A free museum and library exploring health and human experience

  • Exhibition

Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights

Explore the profound impact of physical work on health and the body at our new major exhibition.

This week

  • Exhibition

Jason and the Adventure of 254

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  • Display

The Kola Nut Cannot Be Contained

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  • Relaxed opening

Relaxed openings of Jason and the Adventure of 254

Gallery 2

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  • Relaxed opening

Relaxed openings of Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights

Gallery 1

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  • Study day
  • Schools

Beauty, body image and society

The Studio

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  • Event

Lights up on Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights

Gallery 1

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  • Audio described
  • Screening

‘PASSING’

The Studio

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  • Captioned
  • Relaxed
  • Study day
  • Schools

HIV and AIDS

The Studio

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  • Permanent exhibition

Being Human

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In focus

Non-fiction Awards

Do you have a big idea about health you’d like to turn into a book? Wellcome Collection Non-fiction Awards is a year-long development programme for writers from backgrounds underrepresented in publishing, in partnership with Spread the Word. You can find out more and apply from 1 October until 11 November 2024 on spreadtheword.org.uk.

Finding Audrey Amiss

Archivist Elena Carter writes about finding the artist Audrey Amiss through caring for her collection, and how we understand a life in the material that is left behind. Because of its fragile nature, Audrey's archive is held in our library stores. To view items from the collection, you'll need to join the library and request the item you'd like to see.

Video Tour of ‘Jason and the Adventure of 254’

Artist Jason Wilsher-Mills takes us on a short tour of ‘Jason and the Adventure of 254’, his largest and most personal commission to date. Jason talks about his influences and shares the story behind some of his key works, including ‘Figure in a Bed’ and ‘Calliper Boots’.

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