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This exhibition uncovered the rich history and contemporary practices of Ayurveda, showcasing fascinating material from Wellcome’s historical collections that reflect its enduring influence on health and wellbeing.

This exhibition explores mental health and recovery through Bobby Baker's expressive artworks.

Repatriation of three human skulls believed to be of Australian Aboriginal origin.

Wellcome Collection, one of the world’s finest resources for the study of the social and cultural contexts of health, announces that it has been awarded Archive Service Accreditation, the UK standard for archive services.

A quick introduction on how to use QR codes with your own smartphone in our galleries.

Being Human, the new permanent gallery at Wellcome Collection will explore what it means to be human in the 21st century.

A mobile health clinic has been built for the first time at Wellcome Collection, demonstrating how architecture can respond to a worldwide issue in health today.

Our new exhibition 'Play Well‘ will explore the transformative power of play in childhood and in society at large.

An item of Hawaiian human remains held by the Science Museum on behalf of Wellcome Collection has been repatriated.

In September 2019, Wellcome Collection will open a permanent exhibition space presenting a fresh approach to health, science, art and medicine.

A Tasmanian Aboriginal hair sample has been repatriated.

A new survey commissioned by Wellcome Collection to explore people’s attitudes towards the physical experience of touch launches on BBC Radio 4.

'Living with Buildings' examines how the structures that surround us shape our mental and physical health, in both positive and negative ways.

A new permanent exhibition 'Being Human' at Wellcome Collection has opened its doors exploring trust, identity and health in a changing world.

'Dying Under Your Eyes', a new 25 minutes long film by Oreet Ashery will be shown for the first time as part of the exhibition 'Jo Spence and Oreet Ashery: Misbehaving Bodies' at Wellcome Collection.

Further details about how we manage research access to our collections.

Discover the ‘A museum of modern nature’ at Wellcome Collection, where everyday objects reveal our ever-evolving relationship with the natural world.

Human remains believed to be of Māori/Moriori ancestral origins have been repatriated.

Eight objects and artworks that give you a taste of what was on offer at our exhibition ‘Teeth’.

Further information about human remains and other items believed to contain human remains from Sir Henry Wellcome's museum collection.