Wellcome Collection

The Wellcome Collection is a museum displaying a mixture of medical artifacts and original artworks exploring “ideas about the connections between medicine, life, and art.”

The museum offers contemporary and historic exhibitions and collections, the Wellcome Library, a café, and a bookshop.

The Wellcome Collection was founded by Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936), an enthusiastic traveler and collector.

Henry Wellcome, amassed a massive collection of books, paintings, and objects on the theme of the historical development of medicine worldwide.

Highlights of the Wellcome Collection

• “Daedalus and Icarus” by A.G.L. Desnoyers after C.P. Landon
• ‘Medicine Man’ Galleries
• Medical Glassware
• Masks
• Medical Instruments
• Votive offerings
• Artworks
• Anatomical Models

Wellcome Collection

• Site:                 Wellcome Collection
• City:                 London
• Country:          United Kingdom
• Founded:        2007
• Type:               Medical antiquities and Art Museum
• Location:        183 Euston Rd, London, UK

Wellcome Collection – Map

Wellcome Collection – 360 Views

Wellcome Collection

Explore London’s Museums and Heritage Sites

• The British Museum
• The National Gallery, London
• Tate Britain
• The Wallace Collection
• The Victoria and Albert Museum
• Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace
• Courtauld Gallery
• Tate Modern, London
• Science Museum, London
• National Portrait Gallery, London
• Natural History Museum
• Charles Dickens Museum
• Hampton Court Palace
• Sherlock Holmes Museum
• British Library
• Imperial War Museum

Wellcome Collection

Mindfulness at Tibet’s Secret Temple exhibition, Wellcome Collection

Forensic entomology | The crime scene

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“The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”
– Bertrand Russell

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