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Conversations about Death

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  • Free
  • Discussion
  • 18+
  • Hearing loop
  • Relaxed
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Conversations about death, an event in Wellcome Kitchen, David Sandison. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

What you’ll do

Join members of our Visitor Experience and Engagement team for a conversation about death. You’ll talk in small groups, each led by a facilitator. Discussions may be open and free-flowing, or they may focus on themes of memorials and memory.

You'll be invited to share your own experiences and are welcome to say as much or as little as you’d like. You can also choose to just listen. 

This is a relaxed event, so you can move around during the session. A separate chill out space will be available if you need to take a break from the gallery or event spaces. The chill out space has:

  • low lighting
  • no displays, images or other content
  • comfortable seating and places to lie down
  • sensory access tools like tinted glasses, ear defenders, blankets and sensory toys.

To help create a confidential and safe space for everyone, we’ll close the doors at 11:45am. Latecomers won't be able to join the event after this time.

This event is recommended for people aged 18 and over.

Dates

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Location

We’ll be in the Wellcome Kitchen, which you can find by taking the stairs or the lift to level 2.

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.

Hearing loop

There will be a hearing loop at this event.

Relaxed

This is a relaxed event. You are welcome to move freely around the space. You can leave and re-enter whenever you wish, and you can make noise at any time.

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

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About your facilitators

Jake Blackavar

(he/they)

Jake is a Visitor Experience and Engagement Facilitator at Wellcome Collection. Here they encourage people to explore different narratives and ways of experiencing a museum space through creative, participatory, and questioning practices.

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Sin Ying Joelle Li

(she/her)

Joelle is an independent curator and Engagement Facilitator at Wellcome Collection, where she explores creative approaches to making the museum and collection more relevant to contemporary audiences through object research. She values lived experiences and is passionate about fostering empathy, dialogue, and co-learning through equitable representation. She is particularly interested in the intersection of theatre, play, and museum. 

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reid smith

reid is a Visitor Experience and Engagement Facilitator at Wellcome Collection. Before working here, reid worked in the arts for many years. reid's first job was as a greengrocer. Since then, he's been a theatre maker, performer, community arts outreach worker, musician, illustrator and has worked in cinemas and galleries. He is currently training as a celebrant.