All tours
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30 March 2012, 13.00 - 14.00
Join a Wellcome Trust member of staff to hear more about the work of the charity through various artworks on display around the building.
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29 March 2012, 18.00 - 18.30
From scofula to leprosy, surgeons to quacks, this free British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted guided tour will explore London and its extraordinary and ever-changing relationship with medicine throughout history. Your tour guide will explore this fascinating theme using intriguing and unusual objects from the Medicine Man collection.
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27 March 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
From emperors to explorers and philosophers to our very own philanthropist, Henry Wellcome, join this tour to find out more about the objects in Medicine Man that are linked to famous historical figures.
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25 March 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
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24 March 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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21 March 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
One of two themed tours of our permanent exhibitions on the theme of Charles Darwin and evolution, celebrating either the life and times of the great Victorian naturalist himself, or the implications of the Human Genome Project for our understanding of evolution, health and disease.
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18 March 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
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17 March 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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13 March 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Despite the blessings of modern dentistry, it is perhaps still rare to find anyone who actively looks forward to a trip to the dentist! This tour,spares a thought for the suffering souls of previous times, who submitted to the blacksmiths, tooth drawers, or barber surgeons, where treatment was often as bad, or worse, than the complaint itself.
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11 March 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
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10 March 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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4 March 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
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3 March 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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29 February 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Explore how ethics, science and spirituality have helped us make sense of our lives and mortality on this free tour of our Medicine Man and Medicine Now galleries.
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26 February 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
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25 February 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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24 February 2012, 13.00 - 14.00
Join a Wellcome Trust member of staff to hear more about the work of the charity through various artworks on display around the building.
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23 February 2012, 18.00 - 18.30
Quackery, sorcery, homeopathy, faith healing and ancestor worship: just some of the many topics covered in this British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted anthropology-themed tour of the 'Medicine Man' exhibition, drawing upon some of the more obscure and artefacts from Henry Wellcome's vast collection.
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19 February 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
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18 February 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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18 February 2012, 11.30 - 12.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Infinitas Gracias: Mexican Miracle Paintings'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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16 February 2012, 17.00 - 17.45
Take a free tour of our special exhibition 'Infinitas Gracias: Mexican Miracle Paintings' in the company of our expert guide Dr Susanna Rostas, a senior research associate in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge.
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14 February 2012, 14.00 - 14.30
This tour tracks the development of nursing within the context of our permanent collections, acknowledging the pivotal work of Florence nightingale, who as part of a worldwide movement was instrumental in transforming the practise of nursing.
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12 February 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
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11 February 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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11 February 2012, 11.30 - 12.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Infinitas Gracias: Mexican Miracle Paintings'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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10 February 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
In the age of industrialisation, 19th century Britain witnessed rapid changes as the population became increasingly urban and overcrowding, lack of sanitation and disease became problematic. Examining the social history of Victorian Britain, this tour considers improvements made to public health and the predominant attitudes of the era.
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9 February 2012, 18.00 - 18.45
Take a free tour of our special exhibition 'Felicity Powell: Charmed Life' in the company of our expert guide Dr Katy Pettit, a historian researching 'The Food Culture of East London, 1880 to 1914' and author of 'Women and the Slippery Definition of Working Class Respectability in East London 1870-1910'.
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5 February 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
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4 February 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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4 February 2012, 11.30 - 12.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Infinitas Gracias: Mexican Miracle Paintings'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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3 February 2012, 14.30 - 15.15
Take a free tour of our special exhibition 'Infinitas Gracias: Mexican Miracle Paintings' in the company of our expert guide Professor Valerie Fraser, lecturer at the University of Essex and specialist in the art and architecture of Latin America and Spain.
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31 January 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
From emperors to explorers and philosophers to our very own philanthropist, Henry Wellcome, find out more about the objects in Medicine Man that are linked to famous historical figures.
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29 January 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
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29 January 2012, 11.30 - 12.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Infinitas Gracias: Mexican Miracle Paintings', drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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28 January 2012, 15.00 - 15.30
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
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28 January 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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28 January 2012, 11.30 - 12.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Infinitas Gracias: Mexican Miracle Paintings'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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27 January 2012, 13.00 - 14.00
Join a Wellcome Trust member of staff to hear more about the work of the charity through various artworks on display around the building.
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26 January 2012, 18.00 - 18.30
This British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted tour spares a thought for the suffering souls of previous times, who submitted to the blacksmiths, tooth drawers, or barber surgeons, where treatment was often as bad, or worse, than the complaint itself.
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22 January 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
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22 January 2012, 11.30 - 12.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Infinitas Gracias: Mexican Miracle Paintings', drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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21 January 2012, 15.00 - 15.30
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
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21 January 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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21 January 2012, 11.30 - 12.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Infinitas Gracias: Mexican Miracle Paintings'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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20 January 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
In the age of industrialisation, 19th century Britain witnessed rapid changes as the population became increasingly urban. Examining the social history of Victorian Britain, this tour considers improvements made to public health and the predominant attitudes of the era.
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18 January 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Explore how ethics, science and spirituality have helped us make sense of our lives and mortality on this free tour of our Medicine Man and Medicine Now galleries.
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15 January 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
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15 January 2012, 11.30 - 12.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Infinitas Gracias: Mexican Miracle Paintings', drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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14 January 2012, 15.00 - 15.30
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
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14 January 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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14 January 2012, 11.30 - 12.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Infinitas Gracias: Mexican Miracle Paintings'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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13 January 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Quackery, sorcery, homeopathy, faith healing and ancestor worship: just some of the many topics covered in this fascinating anthropology-themed tour of the 'Medicine Man' exhibition, drawing upon some of the more obscure and least understood artefacts from Henry Wellcome's vast collection.
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8 January 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
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8 January 2012, 11.30 - 12.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Infinitas Gracias: Mexican Miracle Paintings', drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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7 January 2012, 15.00 - 15.30
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
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7 January 2012, 14.30 - 15.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Now'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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7 January 2012, 11.30 - 12.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Infinitas Gracias: Mexican Miracle Paintings'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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18 December 2011, 11.30 - 12.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Infinitas Gracias: Mexican Miracle Paintings', drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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17 December 2011, 15.00 - 15.30
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
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11 December 2011, 11.30 - 12.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Infinitas Gracias: Mexican Miracle Paintings', drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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10 December 2011, 15.00 - 15.30
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
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4 December 2011, 11.30 - 12.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Infinitas Gracias: Mexican Miracle Paintings', drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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3 December 2011, 15.00 - 15.30
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
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27 November 2011, 11.30 - 12.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Infinitas Gracias: Mexican Miracle Paintings', drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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26 November 2011, 15.00 - 15.30
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
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20 November 2011, 11.30 - 12.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Infinitas Gracias: Mexican Miracle Paintings', drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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19 November 2011, 15.00 - 15.30
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
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13 November 2011, 11.30 - 12.00
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Infinitas Gracias: Mexican Miracle Paintings', drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects and artworks.
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12 November 2011, 15.00 - 15.30
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
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5 November 2011, 15.00 - 15.30
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.
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29 October 2011, 15.00 - 15.30
Enhance your visit to Wellcome Collection by joining this free guided tour of 'Medicine Man'.
One of our knowledgeable Visitor Services Assistants will lead you through the gallery, drawing out the hidden stories and significance of some of the objects.