There is so much official talk (and number crunching) about happiness and well-eing nowadays. But where is joy? Unlike happiness, joy is a word we don’t use much today. We may discern it, perhaps ...

For a long time, nobody talked about menopause, and there is little evidence in the historical record of how women would have experienced this life stage in the past, if they even lived long enough to ...

Moving through the world, we are constantly engaging with our environment through our attention and emotions. Increasingly, as more people are living in built-up urban environments, we’re looking to ...

RawMinds was a group of young people aged 14 to 19 who met at weekends, evenings and in the school holidays to explore ideas about science and art. Each new group took on a fresh creative challenge ...

We lend material from our collections to museums and galleries in the UK and worldwide, and welcome enquiries from all institutions, big or small. We are always happy to discuss potential loans and ...

Our collections are built on collections assembled by Wellcome’s founder, Sir Henry Wellcome. In the early 20th century he founded a private historical medical museum, which, in common with others of ...

Rosie Barnes showcases the powerful voices of autistic women from minoritised communities as they talk about the specific and ...

This permanent gallery explores trust, identity and health in a changing world. Being Human explores what it means to be human in the 21st century. It reflects our hopes and fears about new forms of ...

Join us to explore the 'The Kola Nut Cannot Be Contained' with audio description, and discover more about the objects through smell and touch. ‘The Kola Nut Cannot Be Contained’ is an evolving display ...

In this video, artist Jason Wilsher-Mills takes us on guided tour of ‘Jason and the Adventure of 254’, his largest and most ...

Ignorance and folly put to silence by well-doing: or, a preservative against the Bishop of Bangor's politicks. In a sermon preach'd at the parish-church of St. Ethelburga's, on the solemn anniversary ...

"A graphic novel exploring amputation, revealing details about famous amputees throughout history, the invention of the tourniquet, phantom limb syndrome, types of prostheses, and transhumanist ...