About us
Wellcome Collection...
Watch the video above to find out what we do
and why we do it.
Wellcome Collection is a free visitor
destination for the incurably curious. Located at 183 Euston Road,
London, it explores the connections between medicine, life and art
in the past, present and future. The venue offers visitors
contemporary and historic exhibitions and collections, lively
public events, the world-renowned Wellcome Library, a café, a
bookshop, conference facilities and a members’ club.
Sir Henry Wellcome
Learn about the Wellcome Trust's founder whose passion for
medicine led him to collect over a million objects. More about the man
Wellcome Trust
Established under Sir Henry's will in 1936, now the world's
largest independent charity funding research into human and animal
health. More about the charity
Wellcome Library
Part of Wellcome Collection, the Library has over 750 000 books
and journals, an extensive range of manuscripts, archives and
films, and Wellcome Images is one of the
Wellcome Library's major visual collections.
Through its collections and services, the Wellcome Library
provides insight and information to anyone seeking to understand
medicine and its role in society, past and present. More than 30
000 readers visit each year, including historians,
academics, students, health professionals and members of the
general public. More about the
Library