Wellcome Collection-

 

A free museum and library exploring health and human experience

Rooted Beings Until 29 Aug 2022 Free | Exhibition “Rooted Beings is an enjoyably uncanny look at our relationship with plants”  **** TELEGRAPH Step into a more entangled view of life on earth. Through new commissions, striking artworks and historic artefacts, our new major exhibition ‘Rooted Beings’ reimagines our relationship with plants and fungi. Plants sustain life on earth, playing a vital role in healthy ecosystems and human societies. We rely on them for food and medicine, but what could we learn from these ancient, complex and sensitive beings? Watch a BSL video introduction to 'Rooted Beings'. A complete set of gallery captions is available to read online. Find out more  Events & exhibitions Love Letters to a Liveable Future Nine performances, Wed 20—Sat 30 Apr Free | Booking required | Speech-to-text | Audio described   We’ve been dreaming our way out of the climate crisis and now we’ve made a show – a heart-rending but defiantly hopeful love letter to the future. Watch us flirt, fight, laugh and cry our way towards a world we want to live in in this high energy collision of cabaret, storytelling, and performance.   These performances are part of performing arts company METIS' residency at Wellcome Collection. Book now

Hybrid Humans: BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week Mon 4 Apr—Fri 8 Apr 9.45am, or catch up on iPlayer Free | Online Tune in to listen to Hybrid Humans by Harry Parker, published by Wellcome Collection, on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week: a gripping, eye-opening account of how technology might be about to alter our understanding of what it means to be human – from the bestselling author of Anatomy of a Soldier. An Extra Pair of Hands: A story of caring and everyday acts of love Out now | RRP £8.99   "Brilliant ... uplifting, inspiring"  Elif Shafak, Guardian Kate Mosse's acclaimed account of becoming a carer - passionately making a case for why we need to change how we see and value this crucial labour of love. Now out in paperback. Discover more online

Stories The Roots of a Scientist Serial In her introduction to this five-part serial, Nataly Allasi Canales, who grew up in the Peruvian Amazon, describes the childhood passions and influences that moulded her future. Admiring her mother’s work as an environmental lawyer and Indigenous rights activist, Nataly decided to help preserve this beautiful and threatened environment in her own way: by understanding the biology of Peruvian species and helping others learn about them. View all Stories

Beyond Wellcome Crick Night: Going Viral Event | Free | Booking required | Wed 6 Apr, 18.00—20.00 It might feel like we’re all virus experts now, but what is it really like to study viruses and our immune system on a daily basis? Meet the people at the forefront of studying how our bodies fight disease and get hands-on to learn about their work. Gaining Ground Exhibition | Free | Booking required | Crafts Council | Wed 13 Apr—Sat 25 Jun | Wed—Sat, 11.00—17.00 A new exhibition at the Crafts Council Gallery explores craft as a form of living knowledge that shapes global cultures and our relationship to nature. Films, photography, raw materials, and craft objects foreground global craft practices that value soil, biodiversity, local materials and production systems.