works

Galleries and Reading Room

Library

Wellcome Café

Wellcome Kitchen

Wellcome Shop

To make your visit as safe and enjoyable as possible, you’ll need to follow our safety measures inside our venue, including wearing a face covering unless you’re exempt. Find out how we're keeping you safe. You no longer need to book a ticket to enter the museum or library.

We’re undertaking research with website visitors to find out some more about you and what you thought about your visit. This survey will take less than 10 minutes to complete. Thank you for your time!

What brought you to our website today?

Presentation pack including 4 postage stamps (as a multiple sheet) issued by the Royal Mail Group Ltd. on 29 August 2012 to commemorate the opening of the 2012 London Paralympic Games. It shows the Paralympic venues, Olympic Park venues, London landmarks and gives a brief history of the Paralympic Games. The stamps show weight lifting, 'blade' running, wheelchair basketball and cycling.

1 sheet : color illustrations, maps ; 38 x 22 cm + 1 multiple sheet of 4 stamps (8 x 20 cm)

Welcome to the London 2012 Paralympic Games : Royal Mail mint stamps / Royal Mail.

First day cover envelope with 4 postage stamps issued by the Royal Mail Group Ltd. on 29 August 2012 to commemorate the opening of the 2012 London Paralympic Games. It has all 4 stamps stuck to it and they have been cancelled by the official first day of issue cancellation stamp ("Equality, determination, inspiration, courage") and includes a colour, illustrated 'stiffener' card. The stamps show weight lifting, 'blade' running, wheelchair basketball and cycling. The text on the 'stiffener' gives 5 'highlights from the history of the games (1948-2012).

Postage stamps. Box 6A: Great Britain.

Welcome to the London 2012 Paralympic Games : Royal Mail first day cover / Royal Mail.

Animal locomotion: an electro-photographic investigation of consecutive phases of animal movements

1 print : collotype ; image 16 x 42.5 cm.

A man in a posing pouch bends, picks up a dumb-bell in each hand, lifts them above his head then lowers them to his waist. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Postcard "reproduced from a miniature sheet designed by Pearce Marchbank... Issued by Royal Mail on 29 August 2012."

Stamp card series (Royal Mail Group)

Stamp card series / Royal Mail Group

1 sheet : color illustrations ; 11 x 15 cm.

Welcome to the London 2012 Paralympic Games : (miniature sheet) / issued by Royal Mail.

1 print : collotype ; image 15 x 44.8 cm.

A man in a posing pouch holds a dumb-bell in his right hand, straightening up as he raises it from knee height to shoulder height. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

1 print : pen lithograph ; sheet 19.4 x 15 cm

A man exercising his arm muscles on a pulley system with weights attached. Lithograph by W. Hunter.

1 print : collotype ; image 15.3 x 44.7 cm.

A bending man in a posing pouch raises two dumb-bells from knee height to above his head, lowers them to his shoulders then bends to place them on the ground. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Box file containing items of ephemera in acid free sleeves. Includes: Physical 85 (sticker), BexMed fitness appraisal kit, physical education classes in Lewisham, Persil Funfit fun and fitness for 3-11 year old children (1993), exercise (Flora Project for Heart Disease Prevention, 1989), a card advertising Camden's "Give it a go!" campaign from 2009 offering free swimming and gym in their sports centres for those over 60, PT Leisure's 'Wobbler' (coordination, balance, physiotherapy), step exercise, Thighmaster exerciser system (weight loss, toning), V-Toner (aerobics exercise device, 1992), Symmetry (fitness accessories, hand and leg weights, 1992), Flexipole (bar for warming up for exercise), PT Bouncer (small trampoline), Balanced Health (applied kinesiology, 1992), Rosedale MediWeb, PowerWeb (hand rehabilitation, physiotherapy, muscle building, 1992), Nivea Fitness Challenge, Race for Life (in aid of Cancer Research UK, 2003), iVillage.co.uk (exercises, 2003), Staying fit and active (exercise and healthy eating, Tesco, 2005), Yoga (Body Shop fragrance and massage gel to "enhance the practice" of yoga, tai chi, pilates etc., 2003), James Currie's yoga for stress dvd course (2007), pilates (2010), Nature's Gym (Keep fit, go green: nature conservation, Lewisham, 2010), Capoeira Academy UK (martial art), Wild Goose Qigong (chinese art of breathing, movement with meditation), Body & Brain (Putney, 2011), Indaba yoga (Marylebone, 2012), Sohot Bikram Yoga (London, 2012), Aspen antenatal pilates classes (Parkside Hospital, Wimbledon, London. 2013?), Yoga Mama (yoga and massage : Putney, London).

General Collections Ephemera Collection

Exercise ephemera. Box 3.

Box file containing items of ephemera in acid free sleeves. Includes: Harold Laurance's course on "developing a mighty grip", his world-beater course (Fleet Street, London, 1938), Sandow's Grip Dumb Bell Company (Sandow Hall, Burleigh Street, Strand, London, 1910), form letter from Charles Atlas, "How you can be taller" by the "Clease-Extensor method" (F. Meredith Clease, 1900s?), Life Stream new generation spirulina for athletes and bodybuilders (1990s?), The Terry Schulling Exerciser (home exercise, Herbert Terry & Sons Ltd., 1930s?), the Lewis (improved) progressive chest expander (J. Lewis, Canonbury, London, 1910s?), Don Oliver health and fitness equipment (weights, benches, barbells, dumbells, belts, ca. 1980?), Davina weight gain tablets, capsules, powder (1992),

Body building ephemera. Box 2.

1 print : collotype ; image 19.3 x 35.9 cm.

Wellcome uses cookies.

More filters

Active filters:

Welcome to the London 2012 Paralympic Games : Royal Mail mint stamps / Royal Mail.

Welcome to the London 2012 Paralympic Games : Royal Mail first day cover / Royal Mail.

A man in a posing pouch bends, picks up a dumb-bell in each hand, lifts them above his head then lowers them to his waist. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Welcome to the London 2012 Paralympic Games : (miniature sheet) / issued by Royal Mail.

A man in a posing pouch holds a dumb-bell in his right hand, straightening up as he raises it from knee height to shoulder height. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A man exercising his arm muscles on a pulley system with weights attached. Lithograph by W. Hunter.

A bending man in a posing pouch raises two dumb-bells from knee height to above his head, lowers them to his shoulders then bends to place them on the ground. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Exercise ephemera. Box 3.

Body building ephemera. Box 2.

A naked man plays tennis, lifts dumb-bells, walks on his hands and mounts steps. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Stay in the know

Wellcome collection

Finding us:

Opening times:

Today's opening times

Wellcome uses cookies.

Search the collections

More filters

Active filters:

Welcome to the London 2012 Paralympic Games : Royal Mail mint stamps / Royal Mail.

Welcome to the London 2012 Paralympic Games : Royal Mail first day cover / Royal Mail.

A man in a posing pouch bends, picks up a dumb-bell in each hand, lifts them above his head then lowers them to his waist. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Welcome to the London 2012 Paralympic Games : (miniature sheet) / issued by Royal Mail.

A man in a posing pouch holds a dumb-bell in his right hand, straightening up as he raises it from knee height to shoulder height. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

A man exercising his arm muscles on a pulley system with weights attached. Lithograph by W. Hunter.

A bending man in a posing pouch raises two dumb-bells from knee height to above his head, lowers them to his shoulders then bends to place them on the ground. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Exercise ephemera. Box 3.

Body building ephemera. Box 2.

A naked man plays tennis, lifts dumb-bells, walks on his hands and mounts steps. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Stay in the know

Wellcome collectionWellcome Collection

Finding us:

Opening times:

Today's opening times

Wellcome collection