The Wellcome Research Institution and the affiliated research laboratories and museums founded by Sir Henry Wellcome.

Date:
1933
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Credit: The Wellcome Research Institution and the affiliated research laboratories and museums founded by Sir Henry Wellcome. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CEREMONY O F Laying the Corner Stone OF THE Wellcome Research Institution LON DO N B Y The Rt. Hon. LORD MOYNIHAN OF LEEDS k.c.m.g.. c. b.. m.s.. ll.d. President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Wednesday. November 25th, 1931 [Extract from Press Report] The ceremony of laying the Corner Stone of The Wellcome Research Institution was performed by Lord Moynihan on Wednesday, November 25th, in the presence of a large and representative company. Dr. (now Sir Henry) Wellcome, in his Introductory Remarks, said: Your Excellencies, my Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen : The project of constructing this building has long been studied and planned by me. I have been very fortunate in rinding a master mind in Mr. Warwick, the famous architect. His architectural ideals correspond with my own, and his sense of the essential features and adapta- tions of a building for the purposes of the various depart- mental laboratories and museums complied with our needs. I have a strong belief in the inspiring influence of grace- ful, symmetrical architecture, and I have found by experience that artistic environment is not incompatible with the practical operations of scientific research, but, on the contrary, stimulates the mind and facilitates the solution of difficult problems. Whenever I enter the British Museum I feel stimulated by the sublime archi- tectural expression of that noble building. Special tribute