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 a museum gallery space with display cases and exhibits. In the foreground is a woman wearing a face covering and a pair of yellow over the ear headphones. She is in the process of plugging the headphones into the socket of an audio exhibit. To the right of her is another woman also wearing a face covering who is looking up at a transparent model of human being. In the far distance is a man, also wearing a face covering who is exploring the exhibiton.
  • Permanent exhibition
Being Human
Opens again 18 May 2021
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
Opens again 18 May 2021
Photograph of the Medicine Now exhibition space at Wellcome Collection with visitors looking at the exhibits.
  • Permanent exhibition
Medicine Now
Now closed
A dense thicket of trees, the other side of which lies a clearing in which there is the shape of a structure made of branches.
  • Installation
The Den
Opens 18 May 2021
The view from beneath an examination table. A pair of legs in white ankle socks belonging to a person sitting on the table are seen from behind. The spread legs and lower torso of a medic sitting in a chair are also shown, with hands holding a notebook and pen.
  • Installation
Standardized Patient
Opens 18 May 2021
Photograph of an individual sat at a desk in a museum gallery setting, wearing a face covering and a pair of yellow on-ear headphones. They are holding a pencil in their left hand, writing on a sheet of paper. To their right is a small post box and a pencil holder. Behind them is a window. In front of them is a large information panel with the title, 'Do you consider yourself healthy? Oreet Ashrey, 2019 - ongoing' written on it.
  • Installation
Do you consider yourself healthy?
Opens 18 May 2021
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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