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The ‘Expecting: Birth, Belief and Protection’ display features a rare medieval birth scroll and explores protective practices and beliefs around pregnancy, childbirth and infertility past and present.

Information to help you plan and prepare for your visit to Wellcome Collection.

Leave your coats and bags in our free cloakroom while you visit our exhibitions or use the research library.

Join Claudia Hammond from the BBC and a panel of experts to discuss the past, present and future of anaesthesia.

Discover more about the ‘Expecting: Birth, Belief and Protection’ display on one of our BSL-interpreted tours.

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

In the days when ‘bad air’ was thought to spread disease, dozens of Inspectors of Nuisances ceaselessly struggled against the perils of dirt – both visible and invisible.

What should we and shouldn’t we teach our teens about sex, inside and outside of the classroom?

Artists are taking on the trolls of Tinder and the gremlins of Grindr to question the limits of online dating.

An 11th-century poem of love, lust and possibly gruesome death still resonates today.

From facial recognition to emojis in apps, find out how the monitoring of emotions is used to get more out of workers.

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, when millions of us are especially grateful for our NHS, hear the voices of nine exceptional health workers explaining their passion for medicine and for taking care of others.

This policy defines Wellcome Collection's processes and standards for lending and acts as a guide to borrowers about our loans processes.

This policy covers the loan in of items to Wellcome Collection and our principles for borrowing.

Our current strategic plans and policies, documents relating to our collections and other agreements are listed here.

This strategic approach aims to clarify and guide how Wellcome Collection’s Access, Diversity and Inclusion team fosters embedded, sustainable, inclusive and accessible practice that supports Wellcome’s pursuit of health equity.