Wellcome Collection
Wellcome Collection
4.5
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
About
Wellcome Collection is a free museum and library exploring health and human experience, in Euston. We offer a changing programme of free exhibitions, free public events, a vibrant café and shop, and museum and library collections. Our galleries are closed on Mondays, however the library café and shop are open from 10.00-18.00. The café and shop are open daily.
Duration: 2-3 hours
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Neighbourhood: Bloomsbury
Snuggly nestled within Central London is academic and leafy Bloomsbury, an area that boasts walking distance access to many of London's most popular attractions. It is also home to some of Britain's most celebrated museums, including the must-see British Museum. Despite an understandable popularity with students, tourists and day trippers, vast sections of Bloomsbury retain a quiet, residential feel year round and throughout the week.
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- Euston Square • 2 min walk
- London Euston • 3 min walk
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4.5
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L M
1 contribution
Feb 2024 • Solo
New permanent exhibition is small, boring and very uninformative. Seems that in an attempt to not offend, they’ve got rid of anything thought provoking… Not worth the time at all. Sad when they used to have so many interesting scientific and medical artefacts. Library and cafe are nice
Written 19 July 2024
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IAN M
15 contributions
Jul 2024 • Solo
Load of pretentious rubbish. Do not waste your time....There is a reason it is free....The only floor with anything on it is floor 1. The rest is staff only WTF....
Written 4 July 2024
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Robert D
Brooklyn, New York4,185 contributions
Mar 2024 • Solo
The Wellcome Collection is a medical museum. They had a special exhibit on "The Cult of Beauty". It included such items as a wax vanitas, depicting life and death, modelled on Queen Elizabeth I, made in the 1700s by an unknown maker. Many devices adopted by aestheticians have their origins in medicine, such as the electrotherapy apparatus from Germany and the golden mask in red case, also from Germany. E-J Scott, founder of the Museum of Transology, holds chest tissue from top surgery, 2016. It was an interesting exhibition.
Written 12 May 2024
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Myrvin C
22 contributions
Apr 2024 • Couples
Hardly any exhibits. Apart from the beauty exhibition, rooms are virtually empty, apparently due to wheelchair access. I was expecting medical exhibits - there are hardly any. I don't understand why people go there at all; there's hardly anything there. Very nice new building with nice disabled toilets. What is its purpose?
The café was also disappointing and expensive. The weakest tea that I've ever been served. Maybe the water wasn't hot enough.
The café was also disappointing and expensive. The weakest tea that I've ever been served. Maybe the water wasn't hot enough.
Written 6 April 2024
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Barbara C
Nottinghamshire, UK109 contributions
Dec 2023 • Solo
This exhibition has had much publicity , however I found the hype didn't continue in my opinion into the exhibition. The wellcome collection puts on great exhibitions but this wasn't one of their better ones.
There seemed to be a bias to trans beauty and I felt like an imposter in this situation. Too much to read. The final exhibit did give food for thought. Ths was the chattels of a lady who had died and the huge amount of 'stuff' she had collected. I personal reminder to get on with the de cluttering
There seemed to be a bias to trans beauty and I felt like an imposter in this situation. Too much to read. The final exhibit did give food for thought. Ths was the chattels of a lady who had died and the huge amount of 'stuff' she had collected. I personal reminder to get on with the de cluttering
Written 1 April 2024
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Bluebellplasnewydd
Cardiff, UK2,030 contributions
Feb 2024 • Couples
This is indeed a strange exhibition. It contains paintings, naked images, clothing, pictures of surgery and uninterpretable videos but no common thread. Most importantly there is no scientific definition of beauty or discussion of how the geometrics and proportions of facial landmarks can help in defining human beauty. If you want to see sensational photographs that you would normally keep from your children then this may be the exhibition for you.
Written 26 February 2024
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Andrew
St. Albans, UK7,137 contributions
Apr 2023 • Family
The Wellcome Collection is a small free museum not far from Euston railway station – entrance tickets do not need to be booked in advance. It was not a long visit: the special exhibition on milk was OK; some interesting items in the permanent “Being Human” collection, but the highlight was visiting the library on the 2nd floor – a lovely relaxing space where I could have stayed for ages. We finished our visit with some nice refreshments in their café.
Written 16 February 2024
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mrcoxexcel
Sevenoaks, UK67 contributions
Feb 2024 • Couples
A lot of well presented woke nonsense - nothing like I’d hoped for. Surely a place with such a strong financial foundation can do better than this! Don’t bother.
Written 14 February 2024
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treasure1Somerset
Burnham-On-Sea, UK202 contributions
Jan 2024 • Couples
Went here with our son who had been previously. Read reviews so had an open mind.My son said they had some really interesting and odd exhibits he had enjoyed .Disappointingly this part of museum had been removed as regarded old fashioned ! Now replaced with cine screens with films not of my taste.The Beauty exhibit was quite good and made you think.But again not to all tastes and not for children eg.Pictures and story of a trans person which was interesting but did not see need to have removed breasts
on view .There are quite a few disturbing exhibits but perhaps that is the point,to make you think.I really didn't like the pictures of person with tattooed eyes which just looked black !
Not for me but some will like it
on view .There are quite a few disturbing exhibits but perhaps that is the point,to make you think.I really didn't like the pictures of person with tattooed eyes which just looked black !
Not for me but some will like it
Written 2 February 2024
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The Londonista
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Jan 2024 • Couples
Went to see The Cult of Beauty. It was very busy on a Saturday, and the queue was 15-20 mins to get in. It felt a bit rushed
So go early to avoid the crowds
So go early to avoid the crowds
Written 2 February 2024
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We have six children, aged between 13 & 5. Would you recommend. (Children are excellently behaved. Parents less so).
Written 2 April 2018
I agree although I think the Museum of London would also be worth a visit as it has a lot of small interactive exhibitions perfect for keeping a range of ages entertained.
Written 3 April 2018
I would say 2 hours. There is a well stocked book store, as good as Foyles, ans an excellent restaurant which has an emphasis on fruit and vegetable- based meals.
Written 9 January 2018
I would allow 2-3 hours at minimum - tack on another hour for lunch and gift shop. We found some amazing things in their design gift shop that made the stop even more worthwhile.
Written 9 January 2018
What is access like to the reading room?
Written 6 August 2017
Sorry we didn't go into the reading room.
Written 7 August 2017
Anything important I should know before going?
Written 6 August 2017
The cafe is good but can be busy. If you want to combine two sights in one part of London, The British Library is only a few hundred yards away, and their special exhibitions are usually pretty good.
Written 7 August 2017
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