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Read a complete set of gallery captions for Being Human, our gallery that explores how we think and feel about ourselves, our bodies and our relationship with the world around us.

Our new exhibition explores humanity’s vital connection with freshwater – an essential source of life and pillar of good health for people and planet.

Join our library team for a hands-on workshop about comic books in our collection.

Explore creativity, research and lived experience in this panel discussion on sickle cell disease.

Wellcome Collection presents 'The Coming of Age', a free major exhibition exploring experiences and perceptions of ageing, from adolescence to older age, through different perspectives from art, science and popular culture.

Join us for a day of activities exploring the history of cholera and its links to freshwater.

Our collections are at the heart of what we do. Find out what we have by searching online or visiting our library. If you’re interested in exploring and researching our collections, we’re here to support you.

You can use scanners, operated by your library account, to make copies from our collections. You can also use your own camera, subject to some regulations.

Like millions of people across West Africa, Tracy Egbele’s family has no access to safe tap water, and buys plastic-packaged water instead. She highlights the serious problems facing this fragile system, and the daily health risks people are forced to take as a result.

We are able to provide immunity from seizure for cultural objects which are on loan from overseas under Part 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007. This page outlines immunity from seizure information for objects in our exhibitions.

Surrounded by saltwater but starved of the fresh kind, Aegina’s residents rely on tankers and plastic bottles to get by. Mirela Dialeti explores how life on this Greek island balances on a hope that a new underwater pipeline will finally bring change.

Out new exhibition explores experiences and perceptions of ageing, from adolescence to older age, and asks how societies can adapt to ensure everyone ages better.

In 2025, Wellcome Collection will present two major exhibitions around the themes of sign language and freshwater, as well a BSL themed film installation and a display based on our zines collection.

Our current strategic plans and policies, documents relating to our collections and other agreements are listed here.

From the depths of a vanished well rises the story of Black Mary – a 17th-century Black healer. In this extract from the anthology 'Thirst', Gaylene Gould pieces together the fragments of Mary’s life in search of her long-lost well.

When Sabrina Tirvengadum tried to sign her skin colour as ‘Brown’ in BSL, her tutor insisted she use ‘Black’ instead. The experience led Sabrina to question why sign language couldn’t reflect her identity.

Information to help you plan and prepare for your visit to 'Thirst: In Search of Freshwater'.

We have a range of free activities for you to try if you’re aged 14 to 19 years old.

From activities for specific groups, such as young people, to opportunities for collaboration and working with us, it’s up to you how involved you’d like to be.