The Wellcome Collection of Tours
31 August 2012, 13.00 - 14.00
Join a Wellcome Trust member of staff to hear more about the work of the charity through various artworks on display around the building.
30 August 2012, 18.00 - 18.30
Think a root canal is painful? Join this gruesome British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted tour of pre-anaesthesia remedies and cures to acquire a healthy appreciation of modern medicine.
24 August 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Quackery, sorcery, homeopathy, faith healing and ancestor worship: just some of the many topics covered in this anthropology-themed tour of the 'Medicine Man' exhibition, drawing upon some of the more obscure and least understood artefacts from Henry Wellcome's vast collection.
17 August 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
19th century Britain witnessed rapid changes as the population became increasingly urban and overcrowding, lack of sanitation and disease became problematic. This tour explores the social history of public health in Victorian Britain.
7 August 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
From scofula to leprosy, surgeons to quacks, this free guided tour will explore London and its extraordinary and ever-changing relationship with medicine throughout history.
31 July 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
This tour tracks the development of nursing within the context of our permanent collections, acknowledging the pivotal work of Florence nightingale, who as part of a worldwide movement was instrumental in transforming the practise of nursing.
28 July 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
27 July 2012, 13.00 - 14.00
Join a Wellcome Trust member of staff to hear more about the work of the charity through various artworks on display around the building.
26 July 2012, 18.00 - 18.30
From emperors to explorers and philosophers to our very own philanthropist, Henry Wellcome, join this British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted tour to find out more about the objects in Medicine Man that are linked to famous historical figures.
22 July 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
21 July 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
18 July 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
From body snatching to DNA sampling, come and explore objects in our galleries from past and present and consider some of the issues of medical ethics on this themed tour of our permanent collection.
15 July 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
14 July 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
13 July 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Quackery, sorcery, homeopathy, faith healing and ancestor worship: just some of the many topics covered in this anthropology-themed tour of the 'Medicine Man' exhibition, drawing upon some of the more obscure and least understood artefacts from Henry Wellcome's vast collection.
8 July 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
7 July 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
3 July 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
One of two themed tours of our permanent exhibitions on the theme of Charles Darwin and evolution, celebrating either the life and times of the great Victorian naturalist himself, or the implications of the Human Genome Project for our understanding of evolution, health and disease.
1 July 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
30 June 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
29 June 2012, 13.00 - 14.00
Join a Wellcome Trust member of staff to hear more about the work of the charity through various artworks on display around the building.
28 June 2012, 18.00 - 18.30
Explore how ethics, science and spirituality have helped us make sense of our lives and mortality on this British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted free tour of our Medicine Man and Medicine Now galleries.
24 June 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
23 June 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
22 June 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
19th century Britain witnessed rapid changes as the population became increasingly urban and overcrowding, lack of sanitation and disease became problematic. This tour explores the social history of public health in Victorian Britain.
17 June 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
16 June 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
14 June 2012, 15.00 - 15.45
Join Helen Pynor for her personal take on Brains: The Mind as Matter on this 45-minute guided tour.
12 June 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Despite the blessings of modern dentistry, it is perhaps still rare to find anyone who actively looks forward to a trip to the dentist! This tour spares a thought for the suffering souls of previous times, who submitted to the blacksmiths, tooth drawers, or barber surgeons, where treatment was often as bad, or worse, than the complaint itself.
10 June 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
9 June 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
9 June 2012, 11.30 - 12.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of our special exhibition 'Brains: The Mind As Matter'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
8 June 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
One of two themed tours of our permanent exhibitions on the theme of Charles Darwin and evolution, celebrating either the life and times of the great Victorian naturalist himself, or the implications of the Human Genome Project for our understanding of evolution, health and disease.
7 June 2012, 15.00 - 15.45
Join Nina Sellars for her personal take on Brains: The Mind as Matter on this 45-minute guided tour.
3 June 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
2 June 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
2 June 2012, 11.30 - 12.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of our special exhibition 'Brains: The Mind As Matter'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
31 May 2012, 18.00 - 18.30
This British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted tour tracks the development of nursing within the context of our permanent collections, acknowledging the pivotal work of Florence nightingale.
31 May 2012, 17.10 - 17.55
Join Gwen Adshead for her personal take on Brains: The Mind as Matter on this 45-minute guided tour.
27 May 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
26 May 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
26 May 2012, 11.30 - 12.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of our special exhibition 'Brains: The Mind As Matter'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
25 May 2012, 13.00 - 14.00
Join a Wellcome Trust member of staff to hear more about the work of the charity through various artworks on display around the building.
24 May 2012, 15.00 - 15.45
Join Dr Henrietta Bowden-Jones for her personal take on Brains: The Mind as Matter on this 45-minute guided tour.
22 May 2012, 16.00 - 16.45
Join Danny Rees for his personal take on Brains: The Mind as Matter on this 45-minute guided tour.
22 May 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
From scofula to leprosy, surgeons to quacks, this free guided tour will explore London and its extraordinary and ever-changing relationship with medicine throughout history. Your tour guide will explore this fascinating theme using intriguing and unusual objects from the Medicine Man collection.
20 May 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
19 May 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
19 May 2012, 11.30 - 12.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of our special exhibition 'Brains: The Mind As Matter'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
18 May 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
From body snatching to DNA sampling, come and explore objects in our galleries from past and present and consider some of the issues of medical ethics on this themed tour of our permanent collection.
13 May 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
12 May 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
12 May 2012, 11.30 - 12.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of our special exhibition 'Brains: The Mind As Matter'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
10 May 2012, 16.00 - 16.45
Join Professor Vishy Mahadevan for his personal take on Brains: The Mind as Matter on this 45-minute guided tour.
9 May 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
From emperors to explorers and philosophers to our very own philanthropist, Henry Wellcome, join this tour to find out more about the objects in Medicine Man that are linked to famous historical figures.
6 May 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
5 May 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
5 May 2012, 11.30 - 12.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of our special exhibition 'Brains: The Mind As Matter'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
4 May 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Quackery, sorcery, homeopathy, faith healing and ancestor worship: just some of the many topics covered in this anthropology-themed tour of the 'Medicine Man' exhibition, drawing upon some of the more obscure and least understood artefacts from Henry Wellcome's vast collection.
29 April 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
28 April 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
28 April 2012, 11.30 - 12.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of our special exhibition 'Brains: The Mind As Matter'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
27 April 2012, 13.00 - 14.00
Join a Wellcome Trust member of staff to hear more about the work of the charity through various artworks on display around the building.
22 April 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
21 April 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
21 April 2012, 11.30 - 12.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of our special exhibition 'Brains: The Mind As Matter'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
15 April 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
14 April 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
14 April 2012, 11.30 - 12.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of our special exhibition 'Brains: The Mind As Matter'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
8 April 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
7 April 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
1 April 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
31 March 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
25 March 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
24 March 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
18 March 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
17 March 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
11 March 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
10 March 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
4 March 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
3 March 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
26 February 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
25 February 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'. One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
