Wellcome Collection

An exciting destination for explorers of the human condition...

Wellcome Collection is a unique mix of galleries, events, and meeting, reading and eating places where you can consider what it means to be human.

It brings to life Sir Henry Wellcome's vision of a place where people could learn more about the development of medicine through the ages and across cultures.

This impressive building in central London houses three exhibitions, the world-famous Wellcome Library, a cafe and bookshop, conference centre and members' club.

Treat your mind to a visit soon.

Visit www.wellcomecollection.org. The Wellcome Collection also features in our Learning section.

Contact Us

Wellcome Collection
183 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BE
Tel. +44 (0)20 7611 2222
Fax. +44 (0)20 7611 8258

Visitor Information

Opening Hours
Monday: Galleries closed, except public holidays. 10:00-18:00
Tuesday: 10:00-18:00
Wednesday: 10:00-18:00
Thursday: 10:00-22:00 (Library until 20:00)
Friday: 10:00-18:00
Saturday: 10:00-18:00 (Library until 16:00)
Sunday: 11:00-18:00 (Library closed)

Euston, King's Cross, St Pancras
Euston, Euston Square, Warren Street
10, 18, 24, 27, 29, 30, 59, 68, 73, 88, 91, 134, 168, 205, 253, 390

Exhibitions

Souzou: Outsider Art from Japan
28 March 2013 - 30 June 2013

Our spring exhibition brings together more than 300 works for the first major display of Japanese Outsider Art in the UK. The 46 artists represented in the show are residents and day attendees at social welfare institutions across Honshu, Japan's largest island. The wonderfully diverse collection comprises ceramics, textiles, paintings, sculpture and drawings.

'Souzou' has no direct translation in English but a dual meaning in Japanese: written one way, it means creation, and in another it means imagination. Both meanings allude to a force by which new ideas are born and take shape in the world.

The exhibition has been organised in association with Het Dolhuys, the Museum of Psychiatry in Haarlem (the Netherlands) and the Social Welfare Organisation Aiseikai (Tokyo). It reflects the growing acclaim for Outsider Art – often defined as works made by self-taught artists perceived to be at the margins of society – while questioning assumptions about the category itself.

Eschewing a purely biographical approach, the show will be object-led, with a startling array of works offering singular and affecting explorations of culture, memory and creativity.

This will be our last major exhibition before our exciting development project kicks off in summer 2013.

Tell Us About Your Visit

The Wellcome Museum 11 January 2011

The Wellcome Museum is a fantastic place to visit as it holds many intriging and insightful things to occupy your mind.