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Black History Month Tours and Events

  • Free
Photograph of Isabelle Gapomo in a Wellcome Collection gallery space.
Isabelle Gapomo at Wellcome Collection, Steven Pocock. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

What you’ll do

For Black History Month, we're offering a series of events on Thursday evenings throughout October. The series is presented by Isabelle Gapomo from our Visitor Experience and Facilitation Team.

There will be four tours based on current exhibitions and a performance workshop for you to choose from. Book a free ticket for each event.

Dates

Events

Thursday 23 October 2025

  • Workshop
  • 16+
Voice Up Theatre Workshop
Reading Room
Join a performance-based workshop, exploring the effects of transgenerational trauma through the lived experiences of people of colour.

Tickets via Eventbrite

  • British Sign Language interpreted
  • Relaxed

Thursday 30 October 2025

  • Gallery tour
Black History Tour of 'Expecting'
Information Point on level 0
Join a tour of the 'Expecting' display, celebrating Black cultural and spiritual experiences of pregnancy and childbirth across centuries.

Tickets via Eventbrite

  • British Sign Language interpreted

Past events

Thursday 2 October 2025

  • Gallery tour
Intersectional Code-Switchers
Information Point on level 0
Join a gallery tour about how sign languages are used in Black communities.
  • British Sign Language interpreted

Thursday 9 October 2025

  • Gallery tour
Holy Waters
Information Point on level 0
Discover more about African myths and practices around water in this tour of the 'Thirst' exhibition.
  • British Sign Language interpreted

Thursday 16 October 2025

  • Gallery tour
The Henrietta Lacks Paradox
Information Point on level 0
Discover how items in the 'Being Human' exhibition connect with the remarkable story of Henrietta Lacks.
  • British Sign Language interpreted

Need to know

Location

We’ll meet at the Information Point, which is on level 0, directly in front of you as you enter Wellcome Collection.

Place not guaranteed

Booking a ticket for a free, in-person event does not guarantee you a place. You should aim to arrive 15 minutes before the event is scheduled to start to claim your place. If you do not arrive on time, your place may be given to someone on the waiting list.

Waiting list

If this event is fully booked, you may still be able to attend. We will operate a waiting list, which opens 30 minutes before this event starts. Arrive early, and we’ll give you a numbered ticket. If there are any unfilled places just before the start time, we will invite you to enter in order of ticket number.

For more information, please visit our Accessibility page. If you have any queries about accessibility, please email us at access@wellcomecollection.org or call 0 2 0. 7 6 1 1. 2 2 2 2

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About your facilitator

Photograph of Isabelle Gapomo

Isabelle Gapomo

Isabelle Gapomo is a Facilitator at Wellcome Collection, fostering critical engagement with narratives of Human Health, History, and Diversity. She connects archival insights to contemporary wellbeing issues, using her curatorial practice to reveal stories of health equity and social belonging.