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Did you know that Beethoven’s profession meant he was ashamed to admit to being deaf? Find out how similar prejudices persist today and how our writer is helping to break them down.

Fascinated by language and how music feels, Deaf rapper Signkid creates tracks that give shape to sound. He discusses inspiration, access and performing for all audiences, D/deaf and hearing alike.

Author Jessica Andrews explores how her brother’s deafness has influenced her relationship with words and the world.

Our new permanent gallery explores trust, identity and health in a changing world.

Join our visitor experience team for a drop-in session where you can explore a selection of unique maps from our collection.

Your students will join us for a whole-day session full of activities on the theme of body image.

Join us for a conversation about death as represented in art and literature, and take part in a creative writing activity.

The Wellcome Collection shop stocks unique books and gifts inspired by our collection and exhibition themes.

Join a creative writing workshop, suitable for all levels, inspired by items from our collections.

Jaydee Seaforth charts her journey from eating her favourite, flavourful Caribbean foods to the restrictive blandness of an IBS-friendly diet.

You can propose a non-fiction book to us, directly or through an agent.

Join a creative workshop inspired by objects and artworks in the ‘Hard Graft’ exhibition. You will explore themes of desire, resistance and work through talking, writing and collage making.

Having experienced bouts of serious mental illness, Caroline Butterwick discovers that the new world of workplace wellbeing schemes fails to mitigate discrimination against people like her.

This evolving display features a series of stories about the entangled global histories, vibrant traditions, and new innovations connected to the kola nut.

Yaw Afrim Gyebi travels through Ghana to meet the people who grow and use kola nut for its many practical and symbolic purposes.

Yaw Afrim Gyebi explores the physical characteristics of the kola nut and its medicinal properties, which evolve throughout its life cycle.

Guidance for researchers about Wellcome’s collections.

Apoorva Sripathi explores the complex reasons behind India’s recent boom in all things dairy – beginning with a 1970s Western food-aid programme.

How can you remember an event that never took place? Find out how manipulation, misinformation and coercion can plant false memories in your mind.

Like everyone, sex workers sometimes need medical or mental health support. But shame and stigma seriously affect attitudes and access.