Wellcome Collection - This Weekend: take small steps and giant leaps with Bloomsbury Festival

Wellcome's free museum and library for the incurably curious A Moon with a View THURS 17 - SUN 20 OCT FREE | CHECK EVENT FOR BOOKING INFORMATION Join us for a weekend of activities, performances and discussion as part of this year's Bloomsbury Festival, surrounding the theme of Small Steps, Giant Leaps. Perspectives on Homelands from Afar THURS 17 OCT, 19.00-20.30 FREE | READING ROOM | TICKETS AVAILABLE Come and listen to the perspectives of an artist, a neuropsychiatrist, and a philosopher on our planet. Hear about space travel, experiences of migration, and consider how we can respond to the mental and physical challenges of life far from home. Active Maps FRI 18 OCT, 15.00-16.00 FREE | STUDIO | JUST TURN UP Watch or take part in a performance led by choreographer Sivan Rubinstein and featuring live music. Travel around a giant map and reshape it to reflect the constantly changing nature of the world. Zine Club: The Moon SAT 19 OCT, 14.00-16.00 FREE | READING ROOM | JUST TURN UP Find out what a zine is, browse our zine collection, and make one of your own on the theme of the moon.  All materials will be provided. Saturday Studio: Augmented Reality on the Moon SAT 19 OCT, 14.00-15.30 & 16.00-17.30 FREE | STUDIO | JUST TURN UP Calling 14-19 year olds! Join a workshop where you’ll discover how you can use augmented reality (AR) via a trip to the moon. Plan a trip or imagine a lunar place for people to live. Capture 3D scans, explore objects left on the moon and create a lunar museum. Maps SUN 20 OCT, 15.00-16.00 FREE | FORUM | JUST TURN UP Watch Maps, a dance piece accompanied by live music. Three dancers will create a map of the world using salt, then move through it to blur the borders, reflecting how globalisation and freedom of information have reshaped our world.

Wellcome's free museum and library for the incurably curious