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Join a celebration and exploration of Halloween, with spooky activities and entertainment in the Reading Room and the Viewing Room.

Explore the deep connections between mental health and ecosystem health in this four-day festival created by Land Body Ecologies (LBE), from teams across India, Uganda, Kenya, Thailand, the UK and the Arctic. Take part and experience performances, food, workshops, music, films and more.

Enjoy highlights from the ‘Misbehaving Bodies’ exhibition accompanied by British Sign Language (BSL) guide Golda Dahan.

Join multi-disciplinary artist and writer Umber Ghauri for a discussion and workshop about makeup beyond normative beauty standards.

You’ll tour and explore the ‘Ayurvedic Man’ exhibition.

Join Becky for BSL-interpreted tour of the Smoke and Mirrors exhibition and take a closer look at the histories, mysteries and misconceptions that surround magic in Western culture.

Explore the deep connections between mental health and ecosystem health in this four-day festival created by Land Body Ecologies (LBE), from teams across India, Uganda, Kenya, Thailand, the UK and the Arctic. Take part and experience performances, food, workshops, music, films and more.

Join a tour of ‘Milk’ with Anthony Manrique, who will share their personal experiences as a person of colour working at a small dairy.

Join poet and academic Helen Charman for a tour exploring the politics of our exhibition ‘Milk’.

Join Dolly Sen for a performance exploring how psychiatry has hurt queer people under the guise of psychiatric treatment. You can also participate and share your thoughts.

Listen to a short talk exploring the concept of legacy in the context of our Medicine Man gallery and the life and lasting impact of our founder Henry Wellcome.

Join performance artist Jess Dobkin for a tour of our exhibition ‘Milk’.

Hear from Professor Caroline Vout, author of ‘Exposed: The Greek and Roman Body’, about the reality of bodies in the Classical era.

Join us for a tour of the highlights from ‘Medicine Now’, accompanied by British Sign Language guide Alan D Murray.

Join writer and performer Travis Alabanza for a discussion about the politicisation of surgery in the UK, inspired by ‘The Cult of Beauty’ exhibition.

Look for clues to LGBTQI+ experiences in Wellcome Collection’s historical items, share your discoveries, and discuss how they relate to contemporary experiences of queerness.

Join curators Honor Beddard and Marianne Templeton for a tour of our exhibition ‘Milk’.

Discover our collections in a day of accessible events and activities including tours, discussions and a hands-on workshop.

Watch Dolly Sen as she dons her “period costume” for a “wombalogue”, where the wandering womb gets to have her say.

Join us for a creative workshop with Poetic Unity, where we’ll reimagine the world using the power of spoken words.