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Past events

Our events take place both online and in our building. Choose from an inspiring range of free talks, discussions and more.

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  • Study day
  • Schools

Beauty, Body Image and Society

The Studio
Past

Part of Study Days

  • Discussion

Urinary Tract Infections: The burning problem

Reading Room
Past

Part of The Evidence

  • Speech-to-text
  • British Sign Language
  • Study day
  • Schools

HIV and AIDS

The Studio
Past

Part of Study Days

  • SEND workshop
  • Schools

Celebrating Who I Am

The Studio
Past

Part of Study Days

  • Workshop

Creative Writing Workshop

Viewing Room
Past
  • Session

Perspective Tour of ‘Jason and the Adventure of 254’ with CW+

Gallery 2
Past

Part of Perspective Tours

  • British Sign Language
  • Relaxed
  • Session

Postcard Takeover

Reading Room
Past
  • Relaxed
  • Event
  • 14+

‘Sleight of Hand – One to One’

The Forum
Past
  • Audio described
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Screening

‘PASSING’

The Studio
Past
  • Audio described
  • Captioned
  • Relaxed
  • Discussion
  • 18+

Conversations About Death

Wellcome Kitchen
Past
  • Audio described
  • Relaxed
  • Hearing loop
  • Workshop

Creative Writing Workshop

Viewing Room
Past
  • Workshop

Magical Garlic

The Studio
Past
  • Relaxed
  • Workshop

‘Care Chains (Love Will Continue To Resonate)’

The Forum
Past
  • Workshop

A Seat at the Table

The Studio
Past
  • Relaxed
  • Discussion

Infection Studies

Reading Room
Past

Part of The Evidence

  • Speech-to-text
  • Workshop

Discovering our Collections Workshop

Viewing Room
Past
  • Gallery tour

Black History Month Tours

Information Point
Past
  • Session

Object-handling Session

The Forum
Past
  • Audio described
  • Relaxed
  • Discussion

Women’s Bodies and Work

Online | In our building
Past
  • British Sign Language
  • Speech-to-text
  • Speech-to-text online
  • Workshop

Creative Writing Workshop

Viewing Room
Past
  • Workshop
  • Youth event

Poetic Unity Presents ‘Spoken Words’

The Studio and the Forum
Past

Part of Reimagining Our World

  • British Sign Language
  • Relaxed
  • Workshop
  • Youth event

Careers in Wellbeing and Mental Health

The Studio
Past
  • Relaxed
  • Workshop
  • Youth event

Building Our Collective Futures with Simmone Ahiaku

The Studio and the Forum
Past

Part of Reimagining Our World

  • British Sign Language
  • Relaxed
  • Workshop
  • Youth event

Routes of the Kola Nut

In our building
Past
  • Relaxed
  • Workshop
  • Youth event

Touretteshero Presents ‘Planet You’

The Studio and the Forum
Past

Part of Reimagining Our World

  • British Sign Language
  • Relaxed
  • Gallery tour

Perspective Tour and Workshop with Dr Ian Williams

Information Point
Past

Part of Perspective Tours

  • British Sign Language
  • Discussion
  • 18+

Conversations About Death

Wellcome Kitchen
Past
  • Late
  • 16+

The Beautiful Octopus Club

Online | In our building
Past
  • British Sign Language
  • Relaxed
  • Workshop
  • Youth event

Queer Life Drawing Workshop

In our building
Past
  • Relaxed
  • Gallery tour

Perspective Tour with Shamita Sharmacharja

Information Point
Past

Part of Perspective Tours

  • British Sign Language
  • Study day
  • Schools

HIV and AIDS

The Studio
Past

Part of Study Days

  • Workshop
  • Schools

Careers in Wellbeing and Mental Health

The Studio
Past
  • Relaxed
  • Discussion

Let’s Talk About Work

Reading Room
Past
  • Relaxed
  • Workshop

Creative Writing Workshop

Viewing Room
Past
  • Session
  • 14+

Graphic Novel Reading Room

Reading Room
Past
  • Screening

Queer Film Screening

In our building
Past
  • Auto-captioned
  • British Sign Language
  • Relaxed
  • Discussion

Salt

Reading Room
Past

Part of The Evidence

  • Speech-to-text
  • Workshop
  • Schools

Careers in the Arts

The Studio
Past
  • Relaxed
  • SEND workshop
  • Schools

Celebrating Who I Am

The Studio
Past

Part of Study Days

  • Workshop

Piecing Us Together

The Studio and the Forum
Past
  • British Sign Language
  • Relaxed
  • Workshop

Perspective Tour and Workshop with Dom Smith

Information Point
Past

Part of Perspective Tours

  • British Sign Language
  • Discussion

Listen to Your Gut

Online | In our building
Past
  • Speech-to-text
  • British Sign Language
  • Discussion

In Conversation with Jason Wilsher-Mills

Gallery 2
Past
  • British Sign Language
  • Relaxed
  • Session

Bryan Charnley’s Self Portraits

Viewing Room
Past
  • Audio described
  • Relaxed
  • Workshop

Zine Club

Reading Room
Past
  • Relaxed
  • Workshop

A Perspective on Subversive Beauty with Umber Ghauri

The Forum
Past

Part of Perspective Tours

  • British Sign Language
  • Speech-to-text
  • Workshop

Creative Writing Workshop

Viewing Room
Past
  • Workshop
  • Youth event

Reimagining Beauty Through Life Drawing

The Forum
Past
  • Relaxed
  • Discussion
  • 14+

A Perspective on Surgery and Beauty with Travis Alabanza

The Forum
Past

Part of Perspective Tours

  • British Sign Language
  • Speech-to-text
  • Performance

The Beautiful R.A.P Party

Reading Room
Past
  • British Sign Language
  • Session

Charmed Amulet Takeover

Reading Room
Past
  • Audio described
  • Workshop

The Beauty Sensorium Workshops

The Studio
Past
  • Audio described
  • Study day
  • Schools

Beauty, Body Image and Society

The Studio
Past

Part of Study Days

  • Workshop

Zine-Making Workshop for Beginners

Viewing Room
Past
  • SEND workshop
  • Schools

Celebrating Who I Am

Online
Past

Part of Study Days

  • Workshop

Creative Writing Workshop

Viewing Room
Past
  • Discussion

Slow Looking in Being Human

Being Human gallery
Past
  • Relaxed
  • Study day
  • Schools

HIV and AIDS

The Studio
Past

Part of Study Days

  • Workshop
  • Youth event

Queer Life-Drawing Workshop

The Studio
Past
  • Relaxed
  • Gallery tour

Perspective Tour With Hazal Baybasin

Information Point
Past

Part of Perspective Tours

  • Screening
  • Youth event

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse with Larry Achiampong and David Blandy

The Forum
Past
  • Auto-captioned
  • Relaxed
  • Screening

A Life in Intense Colours

In our building
Past
  • Speech-to-text
  • Hearing loop
  • Gallery tour

Perspective Tour With Janice Li

Information Point
Past

Part of Perspective Tours

  • British Sign Language
  • Discussion

Drag through the Gardiner Collection

Online
Available to watch

Part of Exploring research

  • Auto-captioned
  • Discussion

NHS SOS

Online | In our building
Past
  • British Sign Language (online)
  • Speech-to-text online
  • Hearing loop
  • Relaxed opening

Relaxed Openings of The Cult of Beauty

Gallery 1
Past
  • Study day
  • Schools

Beauty, Body Image and Society

The Studio
Past

Part of Study Days

  • Workshop

Creative Writing Workshop

Viewing Room
Past
  • SEND workshop
  • Schools

Celebrating Who I Am

Online
Past

Part of Study Days

  • Discussion

The camera always lies

Online | In our building
Past

Part of Library Insights

  • British Sign Language
  • Hearing loop
  • Study day
  • Schools

HIV and AIDS

The Studio
Past

Part of Study Days

  • Discussion

Unfolding histories within Arabic manuscripts

Online
Available to watch

Part of Exploring research

  • Auto-captioned
  • Session

Zine Takeover

In our building
Past
  • Relaxed
  • Workshop
  • Youth event

Life Drawing Workshop

The Studio
Past
  • Relaxed
  • Event

Lights Up on The Cult of Beauty

Gallery 1
Past
  • Workshop

Sexing Up the Internet

Wellcome Kitchen
Past
  • Performance
  • Youth event

Standards, My Right to Beauty

The Studio and the Forum
Past
  • British Sign Language
  • Relaxed
  • Discussion

Beauty By the Books, Transcribing Early Modern Recipes

Online
Past
  • Auto-captioned
  • Discussion

Recipes for early modern beauty

Online
Available to watch

Part of Exploring research

  • Auto-captioned
  • Discussion

Putting the Mouth Back in the Body

Reading Room
Past

Part of The Evidence

  • Speech-to-text
  • Discussion

Redefining beauty

Online | In our building
Available to watch
  • Hearing loop
  • British Sign Language (online)
  • Session

Hallowe’en Takeover

Reading Room
Past
  • Performance

Who gets a free pass?

Wellcome Café
Past

Part of What we pass on

  • Relaxed
  • Workshop

Creative Writing Workshop

Viewing Room
Past
  • Performance

Self-Portrait: This is Me, Danny

Online
Past
  • Speech-to-text
  • Hearing loop
  • Relaxed
  • Discussion

Exploring menopause through collections and collaboration

Online
Available to watch

Part of Exploring research

  • Auto-captioned
  • Discussion

Conversations About Death

Wellcome Kitchen
Past
  • Audio described
  • Discussion

Are Allergies on the Rise Globally?

Reading Room
Past

Part of The Evidence

  • Speech-to-text
  • Discussion

Passing down with Larry Achiampong and David Blandy

Online | In our building
Available to watch

Part of What we pass on

  • British Sign Language
  • Speech-to-text online
  • Hearing loop
  • Gallery tour
  • 16+

Perspective Tour With Dairy King

Information Point
Past

Part of Perspective Tours

  • Gallery tour

Perspective Tour With Jess Dobkin

Information Point
Past

Part of Perspective Tours

  • British Sign Language
  • Screening
  • Youth event

Rise of the Planet of the Apes with Aleah Scott

The Forum
Past

Part of Summer Screenings and Special Events

  • Auto-captioned
  • Relaxed
  • Screening
  • Youth event

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever with Hillary Juma

The Forum
Past

Part of Summer Screenings and Special Events

  • Auto-captioned
  • Relaxed
  • Late
  • Youth event

Exploring Genetic Automata

In our building
Past

Part of Summer Screenings and Special Events

  • Screening
  • Youth event

Black Panther with Larry Achiampong and David Blandy

The Forum
Past

Part of Summer Screenings and Special Events

  • Auto-captioned
  • Relaxed
  • Screening
  • Youth event

Captain America: The Winter Soldier with Drea Asibey

The Forum
Past

Part of Summer Screenings and Special Events

  • Auto-captioned
  • Relaxed
  • Gallery tour

Perspective Tour With Honor Beddard and Marianne Templeton

Information Point
Past

Part of Perspective Tours

  • British Sign Language
  • Gallery tour

Perspective Tour With Anthony Manrique

Information Point
Past

Part of Perspective Tours

  • British Sign Language
  • Discussion

Camel milk cultures with dhaqan collective

Online | In our building
Available to watch
  • Discussion

Conversations About Death

Wellcome Kitchen
Past
  • Relaxed
  • Audio described