Lights Up sessions are an opportunity to explore our display, ‘Expecting: Birth, Belief and Protection’ with more even lighting conditions across the gallery. There's also an audio described tour available during each session.

Wellcome Collection

Lights Up and Audio Described Tours of Expecting

Discover more about the ‘Expecting: Birth, Belief and Protection’ display on one of our BSL-interpreted tours.

BSL Interpreted Tours of Expecting

Lights Up sessions are an opportunity to explore our exhibition ‘Thirst: In Search of Freshwater’ with brighter lighting conditions across the gallery. There's also an audio described tour available during each session.

Lights Up and Audio Described Tours of Thirst

Discover more about the '1880 THAT' exhibition on one of our BSL-interpreted tours.

BSL Interpreted Tours of 1880 THAT

Explore the new exhibition '1880 THAT: Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader' with audio description.

Audio Described Tours of 1880 THAT

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Zine Club takeover. Gallery Photo: Kathleen Arundell

Information Point on level 0

Access Tours and Discussions

Black History Tour of 'Expecting'

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Being Human Exhibition tour

The Henrietta Lacks Paradox

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BSL Interpreted Tours of 1880 THAT Exhibition

Intersectional Code-Switchers

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Gallery 2

BSL Tour of 1880 THAT with Peter Brown

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‘Thirst: In Search of Freshwater’ an exhibition at Wellcome Collection

Holy Waters

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BSL Interpreted Tours of Thirst Exhibition

BSL Interpreted Tours of Thirst

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Damaris Cooke. Portrait: Benjamin Gilbert

BSL Tour of 1880 THAT with Damaris Cooke

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British sign language interpreter

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BSL Interpreted Tours of Being Human

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Reading Room workshop

Throughout our building

Disabled Access Day

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John Wilson

BSL tour of Teeth

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Golda Dahan

BSL Tour of Misbehaving Bodies

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Smoke and Mirrors exhibition

BSL Tour of Smoke and Mirrors

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British Sign Language tour of Ayurvedic Man

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Alan D Murray

BSL Tour of Medicine Now

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Nadia Nadarajah

BSL Tour of Play Well

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Martin Glover

BSL Tour of Living with Buildings

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Gallery tour at Wellcome Collection

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Audio Described Tour of Zines Forever! DIY Publishing and Disability Justice

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Somewhere in Between

Gallery 1

Voices in Between

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Access tour at Wellcome Collection

AD Tour of Misbehaving Bodies

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Speech-to-text tour

We regularly run tours of our exhibitions for visitors with access needs: British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted, audio described (AD) and speech-to-text (STT) tours.

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A Visitor Experience Tour of Expecting Exhibition

Gallery 3

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Audio-described tour of 'The Cult of Beauty' exhibition

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Access Tours and Discussions

Coming up

Lights Up and Audio Described Tours of Expecting

BSL Interpreted Tours of Expecting

Lights Up and Audio Described Tours of Thirst

BSL Interpreted Tours of 1880 THAT

Audio Described Tours of 1880 THAT

Past events

Black History Tour of 'Expecting'

The Henrietta Lacks Paradox

Intersectional Code-Switchers

BSL Tour of 1880 THAT with Peter Brown

Holy Waters

BSL Tour of 1880 THAT with Peter Brown

BSL Interpreted Tours of Thirst

BSL Tour of 1880 THAT with Damaris Cooke

BSL Interpreted Tours of Being Human

Disabled Access Day

BSL tour of Teeth

BSL Tour of Misbehaving Bodies

BSL Tour of Smoke and Mirrors

British Sign Language tour of Ayurvedic Man

BSL Tour of Medicine Now

BSL Tour of Play Well

BSL Tour of Living with Buildings

Audio Described Tour of Zines Forever! DIY Publishing and Disability Justice

Voices in Between

AD Tour of Misbehaving Bodies

Access Tours and Discussions

Coming up

Lights Up and Audio Described Tours of Expecting

BSL Interpreted Tours of Expecting

Lights Up and Audio Described Tours of Thirst

BSL Interpreted Tours of 1880 THAT

Audio Described Tours of 1880 THAT

Past events

Black History Tour of 'Expecting'

The Henrietta Lacks Paradox

Intersectional Code-Switchers

BSL Tour of 1880 THAT with Peter Brown

Holy Waters

BSL Tour of 1880 THAT with Peter Brown

BSL Interpreted Tours of Thirst

BSL Tour of 1880 THAT with Damaris Cooke

BSL Interpreted Tours of Being Human

Disabled Access Day

BSL tour of Teeth

BSL Tour of Misbehaving Bodies

BSL Tour of Smoke and Mirrors

British Sign Language tour of Ayurvedic Man

BSL Tour of Medicine Now

BSL Tour of Play Well

BSL Tour of Living with Buildings

Audio Described Tour of Zines Forever! DIY Publishing and Disability Justice

Voices in Between

AD Tour of Misbehaving Bodies

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