A free museum and library exploring health and human experience

  • Exhibition

1880 THAT: Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader

This playful exhibition of new and existing works by artists Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader explores sign language and the right to choose how you communicate.

This week

In focus

The Joy of Being Disabled

Explore what it means to be joyful, defiant and disabled. Guest edited by Amy Kavanagh, this series of five articles celebrates different bodies and minds, and challenges ableist ideas of what it means to be happy.

Books

We publish thought-provoking books exploring health and human experiences. Our latest titles include ‘Nine Minds, Inner Lives on the Spectrum’, an illuminating, life-affirming book by Daniel Tammet that celebrates the power and beauty of the neurodivergent mind.

Shop

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

Latest stories

  • Article

How the slave trade’s medical legacies persist

Micha Frazer-Carroll, uncovers the historical links between enslavement and disability to better understand her family’s complex attitudes towards healthcare.

  • Long read

Letting go of IVF

Fertility treatment is physically and emotionally arduous, with no guarantees. Jessa Fairbrother describes her decision not to have IVF and the complexity of living with that choice.

  • Article

Pregnancy, parenting, and embracing blindness

Amy Kavanagh, who is blind, shares the delight she feels in her young, sighted son, and her growing acceptance of the ways his experiences will differ from hers.

Part of The Joy of Being Disabled
  • Article

Disability, desire, and pleasure unlocked

Roxy Murray dives into the raw, intimate truths of sex and pleasure as a disabled person, sharing an unapologetic and explicit journey through her frustrations and desires.

Part of The Joy of Being Disabled
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