Wellcome Collection

183 Euston Rd, London, NW1 2BE Full details & map
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Founder Sir Henry Wellcome, a pioneering 19th-century pharmacist and entrepreneur, amassed a vast and idiosyncratic collection of implements and curios relating to the medical trade, now displayed in this swanky little new museum. In addition to these fascinating and often grisly items -delicate ivory carvings of pregnant women, used guillotine blades, Napoleon's toothbrush -the Wellcome Collection houses several serious (and sometimes disturbing) works of modern art, most of them on display in a smaller room to one side of the main chamber of curiosities. The Wellcome Collection's temporary exhibitions are usually wonderfully interesting, and in the past have tackled such subjects as sleep and dreaming, and the relationship between madness and art.


Events at Wellcome Collection

Wellcome Image Awards

Until Feb 27 2010 Museums & Attractions

Display of 19 of the best images acquired by the Wellcome Images picture library in the past year, judged on their ability to 'communicate the wonder and fascination of science'. Discover the intri...

Wellcome Collection

Until Aug 31 2010 Museums & Attractions

Housed in a new building that features a library, exhibition spaces, a bookshop and auditorium, the Wellcome Collection embodies Sir Henry Wellcome's vision of a place where people could learn abou...

Breathing In

Until Sun Nov 22 Museums & Attractions

White uniforms sullied by air pollution, collected air and facial cleansers revealing dirt from the atmosphere are among the items on show in Angela Palmer's project. The artist journeyed to the ho...

Wellcome Collection details

Address
183 Euston Rd, London, NW1 2BE

Transport Euston Square 

Telephone

020 7611 2222

Wellcome Collection website

Times Galleries: Tue-Sat 10am-6pm, Thur until 10pm, Sun 11am-6pm (closed Mon except bank hols). Library: Mon-Sat 10am-6pm, Thur 10am-8pm, Sat 10am-4pm

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