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Opening times

We will reopen on Tuesday 25 January

To make your visit as safe and enjoyable as possible, you’ll need to book a ticket to enter our venue, and to follow our safety measures inside the venue, including wearing a face covering unless you’re exempt. Find out all you need to know and book a ticket.

While we’re still closed you can explore our collections, read our stories, and listen to our ‘Hello Happiness’ podcast online.

Photograph of a stairway and entrance to a museum gallery space. On the open entrance doors are written 'Being Human'. Walking up the stairs is a woman wearing a face covering. Through the entrance doors the exhibits in the gallery can be seen, including a large transparent human figure, stood on a tabletop. Looking at this exhibit is man wearing a blue shirt and a face covering. In the far distance are the windows through which daylight is streaming.

Galleries and Reading Room

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See what's on
Photograph of the entrance desk of a library. Behind the desk a man stands wearing a face covering and a staff lanyard. He is talking to a female visitor standing on the other side of the desk, who is also wearing a face covering, a stripy jacket and who is holding a plastic bag. Between the two of them is a large perspex screen which runs the length of the desk. Queuing behind the visitor at the desk is a man in a pink shirt and a yellow face covering who is holding a see through plastic bag containing a laptop. On the glass partition in the background are two large figurative oil paintings.

Library

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Read about the library
Photograph of a café interior. A woman is sat at a high table working on an open laptop. To her right is a disposable coffee cup and to her left is a small pot plant. In the background another woman is sat on a long bench seat at a table. She is also working on an open laptop

Wellcome Café

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Take a break in our café