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Booking for events opens at 11.00 on Friday 31 March.
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You can book online with our ticketing system by following the links below, or you can call us on 020 7611 2222.
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FREE EXHIBITION
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DINING EXPERIENCE
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FREE EXHIBITION
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UNTIL 21 MAY 2017
FREE | DROP IN
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Organised around four themes – ‘Ordering’, ‘Displaying’, ‘Observing’ and ‘Making’ – this exhibition questions the approach of ‘learning through looking’, charts the changing fashions of museum displays alongside society’s changing attitudes to the world around us, examines the search for an authentic encounter with nature, and looks at how humans have intentionally altered other organisms.
Thursday 4 May until Sunday 7 May
This is your chance to bring in objects, stories and ideas for our upcoming exhibition ' A museum of modern nature'. Join us for a weekend of collecting, talks and activities to explore our personal connections with nature and consider how these might be expressed in a modern museum.
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FRIDAY LATE SPECTACULAR
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FRIDAY 7 APR, 19.00-23.00
FREE | DROP IN, BOOK TICKETED EVENTS FROM 31 MARCH
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What does it mean to be manly?
Practice the performance of masculinity with expert drag kings, let your competitive side rip in testosterone-fuelled games, or relax with a performance by one of London’s finest male voice choirs. Choose your path through the maze of manliness, and celebrate those who resist, rewrite and reimagine masculinity.
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SHOP
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Expertly curated to reflect and complement the themes running through Wellcome Collection, our shop stocks an inspirational selection of books for the incurably curious alongside an enticing range of quirky, unusual gifts – from cuddly microbes to artisan anatomical jewellery.
We’re pleased to announce that our shop is now also online. Browse at your leisure, and then either pick up your purchases in-store or have everything delivered direct to your door.
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EVENT SERIES PRODUCED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE GRANT MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY
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WEDNESDAY 5 APR, 13.30-14.30
FREE | FIRST COME, FIRST SEATED, GRANT MUSEUM
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Join palaeontologist Akinobu Watanbe to hear his tales of adventure in the Mongolian desert, in his search for long-extinct species of crocodiles and dinosaurs.
Grant Museum of Zoology, UCL
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THURSDAY 6 APR, 19.00-20.30
FREE | BOOK FROM 31 MARCH
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We're increasingly exposed to spectacular and seemingly realistic portrayals of nature on TV, in films and in photographs. But do these spectacles really reflect or help the natural world?
Wellcome Library, London
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WEDNESDAY 26 APR, 13.30-14.30
FREE | FIRST COME, FIRST SEATED, GRANT MUSEUM
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Join curator Blanca Huertas to hear about her expedition to the Colombian rainforest, from which she returned with a species of butterfly new to science.
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 1982. Richard Ross
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THURSDAY 27 APR, 19.00-20.30
FREE | BOOK FROM 31 MARCH VIA THE GRANT MUSEUM
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Natural history museums often tell cautionary tales of extinction and decline.
Join scientists and conservationists to discuss what we can learn about the future of biodiversity from these historic stories of loss.
The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London
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FREE EVENTS
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THURSDAY 13 APR, 19.00-20.00
FREE | BOOK FROM 31 MAR
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Writer and academic John M Hull started to go blind. He recorded his thoughts on audio tapes, which later became the basis for the book and BAFTA-nominated film 'Notes of Blindness'.
Join his wife Marilyn Hull to hear about John's journey into blindness as he described it.
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WEDNESDAY 19 APR, 13.00-14.00
FREE | FIRST COME, FIRST SEATED
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Antibiotic resistance is a major health emergency. Join microbiologist Andrew Edwards to understand why our immune systems and antibiotics are struggling to cure infections, in particular superbugs like MRSA.
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THURSDAY 27 APR, 18.00-19.00
FREE | BOOK IN ADVANCE
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From birds to bugs and butterflies to boars, the Wellcome Library’s collections are home to a treasure trove of beautiful images taken from the natural world.
This talk highlights some of the very best and most unusual examples across a contrasting range of styles.
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THURSDAY 27 APR, 18.00-18.45
FREE | WALKING TOUR, DROP IN
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Phillip Warnell is an artist, filmmaker and academic based in London. One of his most recent works, ‘Ming of Harlem’, is featured in the exhibition as a film installation.
There is no need to book (though spaces are limited). Just meet your guide beside the Information Point on level 0.
Big Other Films, 2016
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YOUTH PROGRAMME
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SATURDAY 29 APR, 14.00-17.00
FREE | DROP IN
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Come and learn about the world of wildlife film-making and try out some professional filming equipment in workshops inspired by our Making Nature exhibition.
This event is for young people aged 14-19.
Allora & Calzadilla, 'The Great Silence', 2014. Courtesy of Lisson Gallery.
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WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE
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Comprising four non-fiction and two fiction titles, the 2017 Wellcome Book Prize shortlist showcases the breadth and depth of our encounters with medicine.
This year’s shortlist was announced on 14 March:
The winner of the 2017 prize will be announced on Monday 24 April.
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WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE EVENTS
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TUESDAY 18 APR, 18.30
£17.50 | BOOK VIA CURZONBLOOMSBURY
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Curzon and the Wellcome Book Prize are delighted to present a preview screening of Katell Quillévéré's new film 'Heal the Living', a remarkable adaptation of the Wellcome Book Prize 2017-shortlisted novel ' Mend the Living'.
The screening is followed by a panel discussion on the intersection between film, books and science.
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SATURDAY 22 APR, 15.00-16.30 FREE | BOOK FROM 31 MAR
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Join three of this year’s shortlisted authors, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Sarah Moss and Maylis de Kerangal, as they discuss the topics at the heart of their critically acclaimed books, from inheritance and genetics to family secrets and turmoil. Facilitated by Claire Armitstead, Books Editor at the Guardian.
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SUNDAY 23 APR, 11.00-12.30
£13.37 | BOOK NOW VIA 5X15, EVENT AT THE TABERNACLE
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The Wellcome Book Prize will be returning to the Tabernacle for a 5x15 special on the eve of the winner announcement. Siddhartha Mukherjee, Sarah Moss and Maylis de Kerangal will be taking to the stage to introduce their shortlisted books, joined by Jeevan Kalanithi, brother of Paul Kalanithi, whose posthumous memoir ' When Breath Becomes Air' is in contention for this year’s prize.
Ticket includes tea / coffee and pastries.
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BOOKS
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TOURS FOR THOSE WITH ACCESS REQUIREMENTS
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THURSDAY 6 APR, 18.00-18.45
FREE | BOOK IN ADVANCE
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Join us for a tour of the 'Medicine Man' gallery and explore some of the curious, compelling and occasionally alarming archaeological objects collected by Henry Wellcome.
This tour has been designed for British Sign Language users.
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THURSDAY 13 APR, 18.00-19.00
FREE | BOOK IN ADVANCE
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Join us on a tour of 'Electricity: The spark of life' and explore electricity's contradictory life-giving and death-dealing extremes.
This speech-to-text tour has been designed for visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing.
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THURSDAY 20 APR, 18.00-19.00
FREE | BOOK IN ADVANCE
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The story of electricity is the story of life itself. For centuries this invisible yet vital force has captivated inventors, scientists and artists alike.
This tour has been designed for visitors who are blind or partially sighted.
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WTF: WONDER THINK FIND
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BEYOND WELLCOME
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UNTIL 25 JUNE 2017
FREE | WHITECHAPEL GALLERY
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This new commission by artist Alicja Kwade explores our relationship to space and time.
At the centre of this immersive installation is a 21st-century mobile composed of mobile devices and featuring 24 star charts.
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WEDNESDAY 26 APR UNTIL SATURDAY 29 APR
TICKETED | STRATFORD CIRCUS ART CENTRE
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Have you ever seen a polar bear in the flesh?
Shoes, coats and bags off – you're about to get up close and personal with the Arctic’s whitest predator, with black skin.
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