Wellcome Collection | A free museum and library exploring health and human experience
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Wellcome Collection | A free museum and library exploring health and human experience
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A free museum and library exploring health and human experience
Exhibition
The Coming of Age
Our new exhibition explores experiences and perceptions of ageing, from adolescence to older age, and asks how societies can adapt to ensure everyone ages better.
This week
Discussion
Artists in Conversation
In our building
Thursday 30 April 2026
18:00
–
20:30
British Sign Language interpreted
Hearing loop
Speech-to-text
Wheelchair accessible
Daily Guided Tours and Discussions
Tuesday–Sunday
11:45, 14:15 and 15:15
Permanent exhibition
Being Human
Now on
Our building has step-free access. Exhibitions include audio description, British Sign Language and captions.
All exhibitions and events
In focus
The Joy of Being Disabled
Explore what it means to be joyful, defiant and disabled. Guest edited by Amy Kavanagh, this series of five articles celebrates different bodies and minds, and challenges ableist ideas of what it means to be happy.
Books
We publish thought-provoking books exploring health and human experiences. Our latest title, ‘The Unfragile Mind’, is a deeply human and compassionate re-evaluation of mental illness from the GP and bestselling author Gavin Francis.
Shop
The Wellcome Collection shop stocks unique books and gifts inspired by our collection and exhibition themes.
Latest stories
Photo story
There at the end
Through the stories of six hospice and palliative care workers, photographer Anna Gordon reflects on the meaningful moments that shape our final days.
Article
A school for deaf children
Formal deaf education in England started at the end of the 18th century with an innovative school in London.
In pictures
(Mis)representations of gout
Gout became known as a fashionable disease of the rich and powerful, but did its notoriety diminish the personal experiences of this painful condition?
Part of
Inside our collections
Photo story
Sign language stories
British Sign Language (BSL) has evolved over centuries, shaped by stories of exclusion, and opportunity. Deaf photographer Stephen Iliffe has photographed eight people from a multi-cultural deaf community, celebrating both the quiet nuance and the expressive power of BSL.
All stories
Stay in the know
Sign up to our newsletter to find out what’s on, read our latest stories and get involved.
Skip to main content
A free museum and library exploring health and human experience
Exhibition
The Coming of Age
Our new exhibition explores experiences and perceptions of ageing, from adolescence to older age, and asks how societies can adapt to ensure everyone ages better.
This week
Discussion
Artists in Conversation
In our building
Thursday 30 April 2026
18:00
–
20:30
British Sign Language interpreted
Hearing loop
Speech-to-text
Wheelchair accessible
Daily Guided Tours and Discussions
Tuesday–Sunday
11:45, 14:15 and 15:15
Permanent exhibition
Being Human
Now on
Our building has step-free access. Exhibitions include audio description, British Sign Language and captions.
All exhibitions and events
In focus
The Joy of Being Disabled
Explore what it means to be joyful, defiant and disabled. Guest edited by Amy Kavanagh, this series of five articles celebrates different bodies and minds, and challenges ableist ideas of what it means to be happy.
Books
We publish thought-provoking books exploring health and human experiences. Our latest title, ‘The Unfragile Mind’, is a deeply human and compassionate re-evaluation of mental illness from the GP and bestselling author Gavin Francis.
Shop
The Wellcome Collection shop stocks unique books and gifts inspired by our collection and exhibition themes.
Latest stories
Photo story
There at the end
Through the stories of six hospice and palliative care workers, photographer Anna Gordon reflects on the meaningful moments that shape our final days.
Article
A school for deaf children
Formal deaf education in England started at the end of the 18th century with an innovative school in London.
In pictures
(Mis)representations of gout
Gout became known as a fashionable disease of the rich and powerful, but did its notoriety diminish the personal experiences of this painful condition?
Part of
Inside our collections
Photo story
Sign language stories
British Sign Language (BSL) has evolved over centuries, shaped by stories of exclusion, and opportunity. Deaf photographer Stephen Iliffe has photographed eight people from a multi-cultural deaf community, celebrating both the quiet nuance and the expressive power of BSL.
All stories
Stay in the know
Sign up to our newsletter to find out what’s on, read our latest stories and get involved.