Collections offers and donations
Zine making workshop, photograph by David Sandison. Source: Wellcome Collection. © David Sandison/Wellcome..
We’re collecting zines
Did you know we have over a thousand zines in our collections? You can see many of them in our current display at Wellcome Collection: ‘Zines Forever! DIY Publications and Disability Justice’.
We are particularly interested in collecting zines relating to lived experiences of health and wellbeing. If you are a zine maker or distributor with zines that might be suitable for our collection, find out how to make an offer below. Then send us a short description of each zine and we’ll be in touch.
Get in touch if you’ve got something to offer us for the collections.
We actively seek out and preserve contemporary and historical material that enhances our collections and brings in new perspectives. We are particularly interested in material that gives voice to lived experiences of health and reflects the richness and complexity of what it means to be human.
We collect across many formats, including archives, visual and material culture, moving image and sound, manuscripts, ephemera, zines, printed and published works, building our collections according to our Collections Development Policy.
How to make an offer
If you’re thinking of offering material to us, first check our catalogue search to see if we already have the item, as we don't collect duplicates.
Please contact us before you send any material as we cannot accept unsolicited donations. If we’re not the best home for your items, we’ll do our best to suggest alternatives.
Email us if you have material to offer:
Collections Development Team