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Scroll through fragments of the artist’s life story of growing up black, disabled and working class in the 1980s in this interactive artwork.

Meet some of the lesser-known but no less extraordinary figures in the history of medicine, through a series of original portraits.

Join artist Christopher Samuel for a conversation about the stories and themes in his artwork ‘The Archive of an Unseen’.

Academics on hallucinogenics, kids sniffing glue, and Scientologists recruiting drug users keen to kick the habit. Delve into Wellcome’s recently acquired DrugScope archive.

Over 800,000 pages of archival material from psychiatric hospitals in the UK will be digitised and made freely available online.

Come along to a screening of four short films that explore queer themes of health and the human condition.

Wellcome Collection, one of the world’s finest resources for the study of the social and cultural contexts of health, announces that it has been awarded Archive Service Accreditation, the UK standard for archive services.

Explore the voices and photographs of people with and without learning disabilities who have worked with creative arts company Heart n Soul over the last 30 years.

“Over the coming months and across our programme, Wellcome Collection will be asking important questions about the role of museums and collections across time in relation to power, knowledge and representation.”

In September 2024, Wellcome Collection will present ‘Hard Graft’ a free major exhibition exploring experiences of physical work and its impacts on health and the body.

Rhiannon Armstrong brings together offerings from musicians, artists, and members of the public that explore how we navigate this time.

In June 2023, Wellcome Collection will present ‘Genetic Automata’, a major exhibition of collaborative video works by artists Larry Achiampong and David Blandy, exploring race and identity in an age of avatars, videogames and ancestry DNA.

Find out how an unruly mass of archive material from a 1930s radical health centre has inspired brand new writing.

Intriguing photographs from sexologists’ archives suggest they could have helped people explore their gender identity and sexuality.

Bored during lockdown, David Jesudason started bin diving at night. Then a chance discovery set him on a new path: to tell the story of a forgotten female surgeon.

In working on Audrey Amiss’s archive, Elena is getting closer to understanding her. But the way her niece and nephew remember Audrey adds essential detail to the picture.

Work begins in earnest to restore order to the archive Audrey Amiss kept of the minutest happenings in her life. Like detectives, the archivists search for subtle clues to chronology in the mass of materials.

As the collection is fully catalogued, the archive is opened up to the public. A feature film about Audrey premieres, and Audrey gets her own Wikipedia page, so people can learn about her. For archivist Elena, it’s time to step back.

Join us in exploring archival records depicting historic treatment for rheumatoid arthritis.