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The birth of the public museum

The first public museums evolved from wealthy collectors’ cabinets of curiosities and were quickly recognised as useful vehicles for culture.

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Lovesickness and ‘The Love Thief’

An 11th-century poem of love, lust and possibly gruesome death still resonates today.

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Care, creativity and a connected world

Find out about the challenges Wellcome Collection has faced during the last very demanding year.

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Race, religion and the Black Madonna

Mystery and controversy surround the dark-skinned religious icon who represents the Virgin Mary throughout the Catholic world.

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  • Portrait of Edwin Clarke in the Wellcome Historical and Medical Museum and Library
  • Portrait of Edwin Clarke in the Wellcome Historical and Medical Museum and Library
  • Portrait of Edwin Clarke in the Wellcome Historical and Medical Museum and Library
  • Portrait of Edwin Clarke in the Wellcome Historical and Medical Museum and Library
  • Hunterian Museum, Library and Common Room, Glasgow. Line engraving by J. Swan after J. Fleming.
  • Portrait of Sir John Boyd, taken in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library Studio
  • Antiquities of Mexico: comprising fac-similes of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, preserved in the Royal Libraries of Paris, Berlin, and Dresden; in the Imperial Library of Vienna; in the Vatican Library; in the Borgian Museum at Rome; in the Library of the Institute at Bologna; and in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. Together with the Monuments of New Spain, by M. Dupaix: with their respective scales of measurement and accompanying descriptions. The whole illustrated by many valuable inedited manuscripts / by Lord Kingsborough; the drawings, on stone, by A. Aglio.
  • Antiquities of Mexico: comprising fac-similes of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, preserved in the Royal Libraries of Paris, Berlin, and Dresden; in the Imperial Library of Vienna; in the Vatican Library; in the Borgian Museum at Rome; in the Library of the Institute at Bologna; and in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. Together with the Monuments of New Spain, by M. Dupaix: with their respective scales of measurement and accompanying descriptions. The whole illustrated by many valuable inedited manuscripts / by Lord Kingsborough; the drawings, on stone, by A. Aglio.
  • Picture storage racks at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Mobile picture racks, from City of Liverpool Libraries, Museums and Arts Committee. Annual Reports, 1956.
  • 4 George Street, London, and neighbouring buildings, subsequently 169-173 Gower Street, including in the centre the home of the University Dispensary 1828-1834. Photograph, 1960.
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Curators Introduce Art by Kerry Tribe and Sop

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