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The dhaqan collective

The Forum

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Camel Milk Cultures with dhaqan collective

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Exploring Research Seminar Milk Matters

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Exploring Research

Milk Matters

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Event  at Wellcome Collection

Henry Wellcome Auditorium

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Just Add Milk!

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Portrait of Dr Annabel Sowemimo

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Decolonising Healthcare with Dr Annabel Sowemimo

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Event in the Forum at Wellcome Collection. Photos: Steven Pocock

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Grassroots Sickle Cell Activism

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Discussion event in The Forum

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Hidden Histories of HIV

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Event in Wellcome Collection's Reading Room

Reading Room

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Halloween Takeover

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An event in Wellcome Café

Wellcome Café

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What We Pass On

Who Gets a Free Pass?

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Redefining Beauty

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Danny Smith

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Self-Portrait: This is Me, Danny

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Youth Programme Study Day. Photo: Kathleen Arundell

The Studio

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Study Days

Beauty, Body Image and Society

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Youth Programme Study Day. Photo: Steven Pocock

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HIV and AIDS

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Exploring Menopause through Collections and Collaboration

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Exploring Menopause Through Collections and Collaboration

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Workshop in the Viewing Room

Viewing Room

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Creative Writing Workshop

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Wellcome Collection Youth Programme event. Steven Pocock

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Celebrating Who I Am

Black Cultural Archives

Wellcome Connecting Science

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Genetic Automata

Permanent exhibition

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Being Human

‘Genetic Automata’ is an ongoing body of video works by artists Larry Achiampong and David Blandy, exploring race and identity in an age of avatars, video games and DNA ancestry.

Wellcome Collection

Our new permanent gallery explores trust, identity and health in a changing world.

Join a celebration and exploration of Halloween, with spooky activities and entertainment in the Reading Room and the Viewing Room.

Enjoy an evening of stand-up comedy as performers share their vital, personal and hilarious takes on social justice and inequality.

Join leading fashion and beauty journalist Funmi Fetto, bestselling author Emma Dabiri, and artists Narcissister, Jennifer Ling Datchuk and Ebony Rose Dark for a conversation about shifting beauty ideals.

Watch this live performance by artist Danny Smith, in collaboration with Corali and Heart n Soul, about his love of nature and his family and friends.

A study day on beauty, body image and society for students aged 14 to 19.

A study day on HIV, AIDS and public-health campaigns for students aged 14 to 19.

Join an online discussion about how to explore museum collections in ways that are creative, collaborative and socially engaged with artist and photographer Marge Bradshaw.

Join this practical workshop and take inspiration from items in our collections on themes such as witchcraft, allegories and foxes to develop your writing skills.

A two-part workshop for SEND students aged 14 and above.

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Join one of our regular conversations or events, or just hang out and find inspiration browsing the array of books, artworks and objects.

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The Reading Room

Catch up with friends and colleagues over a drink and something to eat in our café.

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The Wellcome Collection shop stocks unique books and gifts inspired by our collection and exhibition themes.

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