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• The treasures of Henry Wellcome

  09 Mar 2012

  From a pair of wax hands to an executioner’s mask, a new display of photographs by Thom Atkinson in the windows of the Wellcome Trust celebrates the remarkable collection of treasures amassed by Sir Henry Wellcome.

• Wave by Sigune Hamann

  28 Feb 2012

  Visitors and passersby will find themselves greeted by unknown figures waving to them at Wellcome Collection this March as a new art installation takes over the building's foyer and windows.

• Here Comes Good Health!

  23 Feb 2012

  From vans with cinemas in the back to electric signs flashing warnings about maggots, clean teeth and spitting, you couldn’t ignore health in interwar Bermondsey.

• Brains: The mind as matter

  22 Dec 2011

  Brains: The mind as matter (29 March to 17 June 2012) explores what humans have done to brains in the cause of medical intervention, scientific enquiry, cultural meaning and technological change.

• Miracles and Charms at Wellcome Collection

  06 Oct 2011

  Miracles and Charms, Wellcome Collection's autumn exhibition programme, explores the extraordinary in the everyday with two shows: 'Infinitas Gracias: Mexican Miracle Paintings' and 'Felicity Powell: Charmed Life'.

• Wellcome Collection Gets Mouthy for its September Late event

  05 Sep 2011

  Wellcome Collection opens wide on Friday 30 September for Get Mouthy! - an evening dedicated to nature's most important orifice.

• White Sound: an urban seascape

  07 Jul 2011

  This autumn, noise from the gridlocked traffic on the Euston Road in London will be replaced by the sound of waves breaking onto pebbles with White Sound: an urban seascape, a newly commissioned work by Bill Fontana at Wellcome Collection.

• Rare surgeon portrait acquired by Wellcome Library

  23 May 2011

  The Wellcome Library has acquired a magnificent portrait drawing of the French surgeon Ange-Bernard Imbert-Delonnes (1747–1818) by Pierre Chasselat – a portrait with a distinctive feature.

• Kill or cure? It’s elementary at Wellcome Collection’s late event

  14 Mar 2011

  Wellcome Collection opens late on Friday 8 April for Elements, a spectacular night of chemical romance, intrigue and performance.

• Wellcome Trust plays dirty with new season of activities

  01 Mar 2011

  Obsessively avoided and often misunderstood, dirt - and our complex relationship with it - is the subject of a new season from Wellcome Trust.