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Ken’s ten: looking back at ten years of Wellcome Collection

Wellcome Collection founder Ken Arnold picks his favourite exhibits.

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The unexpected parallels between Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Wellcome Collection

With the news of a sequel in development, Russell Dornan explores parallels between ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and Wellcome Collection.

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Who was Audrey Amiss?

Elena Carter introduces the vast collection left behind by artist Audrey Amiss, who documented her life in astonishing detail.

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The Migraine Art Competition Collection

The Migraine Art Competition ran for seven years in the 1980s and resulted in over 500 unique and striking works of art that represent what it means to live with migraine.

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  • Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street: inside of a chapel of votive images.
  • Image of the Burroughs Wellcome and Co medicine cases display stand at the A Century of Progress, Chicago Exhibition, 1933
  • Cat tongue, cross section.
  • Choroidal space, human eye.
  • The Placenta Rainbow : immune system regulation of placental development, mouse.
  • Madagascan sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus) scales.
  • Bone development in human infant L1 vertebrae, micro-CT.
  • Tuatara skeleton, micro-CT.
  • Lungs in ribcage, Hodgkin lymphoma patient, 3D printed nylon.
  • Cat skin showing hairs, a whisker and their blood supply.
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