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2024年3月21日 · Visit our free museum and library in central London connecting science, medicine, life and art. Explore our exhibitions, live events, gallery tours and café. Fully accessible.
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We want everyone to feel included in all that Wellcome Collection has to offer. Find out how we make our building, services and programme as accessible and inclusive as possible. We welcome group visits. We can help you with advanced bookings for tours, and answer any other questions you have about ...
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Our collections are at the heart of what we do. Find out what we have by searching online or visiting our library. If you’re interested in exploring and researching our collections, we’re here to support you.
The history of sanatoriums and surveillance | Wellcome Collection
2022年11月29日 · At the heart of this approach was the belief that foul air caused tuberculosis. Despite Robert Koch’s discovery of the TB germ, Mycobacterium tuberculosis in 1882, the foul-air theory continued to shape 20th-century treatments. The high premium placed on ‘pure’ air as a therapeutic tool informed the growth of specialised hospitals known as sanatoriums.
The library - Wellcome Collection
The library is free to visit and open to everyone over the age of 18, whether you’re using the collections for research or just curious to find out more. Our collections contain historical and contemporary books, artworks, archives and manuscripts exploring our personal and cultural ...
Search - Wellcome Collection
Search Wellcome Collection's images, catalogue, stories and events to explore perspectives on health and human experiences.
A history of art in hospitals | Wellcome Collection
2024年2月13日 · Early modern hospitals in Europe predominantly served people from poorer communities, as wealthy people could afford to be nursed at home. Manuscript and woodcut illustrations from the 16th century frequently depict plain, dark, busy wards with all activities — nursing, cooking, cleaning and eating — happening in a condensed space. Though some of this may be attributed to the compositional ...
The Cult of Beauty - Wellcome Collection
2023年10月26日 · The Cult of Beauty is at its quietest on weekdays and weekend mornings. At busy times, particularly on Saturdays, you may need to queue. If the queue extends beyond the queueing area, we will give you a timed ticket which gives you free entry later that day.
Databases - Wellcome Collection
Proquest’s version of Early English Books Online (EEBO) features page images of almost every work printed in the British Isles and North America from 1470-1700, as well as works in English printed elsewhere during that period.
Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights | Wellcome Collection
2024年9月19日 · Money Makes the World Go Round, Lindsey Mendick, 2024 Commissioned by Wellcome Collection, Hard Graft Exhibition at Wellcome Collection, Gallery Photo: Steven Pocock, 2024. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).