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Our opening hours have changed. You can now book a ticket to visit the library on Mondays. The café is now open on Mondays too, but the galleries are still closed. 

Library

Wellcome Café

Galleries and Reading Room

Wellcome Kitchen

Wellcome Shop

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What brought you to our website today?

To make your visit as safe and enjoyable as possible you'll need to book a free ticket in order to enter the building. Find out all you need to know.

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Being Human gallery

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We can’t wait to welcome you back. To make your visit as safe and enjoyable as possible, we’ve made a few changes. You will need a ticket to enter the building.

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Welcome back

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We’re in central London and very easy to get to by Tube, train, bus and bike.

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Getting here

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Wellcome Collection

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We want everyone to feel included in all that Wellcome Collection has to offer. Find out how we make our building, services and programme as accessible and inclusive as possible.

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Accessibility

Come to events and exhibitions, online and in our building. All our permanent and temporary exhibitions, and most of our events, are free.

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Exhibitions and events

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Wellcome Library

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Our library’s collections cover thousands of years of health and medicine across different cultures.

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The library

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The Reading Room

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Join one of our regular conversations or events, or just hang out and find inspiration browsing the array of books, artworks and objects.

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Things to do and see

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Catch up with friends and colleagues over a drink and something to eat in our café.

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Our venues at Wellcome Collection are available seven days a week. They're ideal for almost any event.

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Venue hire

Landing

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We are a free museum and library connecting science, medicine, life and art. You’ll find exhibitions, events and a library in our beautiful building in central London.

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Visit us

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Welcome back

Getting here

Accessibility

Things to do and see

Exhibitions and events

The library

The Reading Room

Wellcome Café

Venue hire

Stay in the know

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Finding us:

Opening times:

Today's opening times

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