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This autumn, Wellcome Collection presents ‘Expecting: Birth, Belief and Protection’, a new display connecting protective practices and beliefs in medieval childbirth with contemporary responses to pregnancy and maternal health.

Join a tour of the 'Expecting' display, celebrating Black cultural and spiritual experiences of pregnancy and childbirth across centuries.

Discover how items in the 'Being Human' exhibition connect with the remarkable story of Henrietta Lacks.

Join Claudia Hammond and guests as they delve into the latest evidence on weight loss injections.

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.

In the 1960s the NHS became Britain’s biggest employer. So to help fill all those jobs, the government brought in thousands of workers from abroad.

From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.

Iconic graphic design devised to admonish, amuse, inform and empower.

From anti-masturbation rings to a tonsil guillotine, these specially selected pieces might make your skin crawl.

An uncanny resemblance to today’s Twitter tiffs characterises a 17th-century argument about demons. Read what happened when the printing presses went into overdrive.

Too much of the wrong sort of light can send our natural cycles off-kilter – is city life messing with your circadian rhythm?

Human remains make up an important part of the collections vested in Wellcome Collection by its founder, Sir Henry Wellcome.

Join artist Andrea Mindel for a hands-on workshop exploring creativity, mental health and everyday materials.

Micha Frazer-Carroll, uncovers the historical links between enslavement and disability to better understand her family’s complex attitudes towards healthcare.

Researcher and zine-maker Lea Cooper explores pandemic zines made by people who were often familiar with “staying at home” because of disability or chronic illness.

Using humour, personal experience and political activism to explore the bloody reality of menstruation.

Books, sex workers’ cards, a bomb... the Retrieval Team gives us a glimpse behind the scenes.

Chubby little winged boys known as putti frequently adorn scientific illustrations. Sometimes portrayed as reverent and sometimes cheeky, they guide our pursuit of knowledge.

How did the Church rake in revenue from 14th-century sex regulations? Kate Lister explores a bishop’s lucrative rulebook.