life? exhibition space looking at a display case.
  • Exhibition
Can Graphic Design Save Your Life?

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Photograph of a young woman exploring the exhibition, A Museum of Modern Nature at Wellcome Collection.
  • Exhibition
A Museum of Modern Nature

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Photograph of a young man looking at a video installation, part of the exhibition, Electricity: The Spark of Life at Wellcome Collection.
  • Exhibition
Electricity: The Spark of Life

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Photograph of a young woman exploring the exhibition, Making Nature, at Wellcome Collection.
  • Exhibition
Making Nature

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Photograph of visitors exploring the exhibition, Bedlam: The Asylum and Beyond exhibition at Wellcome Collection.
  • Exhibition
Bedlam: The Asylum and Beyond

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Photograph of visitors exploring the exhibition, States of Mind: Tracing the Edges of Consciousness at Wellcome Collection.
  • Exhibition
States of Mind: Tracing the Edges of Consciousness

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