Middle Eastern folk tale; one of the best-known tales associated with The Book of One Thousand and One Nights (The Arabian Nights), despite not being part of the original text

Scenery to be used in a toy theatre: a hall in a palace, walled with colonnades. Coloured lithograph.

Galleries and Reading Room

Library

Shop

Café

Our exhibition ‘1880 THAT: Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader’ in Gallery 2 is closed this afternoon (Tuesday 17 February) due to essential maintenance work. Thank you for your understanding.

We're running paid user research studies to improve Wellcome Collection online

Aladdin (Tale)

Images from the collections

Images referencing Aladdin (Tale)

Works from the collections

Scenery to be used in a toy theatre: a hall in a palace, walled with colonnades. Coloured lithograph.