Wellcome Collection (@ExploreWellcome) / X

Wellcome Collection on X: Air is heavy stuff. You can't see it, but its weight would crush our bodies if they didn't also contain air. That's what David Rickard set out to

Wellcome Collection on X: This 18th century European Vanitas features many symbols typical for this kind of object, such as a skull and insects that feast on decaying flesh. You can see

Visit us Wellcome Collection

Wellcome Collection on X: This is an incredibly rare and important book ✨ When we handle books like this, we do so with the utmost care. We keep them in boxes so

Wellcome Collection on X: This bold, striking pink lines the edges of one of the tapestries in the Healing Pavilion – Restitution, 1973. For the artist, Grace Ndiritu, this colour represents good

Visit us Wellcome Collection

Wellcome Collection on X: An army of grandmothers have been trained as stand-in therapists. Their goal? To relieve people in Zimbabwe of a condition called “kufungisisa”. 🧵 / X

Wellcome Collection on X: Is ignorance really 'bliss'? Comic by @HollyCasio / X

Visit us Wellcome Collection

Wellcome Collection on X: Explore the history of hazards, pollution and radical science in the UK with the British Society for Social Responsibility in Science archive, currently on display at our new

Wellcome Collection on X: Mati Armour is a sculptural garment made of over 400 copper plaques, each embossed with a different stylised eye. And today is the *last day* you'll be able

Wellcome Collection on X: There's still time to join this lovely lot for a recording of @BBCGQT here on 9 May when @kathyclugston, along with gardening experts @AnneSwithinbank @Botanygeek and @PippaGreenwood, will

Wellcome Collection on X: We can't change our past. But we can work towards a future where we give voice to the narratives and lived experiences of those who have been silenced

skin – Wellcome Collection Blog

Wellcome Collection on X: 1. Neuroscience has confirmed that we only see a fraction of what's around us. So taking more time to look – and we mean *really* look – means