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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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Meredith Wadman’s prescription for writing

The Wellcome Book Prize shortlisted author of ‘The Vaccine Race’ answers five questions on health, inspiration and storytelling.

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The art of scientific glassblowing

Exciting things happen when art, craft, engineering and science collide. Glassblower Gayle Price is proof of that.

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A symbol of a lost homeland

The story of one protective amulet from Palestine reveals a complex tale. Encompassing the personal history of an influential doctor and collector, it provides a window onto dispossession and exile, and the painful repercussions that are still felt today.

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  • Entrance to the Wellcome Museum of Medical Science
  • The Wellcome Building, Euston Road, London: a device for viewing photomicrographs in the Wellcome Museum of Medical Science. Photograph.
  • Wellcome Museum of Medical Science, Endsleigh Court, Endsleigh Gardens, London: a gallery on the ground floor. Photograph.
  • The Wellcome Building, Euston Road, London: visitors at a display in the Wellcome Museum of Medical Science on lobar pneumonia. Photograph.
  • Storage of Wellcome Collection at the Science Museum
  • Storage of Wellcome Collection at the Science Museum
  • Storage of Wellcome Collection at the Science Museum
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  • Storage of Wellcome Collection at the Science Museum
  • Storage of Wellcome Collection at the Science Museum
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