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Our new exhibition explores humanity’s vital connection with freshwater – an essential source of life and pillar of good health for people and planet.

Join facilitator Isabelle Gapomo for a series of talks and tours on Thursday evenings throughout October as part of Black History Month.

Discover more about African myths and practices around water in this tour of the 'Thirst' exhibition.

Come and play 1884, an anticolonial immersive theatre show.

Join a gallery tour about how sign languages are used in Black communities.

Our new exhibition explores humanity’s vital connection with freshwater – an essential source of life and pillar of good health for people and planet.

When it comes to precision surgical tools, only the hand and eye of a skilled toolmaker will do.

Discover how hands and bodies can hold conversations, tell stories and express emotions in this programme of Deaf-led events.

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

Join Deaf historian Peter Brown for a BSL tour of 1880 THAT, with a focus on the Milan Conference of 1880.

Discover the creative side of bread in this practical workshop about bread and community.

Join us for a conversation about death in a comfortable, home-like setting, and explore afterlife beliefs and offerings across different cultures.

Catch up with friends and colleagues over a drink and something to eat in our café.

Wellcome Collection presents Thirst: In Search of Freshwater, a free major exhibition exploring humanity’s vital connection with freshwater as an essential source of life and a pillar of good health for both living beings and land masses.

NHS night cleaners are often not seen and not heard by the public they serve. Through Lewis Khan’s photographs and interviews, they reveal the vital role they play in keeping our hospitals safe.

An official diagnosis for ADHD has given artist Carrie Ravenscroft so much more than the medical support she lacked. For the first time, it’s allowed her to see a future for herself as valid member of a diverse community.

For Carrie Ravenscroft, both the techniques and content of her art are expressions of the workings of her neurodivergent mind.

In this artwork, Carrie Ravenscroft considers how her personal struggles with having ADHD relate to the wider challenges of being neurodivergent and female.

In this artwork Carrie Ravenscroft delves into the complex feelings of grief and loss that were triggered by the death of her aunt during the Covid pandemic.

How making a series of paintings helped Carrie Ravenscroft process and map her journey towards a neurodivergent identity.