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Wellcome Collection is a free destination for the incurably curious. Explore what it means to be human through a unique mix of galleries, events and meeting, reading and eating places.

This year’s changing exhibitions explore mental illness at the turn of the century and today; the curious and grotesque story of the anatomical model, and what makes us different from another in a show about human identity. Most shows are accompanied by related events and tours.

Upstairs Medicine Now and Medicine Man present exhibits spanning six centuries, from the bizarre to the beautiful, the ancient to the modern, including a Peruvian mummified male, Darwin’s walking stick, a gastrointestinal camera the size of a baked bean and a robot used in the human genome project.

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Wellcome Collection Address

Address:
183-193 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BE
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7611 2222
Email:
Website: http://www.wellcomecollection.org/

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Location Information for Wellcome Collection

Address:
183-193 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BE
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7611 2222
Email:
Website: http://www.wellcomecollection.org/
Public transport: Euston Square, Underground

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Events at Wellcome Collection

  • Miracles and Charms at the Wellcome Collection

    Must See!
    Museum Exhibition

    6 Oct 2011 to 26 Feb 2012

    An autumn exhibition programme that explores the extraordinary in the everyday with two shows. 'Infinitas Gracias' shows Mexican miracle paintings, the first major display of Mexican votive paintings outside Mexico. 'Felicity Powell: Charmed Life', is an exhibition of unseen London amulets from Henry Wellcome's collection, selected and arranged by the artist. Drawing lines between faith, mortality and healing, the programme offers a poignant insight into the tribulations of daily life and human responses to chance and suffering.

  • 5x15: Best and Worst of Human Behaviour at Wellcome Collection

    Special Event

    29 Feb 2012

    What highs can human behaviour reach? And what lows? Join us for a convivial evening exploring the best and worst of human nature. 5x15 involves five exceptional speakers each given 15 minutes to explore topics ranging from the unruly emotion of love to cruelty, the history of violence and the evolution of cooperation. Each speaker has strictly 15 minutes and no scripts are allowed in this lively and stimulating evening.

  • Anna Ostrowska: Midwives and Doctors at Wellcome Collection

    Special Event

    8 Mar 2012

    With the current home birth rate in the UK at a mere 2.5 per cent, this session will look at the Wellcome Library holdings on the history of midwifery and some drawbacks of the rise of the male presence in the birth chamber, challenging the perception of a hospital birth as the only safe option for a pregnant woman.

  • Brain: The Mind As Matter at Wellcome Collection

    Art

    20 Mar 2012 to 17 Jun 2012

    Wellcome Collection's major new exhibition will look at one of the most complex entities in the universe. 'Brains: The Mind as Matter'explores what humans have done to brains in the cause of medical intervention, scientific enquiry, cultural meaning and technological change. This display features over 150 objects including real brains, artworks, manuscripts, artefacts, videos and photography. The exhibition follows the long quest to manipulate and decipher the most unique and mysterious of human organs, whose secrets continue to confound and inspire.

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