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Exhibitions currently running:
Miracles & Charmes - Wellcome Collection's autumn exhibition programme explores the extraordinary in the everyday with two shows: Infinitas Gracias: Mexican miracle paintings, the first major display of Mexican votive paintings outside Mexico; and Felicity Powell: Charmed Life, an exhibition of unseen London amulets from Henry Wellcome's collection, selected and arranged by the artist Felicity Powell. Drawing lines between faith, mortality and healing, Miracles &Charms offers a poignant insight into the tribulations of daily life and human responses to chance and suffering. Until 26 February.
Medicine Man - Henry Wellcome was a man of many parts: entrepreneur, philanthropist, patron of science and pioneer of aerial photography. He also created one of the world's great museums: a vast stockpile of evidence about our universal interest in health and the body. More than 150 years after his birth in 1853, this exhibition reunites a cross-section of extraordinary objects from his collection, ranging from diagnostic dolls to Japanese sex aids, and from Napoleon's toothbrush to George III's hair. It also provides a very different perspective on some of our own obsessions with medicine and health. Permanent.
Medicine Now - This exhibition presents a range of ideas about science and medicine since Henry Wellcome's death in 1936. It reflects the experiences and interests of scientists, doctors and patients. Permanent.
Wellcome Collection
183 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BE
All activities are open to the public. The galleries are open from Tuesday to Sunday, with late-night opening on Thursday. Exhibitions and events are free unless otherwise stated.
T +44 (0)20 7611 2222
www.wellcomecollection.org
