Wellcome Collection

Located just down the way from Euston Station, Wellcome Collection is a dynamic cultural destination where science, medicine, art and lived experience intersect. As a free museum and library, the Wellcome Collection explore these worlds through thought-provoking exhibitions, an unparalleled collection of historical artefacts, and engaging public events.

Since opening in 2007, Wellcome Collection have become one of London's most distinctive museums, housing an extraordinary assemblage of over 100,000 items that trace humanity's complex relationship with health. Our collections span rare 15th-century medical texts, contemporary art commissions, ethnographic objects, scientific instruments, and personal archives that together reveal how cultures across time have understood the human body, mind and wellbeing.

There is much to explore, all for the price of nothing: the permanent Being Human gallery examining 21st-century health challenges, rotating exhibitions tackling urgent themes from mental health to health inequalities, a world-class research library with specialist medical history resources, and digital archives accessible to global researchers

What makes Wellcome Collection unique is their insistence upon a multidisciplinary approach. Where else could you view a Victorian amputation saw beside a modern art installation about disability rights? Or study 17th-century plague remedies while contemporary artists respond to COVID-19? Our free public programmes, from expert panels to creative workshops, foster lively conversations about medicine's past and its future directions.

As part of Wellcome, the global charitable foundation, the Collection id committed to making health knowledge accessible to all. Whether you're a medical student researching in our library, a family enjoying our interactive displays, or simply curious about the human condition, everyone is welcome. No tickets are needed for our exhibitions, though some library materials may require advance booking.

Join us to explore provocative questions: How has medicine shaped society? Whose health stories get told? What does it mean to be human in an age of genetic engineering and climate change? At Wellcome Collection, these vital conversations come alive through extraordinary objects and ideas.

Having been named one of London's most original cultural spaces, there's always something new to experience at this hub, where science meets art and activism.

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