Wellcome Collection

183 Euston Road
London
London
Greater London
NW1 2BE
England

Website

www.wellcomecollection.org

E-mail

General enquiries

info@wellcomecollection.org

Media enquiries

t.morley@wellcome.ac.uk

Telephone

020 7611 2222

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Wellcome Collection is the free visitor destination for the incurably curious. It explores the connections between medicine, life and art in the past, present and future.

Inside this impressive building you will find three gallery spaces, a public events programme, the Wellcome Library, a café, a bookshop, conference facilities and a members' club.

Venue Type:

Gallery, Science centre

Opening hours

Mon
10.00-18.00 (galleries closed, except public holidays)

Tues
10.00-18.00 (Library until 20.00)

Wed
10.00-18.00

Thurs
10.00-22.00 (Library until 20.00)

Fri
10.00-18.00

Sat
10.00-18.00 (Library until 16.00)

Sun
11.00-18.00 (Library closed)

Closed 24-26 December

Admission charges

FREE to everyone

Collection details

Fine Art, Medicine, Natural Sciences, Personalities, Science and Technology

Key artists and exhibits

  • Charles Darwin
  • Napoleon
  • Mark Quinn
Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

Souzou

4 April — 30 June 2013 *on now

From eight-metre cityscapes to armies of miniature figurines, mouth-made sculptures to arresting portraits and exquisitely woven textiles, Wellcome Collection's spring exhibition, Souzou, is the UK's first major display of Outsider Art from Japan, made by residents and attendees of social welfare facilities across the country

Suitable for

  • 18+

The Bloomberg Commission: Giuseppe Penone: Spazio di Luce

4 September 2012 — 1 August 2013 *on now

For the latest Bloomberg Commission, he has created a twelve metre bronze cast of a tree, with a radiant gold-leaf interior, which spreads across the columned gallery.

Suitable for

  • Any age

Admission

Free.

Website

http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/exhibitions/the-bloomberg-commission-giuseppe-penone-spazio-di-luce

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