Schools and youth groups
Our Youth Programme offers study days,
tours, events and projects with schools and youth groups.
What we can offer you at Wellcome Collection
Our programme is aimed at young people aged 14–19.
We're focused on providing your visiting group with a high-quality,
engaging experience – for free, and on a date
that suits you. We're happy to adapt sessions to fulfil your needs
in meeting curriculum links and learning outcomes.
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An installation of work by young artists in response to Wellcome Collection
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School study days for Key Stage 4 and 5, to accompany our forthcoming Souzou exhibition.
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Help us shape our plans for a new exhibition and youth projects exploring ideas about sex - relationships, emotions, our sense of identity; past and present, and in different cultures.
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We have a selection of free study days on offer. One supporting our temporary exhibition programme, and others exploring themes and objects from the permanent galleries and wider collection.
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Events for young people, and events designed and delivered by young people for the Wellcome Collection audience.
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Tours of our temporary exhibitions and/or permanent galleries will inspire young people to engage with what it means to be human in a "venue where science, art and culture converge" ('Nature' magazine).
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Arrange an introductory visit to the world-famous Wellcome Library for older students wishing to use the Library for individual research and study.
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Creative responses by young people.
Self-guided visits
We welcome self-guided
visits, but we'd really appreciate it if you could let us know when
you are planning to come.
See
some practical information about visiting us [PDF].
What else could we offer?
We're keen to work with individual schools, teachers and youth
leaders to develop new sessions and resources that meet the needs
of young people. If you have a particular topic you would like to
explore, or a challenge we can help you meet, please get in touch
with us at: youthprogrammes@wellcomecollection.org.
What we can offer you online
We are in the process of developing resources
that teachers and youth leaders can access online.
Superhuman
Teachers' Pack
Death: A Self Portrait
Teachers' Pack
You may also find some of the following
resources from the Wellcome Trust useful:
Wellcome
Images: picture library of biomedical and history of
medicine images, which are free to search and download.
Big Picture: the Wellcome Trust's science
education magazine for young adults (post-16).
What else could we
offer?
We'd like to hear from teachers
about the kinds of resources which would be most useful – image
collections, pre- and post-visit teaching materials, resources to
support self-guided gallery visits, topic information and links to
external websites, INSET. Get in touch and tell us how we can support
you.