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Booking for events opens at 11.00 on Friday 28 April.
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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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LAST CHANCE - 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.
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REMAKING NATURE WEEKEND
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THURSDAY 4 MAY-SUNDAY 7 MAY
FREE | DROP IN WITH SOME TICKETED EVENTS, BOOK FROM 28 APR
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Shape our upcoming exhibition 'A museum of modern nature' by joining us for a weekend of collecting, talks and activities exploring your personal connections with nature.
We’re asking you, our visitors, to bring in an object that tells a story about your relationship with nature. The most intriguing and thought-provoking selection of objects will then go on display in our new exhibition.
There will be talks and activities across the weekend, so come along with your friends and family to explore what nature means to you.
Activities on Saturday will be BSL interpreted and audio-described, and we are open late on Thursday and Friday until 22.00.
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FREE EVENT SERIES
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WEDNESDAY 10 MAY, 13.30-14.30
FREE | DROP IN, GRANT MUSEUM
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Join zoologist Dan Nicholson to hear his tales of adventure in the Dominican Republic,
investigating the natural history of the elusive mountain chicken frog.
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 1982. Richard Ross
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THURSDAY 11 MAY, 18.00-18.45
FREE | DROP IN
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Talita Jenman ran the Arts & Culture programme at ZSL London Zoo. She has also just finished an MA in Art and Visual Culture, specialising in animals and their representation on social media.
There is no need to book (though spaces are limited). Just meet your guide beside the Information Point on level 0.
Allora & Calzadilla, 'The Great Silence', 2014. Courtesy of Lisson Gallery.
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THURSDAY 18 MAY, 19.00-20.30
FREE | BOOK FROM 28 APR
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We are responsible for the dramatic loss of animal life, but we also have the power to reverse that trend.
In this second of two 'When Species Meet' events, join us as we open up a discussion on the successes, the innovations and the politics of conservation.
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 1982 (2). Richard Ross
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THURSDAY 18 MAY, 18.00-18.45
FREE | DROP IN
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Seirian Sumner is Reader in Behavioural Ecology at UCL. She is also a co-founder of Soapbox Science, a public engagement project promoting women scientists.
There is no need to book (though spaces are limited). Just meet your guide beside the Information Point on level 0.
Wellcome Library, London
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FREE EXHIBITION
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EVENT SERIES
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SATURDAY 20 MAY, 14.00–15.00
FREE | DROP IN
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Peter Watts is an experienced journalist and author. In his latest book, ‘Up in Smoke: The failed dreams of Battersea Power Station', Watts examines the turbulent journey of this iconic London building.
There is no need to book (though spaces are limited). Just meet your guide beside the Information Point on level 0.
› Perspective tour – find out more |
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TUESDAY 23 MAY, 14.00–15.00
FREE | BOOK FROM 28 APR
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Artist John Gerrard speaks with curator Brian Dillon about his new work, 'X.Laevis (Spacelab) 2017', which takes inspiration from Luigi Galvani’s famous experiments investigating bioelectricity.
› John Gerrard in Conversation – find out more
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FRIDAY 16 & SATURDAY 17 JUN, 19.30-22.00
£45 FULL PRICE/£35 CONCESSIONS | BOOK IN ADVANCE
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Food designers Blanch & Shock and historian Helen Peavitt present a dinner about how the fridge changed what we eat and how we eat it. Experience a bespoke menu that questions what it means for food to be kept fresh, looking at both the gastronomic advantages and what we lose in taste and texture.
› FRESH: Adventures in refrigeration – find out more
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FREE EVENTS
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FRIDAY 5 MAY, 18.00-22.00
FREE | DROP IN
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Join us this for this month's First Friday - part of our Remaking Nature weekend!
As well as being able to visit our exhibitions and relax in the cafe and restaurant, bring us an object that tells a story about your relationship with nature.
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THURSDAY 11 MAY, 19.00-20.30
FREE | BOOK FROM 28 APR
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Join Created out of Mind collaborators for a discussion exploring how dementias are represented in the media, in music and through stories. How might we open up new conversations about dementias through different representations?
With science writer Philip Ball, researcher Nicholas Firth, and artist and composer Hannah Peel.
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THURSDAY 18 MAY, 18.00-19.00
FREE | BOOK FROM 28 APRIL
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Selling condoms at a time when contraception was not easily discussed was a real challenge. So in the mid-part of the 20th century, how did the London Rubber Company get to grips with overcoming marketing restrictions and the later emergence of the contraceptive pill?
Hear the fascinating story of a unique London-based latex product.
› Capital Condoms – find out more
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WEDNESDAY 31 MAY, 13.00-14.00
FREE | DROP IN
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Keir Yong will discuss the work of the Pedestrian Accessibility Movement Environment Laboratory (PAMELA) at University College London.
This unique lab simulates real-world settings to explore how characteristics of the physical environment (eg lighting or clutter) may influence the ability of people with dementia-related visual impairment to carry out everyday activities.
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THE 2017 ROY PORTER LECTURE
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WEDNESDAY 24 MAY, 18.30–19.30
FREE | BOOK FROM 28 APR
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Prof Roger Luckhurst will trace how the corridor became a site of unease, taking in evidence from 18th-century philosophers, via Victorian asylum and hospital designs, to present-day horror films.
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BOOKS
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£7.99 | AVAILABLE NOW
Drawn from the original self-help bestsellers of the Victorian age, this book presents a comprehensive guide to unleashing your inner charisma and finding success, in love, business and beyond.
Published by Wellcome Collection to accompany ' Electricity'.
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£12.99 | AVAILABLE NOW
Celebrate the beauty and strangeness of the 'infographics', charts and ordering systems used to classify and understand nature in the 18th and 19th centuries, from taxonomy diagrams to distribution maps and colour dictionaries.
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£8.99 | AVAILABLE NOW
Days before the birth of his first son, Professor John M Hull started to go blind. This forgotten memoir, which inspired the BIFA- and Emmy-winning film 'Notes on Blindness', provides an extraordinary account of a journey into total blindness.
Published by Wellcome Collection.
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£19.95 | AVAILABLE NOW
Probe the evolution of dentistry, from the excruciating endeavours of crude early practitioners to the swift and painless procedures and cosmetic surgery of today.
Published by Thames & Hudson in association with Wellcome Collection.
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£14.99 | AVAILABLE FROM 4 MAY
Sound draws on the extraordinary experience of losing your hearing and - as Bella Bathurst eventually did - getting it back, revealing how our relationship with sound is both personal and far, far more complex than we might expect.
Published by Wellcome Collection.
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£16.99 | AVAILABLE FROM 25 MAY
What happens when you reach the threshold of life and death - and come back? In this book, historian Emily Mayhew explores the modern reality of medicine and injury in wartime, from the trenches of World War One to the dusty plains of Afghanistan and the rehabilitation wards of Headley Court in Surrey.
Published by Wellcome Collection
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WTF: WONDER THINK FIND
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WELLCOME ONLINE
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Browse our Making Nature range online.
Butterflies, magnolias and moths beautifully illustrate our Making Nature range of teatowels, notebooks, platters and wall charts. Order online for delivery direct to you and revitalise your home with Wellcome Shop.
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The Wellcome Image Awards are Wellcome’s most eye-catching celebration of science, medicine and life.
Check out this year's selection of images online, and vote for your favourite. You can also pick up a free exhibition guide available at Wellcome Collection, or see the images displayed outside Wellcome headquarters.
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The Evidence, a collaboration between the BBC World Service and Wellcome Collection, is now available to listen to online.
The Evidence consists of five episodes, each tackling a different topic with expert speakers at the forefront of their field. Four of the events were recorded live in Wellcome Collection to accompany the Making Nature exhibition.
› The Evidence – find out more
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TOURS FOR THOSE WITH ACCESS REQUIREMENTS
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SATURDAY 20 MAY, 11.00-11.45
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 tour has been designed for British Sign Language users.
› BSL tour of Electricity – find out more
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THURSDAY 25 MAY, 18.00-19.00
FREE | BOOK IN ADVANCE
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Discover what experimental archaeology can teach us about some of the objects in our Medicine Man gallery. This will include a practical session at our hands-on trepanation station. This activity has been designed for British Sign Language users.
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BEYOND WELLCOME
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