Stories
- Article
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.
- Article
Milk trails round Euston
Where cows once grazed near Wellcome Collection in London, baristas now froth their milk. Esther Leslie uncovers Euston’s dairy-based urban history.
- Photo story
Trans masculinity on the record
Curator of the Museum of Transology in Brighton E-J Scott tells the story behind a few of the 250 objects from the collection, and the powerful effect they had on him as he put trans lives on the record.
- Article
Would you like to buy a unicorn?
The story behind why somebody tried to sell Henry Wellcome a unicorn head in 1928.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
'Wellcome Historical Medical Museum'
Date: Apr 1914, Apr 1927-Oct 1932Reference: WA/HMM/PR/1Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library- Archives and manuscripts
Wellcome Historical Medical Museum Material: Card Index
Date: 20th centuryReference: MS.8017Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum Material: Card Index- Archives and manuscripts
Wellcome Historical Medical Museum Material: Card Index
Date: 20th centuryReference: MS.8018Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum Material: Card Index- Archives and manuscripts
Wellcome Historical Medical Museum Material: Card Index
Date: 20th centuryReference: MS.8019Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum Material: Card Index- Archives and manuscripts
Wellcome Historical Medical Museum Material: Card Index
Date: 20th centuryReference: MS.8020Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum Material: Card Index