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Photograph of visitors exploring the exhibition, Living with Buildings at Wellcome Collection. Photograph shows an architectural model in a display case, an armchair and framed works hanging on the wall.
  • Exhibition

Living with Buildings

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Now on
Photograph of the Medicine Man exhibition at Wellcome Collection showing a wall of oil paintings with two visitors standing in front.
  • Permanent exhibition

Medicine Man

Now on
Photograph of the Medicine Now exhibition space at Wellcome Collection with visitors looking at the exhibits.
  • Permanent exhibition

Medicine Now

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Events

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October

Photograph of Clare Qualmann, Amy Sharrocks and Madeleine Hodge working in the printmaking studio at London Metropolitan University.
  • Festival

Daylighting

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Photograph showing three printmakers selecting letter blocks at a printmaking workshop at London Metropolitan University.
  • Workshop
  • 14 to 19-year-olds

Printing Press Studio

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Part of Saturday Studio

Photograph of a public walking tour on the streets of London showing a line of people walking along the pavement.
  • Walking tour

Somers Town, a Social Laboratory

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Fully booked

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Photograph showing a woman giving a talk in the Viewing Room at Wellcome Collection. She is stood at the front of the room looking at a wall mounted television screen. In the foreground are the backs of the heads of the audience.
  • Seminar

Priests and Drugs in 17th-Century Paris

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Part of Exploring Research

Photograph of Tilley Milburn sitting as part of a panel, holding a microphone, listening to an other panel member speak. The panellists are bathed in a pale pink light.
  • Discussion
  • British Sign Language
  • Relaxed performance

What is Normal?

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Fully booked

Part of Heart n Soul

Photograph or three young women looking at a tablet device whilst researching in the Reading Room at Wellcome Collection.
  • Study day
  • Schools

Faster, Smarter, Stronger

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Part of Study Days

  • Gallery tour

Daily guided tours and discussions

Tuesday–Sunday

11:30, 14:30 and 15:30

November

Photograph showing visitors examining archive material displayed on a table whilst talking to library staff.
  • Discussion

Frankenstein, Bicentennial Man

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Part of Library Insights

Photograph of a man giving a presentation to an audience in the Forum at Wellcome Collection.
  • Discussion

Architecture as Medicine

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Photograph of two young men undertaking an activity on a tablet device.
  • SEND workshop
  • Schools

Head Space

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Part of SEND Schools Workshops

Part of Study Days

Photograph of two young women examining a prosthetic hand as part of a study day at Wellcome Collection.
  • Study day
  • Schools

Body Image

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Fully booked

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Part of Study Days

Photographic portrait showing the head and shoulders of Martin Glover against a blue background.
  • Gallery tour
  • British Sign Language

BSL Tour of Living with Buildings

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Part of Access Tours and Discussions

Photograph of four young women engaged in a practical workshop event in the Forum at Wellcome Collection.
  • Workshop

Building Healthy Spaces

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Photograph or three young women looking at a tablet device whilst researching in the Reading Room at Wellcome Collection.
  • Study day
  • Schools

Faster, Smarter, Stronger

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Part of Study Days

Photograph of a Visitor Experience Assistant conducting a tour of an exhibition at Wellcome Collection.
  • Gallery tour
  • Audio described

AD Tour of Living with Buildings

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Part of Access Tours and Discussions

Photograph of a group of people sitting in a circle on the carpet in the Wellcome Collection Reading Room, engaged in discussion.
  • Performance

Salon: An Age of Schadenfreude

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Photograph of two visitors in the Can Graphic Design Save Your Life? exhibition space looking at a display case.
  • Study day
  • Schools

Design for Life

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Part of Study Days

Photograph of two women having a conversation on a small stage. In the background are the audience. Projected onto the far wall is the silhouette of an apple with the words Packed Lunch circling the top of the apple.
  • Discussion

Metals

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Part of Packed Lunch

Photograph of a Visitor Experience Assistant conducting a speech to text tour of an exhibition at Wellcome Collection. She is talking into a phone whilst the visitors read a transcription of what she is saying from a tablet screen.
  • Gallery tour
  • Speech-to-text

STT Tour of Living with Buildings

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Part of Access Tours and Discussions

  • Gallery tour

Daily guided tours and discussions

Tuesday–Sunday

11:30, 14:30 and 15:30

December

Photograph of three young men discussing a skeleton which is laid out on a table in front of them.
  • Study day
  • Schools

Bodies of Knowledge

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Fully booked

Part of Study Days

Photograph of two visitors in the Can Graphic Design Save Your Life? exhibition space looking at a display case.
  • Study day
  • Schools

Design for Life

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Part of Study Days

Photograph of a group of young people listening to a presenter who is stood 'off camera'.
  • Discussion
  • Schools

Ebola

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Fully booked

Part of Study Days

Photograph of two men sitting together at a table, wearing headphones and using a music mixing desk.
  • Performance
  • Relaxed performance

SoundLab Play Rave

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Part of Heart n Soul

  • Gallery tour

Daily guided tours and discussions

Tuesday–Sunday

11:30, 14:30 and 15:30

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Reading Room

Drop in to find inspiration and indulge your curiosity. It’s a gallery, a social space, and a place to unwind.

Open during gallery hours
Installation

The Pharmacy of Colour

Experience a medieval pharmacy, where pigments and medicines are displayed side by side – the insects, plants and rocks of the artist’s palette mixed into the physician’s concoctions.

Installation

Our Voice, Our Way

Drop into this immersive audio-visual installation by Heart n Soul. See photos and listen to the stories of people with and without learning disabilities.

Eat and shop

Café

Join us for a quick cup of coffee and a pastry, afternoon tea, or a light meal with a glass of wine.

Shop

Come and browse a selection of our quirky gifts and books.

Restaurant

Enjoy delicious lunches, drinks and afternoon tea on level 2.