Wellcome Collection Museum

Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK
1-99 Years

Description

Wellcome Collection Museum, a free museum and library exploring health and human experience. Explore the collections over 1.1 million items exploring art, health, culture and what it means to be human.

This display, featuring a rare medieval birth scroll, explores protective practices and beliefs surrounding pregnancy, childbirth and infertility from the past to the present.

A free museum and library. If you are looking for Best place for day out with kids and families then this is the perfect destination offering fun, adventure, and unforgettable memories for everyone.

Features

  • Free
  • Host birthday parties: No

Features

  • Explore the collections: Over 1.1 million items exploring art, health, culture and what it means to be human.
  • Exhibitions and events: Come to events and exhibitions, online and in our building. All our permanent and temporary exhibitions, and most of our events, are free.
  • The library: Our library’s collections cover thousands of years of health and medicine across different cultures.
  • The Reading Room: Join one of our regular conversations or events, or just hang out and find inspiration browsing the array of books, artworks and objects.
  • Photography: You are welcome to take photographs for your own personal use in most of our exhibitions and in other public areas of the building, except where signs indicate otherwise.
  • Stories: We tell stories about health and human experience. Our words and pictures make connections, provoke new thinking and share lived experiences.
  • Shop: The Wellcome Collection shop stocks unique books and gifts inspired by our collection and exhibition themes.

Facilities

  • Parking: We have limited parking available for Blue Badge holders. Please contact our visitor experience team to book.
  • Food & Drinks: Catch up with friends and colleagues over a drink and something to eat in our café.

Price

Price: Free

Birthday Parties

Offer Birthday Parties: No

Galleries and Reading Room

  • Tuesday - Sunday: 10:00 – 18:00.
  • Monday: Closed.

Library:

  • Monday - Saturday: 10:00 – 18:00.
  • Sunday: Closed.

Address: Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK

Post Code: NW1 2BE

Council: Camden

County: Greater London

  • By Tube or train: Find the best route with Transport for London’s journey planner; nearest stations are Euston Square, Euston, Warren Street, St Pancras and King’s Cross; staff assistance from a nearby station is available on request via the Visitor Experience Team
  • By bus: The bus stop outside our building is currently out of use, but these buses stop close to our main entrance at 183 Euston Road: 18, 30, 73, 205, 390.
  • By bike: There are bike stands near the main entrance at 183 Euston Road and on nearby Gordon Street. 
  • By car: We have limited parking available for Blue Badge holders. Please contact our visitor experience team to book. 
  • By coach: We don’t have any parking spaces for coaches, but Transport for London has information about parking for coaches in London. 
  • Parking: We have limited parking available for Blue Badge holders. Please contact our visitor experience team to book.

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