What’s on

Galleries open today10:00 – 18:00

Full opening times

From 26 August 2025

Exhibitions

Display

Zines Forever! DIY Publishing and Disability Justice

14 March 2025 – 14 September 2025

Discover how self-published zines have been used to share individual expriences of disability and disabled identity. You can see, touch, listen to and create your own zines in this display, drawn from our collections.

Installation

Finger Talk

8 July 2025 – 17 October 2025

Exhibition

1880 THAT: Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader

17 April 2025 – 16 November 2025

Exhibition

Thirst: In Search of Freshwater

26 June 2025 – 1 February 2026

Permanent exhibition

Being Human

Our building has step-free access. Exhibitions include audio description, British Sign Language and captions.

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Events

August

September

October

November

August

Workshop
Youth event

I Fow You

Thursday 28 August 202514:00 – 16:00

British Sign Language interpreted
Relaxed

Session

Lights Up and Audio Described Tours of Thirst

Thursday 28 August 202515:30 – 16:30

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Part of Access Tours and Discussions

Audio described

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September

Gallery tour

BSL Interpreted Tours of 1880 THAT

Information Point on level 0

Saturday 6 September 202514:30 – 15:30

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Part of Access Tours and Discussions

British Sign Language interpreted

Relaxed opening

Relaxed Openings of 1880 THAT

Sunday 7 September 202510:00 – 12:00

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Relaxed

Workshop

Discovering our Collections Through Zines

Tuesday 9 September 202515:00 – 16:00

Gallery tour

BSL Interpreted Tours of Being Human

Information Point on level 0

Thursday 11 September 202516:00 – 17:00

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Part of Access Tours and Discussions

British Sign Language interpreted

Late

Hands That Hold History

In our building

Thursday 11 September 202516:00 – 20:00

British Sign Language
British Sign Language interpreted

Gallery tour

BSL Tour of 1880 THAT with Peter Brown

Thursday 18 September 202518:30 – 20:00

Part of Access Tours and Discussions

British Sign Language
British Sign Language interpreted
Speech-to-text

Symposium

The Thirst Symposium

In our building

19 September 2025 – 21 September 2025

Gallery tour

Audio Described Tours of 1880 THAT

Information Point on level 0

Sunday 21 September 202514:30 – 15:30

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Part of Access Tours and Discussions

Audio described

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October

Gallery tour

BSL Interpreted Tours of 1880 THAT

Information Point on level 0

Sunday 5 October 202511:30 – 12:30

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Part of Access Tours and Discussions

British Sign Language interpreted

Session

Lights Up and Audio Described Tours of Thirst

Tuesday 14 October 202511:30 – 12:30

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Part of Access Tours and Discussions

Audio described

Performance

1884, an anticolonial game-theatre show

22 October 2025 – 25 October 2025

Relaxed

Gallery tour

BSL Interpreted Tours of Thirst

Information Point on level 0

Thursday 23 October 202519:00 – 20:00

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Part of Access Tours and Discussions

British Sign Language interpreted

Relaxed opening

Relaxed Openings of 1880 THAT

Sunday 26 October 202510:00 – 12:00

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Relaxed

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November

Gallery tour

BSL Interpreted Tours of 1880 THAT

Information Point on level 0

Thursday 6 November 202519:00 – 20:00

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Part of Access Tours and Discussions

British Sign Language interpreted

Session

Lights Up and Audio Described Tours of Thirst

Thursday 13 November 202516:30 – 17:30

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Part of Access Tours and Discussions

Audio described

Gallery tour

Audio Described Tours of 1880 THAT

Information Point on level 0

Thursday 13 November 202519:00 – 20:00

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Part of Access Tours and Discussions

Audio described

Relaxed opening

Relaxed Openings of Thirst: In Search of Freshwater

Sunday 30 November 202510:00 – 14:00

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Catch up

Discussion

Drag through the Gardiner Collection

Available to watch

Tuesday 16 January 202416:00 – 17:00

Part of Exploring research

Auto-captioned

Discussion

Unfolding histories within Arabic manuscripts

Available to watch

Tuesday 5 December 202316:00 – 17:00

Part of Exploring research

Auto-captioned

Discussion

Recipes for early modern beauty

Available to watch

Tuesday 14 November 202315:00 – 16:30

Part of Exploring research

Auto-captioned

Discussion

Redefining beauty

Online | In our building

Available to watch

Sunday 29 October 202315:00 – 16:30

Hearing loop
British Sign Language interpreted (online)

Discussion

Exploring menopause through collections and collaboration

Available to watch

Tuesday 3 October 202316:00 – 17:00

Part of Exploring research

Auto-captioned

Discussion

Passing down with Larry Achiampong and David Blandy

Online | In our building

Available to watch

Friday 15 September 202319:00 – 20:30

Part of What we pass on

British Sign Language interpreted
Speech-to-text (online)
Hearing loop

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Try these too

The Reading Room

Join one of our regular conversations or events, or just hang out and find inspiration browsing the array of books, artworks and objects.

Open during gallery hours

Café

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

Shop

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