Stories
- Article
Six personal health zines that might change your life
Personal zines put health conditions back in the hands of the people who experience them. Here are six that Wellcome Collection staff love.
- Article
Native Americans and the dehumanising force of the photograph
In the second part of Native Americans through the 19th-century lens, we delve deeper into the ambivalent messages within the images.
- Article
Tripping for spiritualism and science
Getting high in the name of religion or creativity has been practised for centuries. Now it seems hallucinogenics could help treat mental illnesses too.
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The healing power of the physic garden
Having experienced the healing power of plants and gardens, Iona Glen goes in search of present-day “physic gardens” and their origins in history.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Photographs of mosaics made in Kenya and Uganda. Data collected by Dr Laird.
Date: 1954Reference: PP/LOW/W/11Part of: Margaret Lowenfeld- Archives and manuscripts
Mosaic Patterns, Adults Book IV
Date: c.1929-1945Reference: PP/LOW/W/34Part of: Margaret Lowenfeld- Archives and manuscripts
Myra Cohen
Date: 1960s-1980sReference: PP/MCO