A free museum and library exploring health and human experience

  • Exhibition

Genetic Automata

An ongoing body of video works by artists Larry Achiampong and David Blandy, exploring race and identity in an age of avatars, videogames and DNA ancestry.

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In focus

Books

We publish thought-provoking books exploring health and human experiences. Our latest titles include ‘Free for All’, an urgent call to arms in defence of our NHS by bestselling author and GP, Gavin Francis.

Shop

The Wellcome Collection shop stocks unique books and gifts inspired by our collection and exhibition themes.

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.

Latest stories

  • Article

Crones

Menopause can be tough when nobody talks about it and all the stereotypes are negative, but it can also be transformative, marking the start of a new stage of life - cronehood.

Part of A Bloody History of Menopause
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Are you still nursing?

Julia Martins might get the side-eye for breastfeeding a three-year-old in the UK but, as she explains, examples from history, as well as the cultural norms of Brazil, where she grew up, are firmly on the side of extended nursing.

  • Comic

A shared experience

Having a simple conversation with another person brings such pleasure.

Part of Dissonance
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Witches

Many of the women persecuted as witches in the 16th-century “witch craze” were over 50 and exhibited signs of menopause. Helen Foster suggests that the stigma of the wicked witch still affects older women and how they deal with menopause.

Part of A Bloody History of Menopause
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