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Behind the Eyes

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  • Free
  • Walking tour
Photograph of a British sign language interpreter translating at the Wellcome Collection.
British Sign Language interpreter, Thomas SG Farnetti. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

What you'll do

Join us for a tour designed for visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing. We’ll focus on objects across the museum linked with beliefs about the function, power and secret properties of our eyes.

Dates

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Need to know

Location

We’ll meet at the Information Point, which is on level 0, directly in front of you as you enter Wellcome Collection.

For more information, please visit our Accessibility page. If you have any queries about accessibility, please email us at access@wellcomecollection.org or call 0 2 0. 7 6 1 1. 2 2 2 2

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About your guides

Sarah Bentley

Sarah is a Visitor Experience Assistant and guide. In the pursuit of her tour research for Wellcome Collection she has trained in shiatsu, a form of massage derived from Chinese medicine, learned a lost slang called Polari, tried an ancient Greek sleep cure and built a replica spirit-rapping hand.

Michelle Wood

Michelle has been a qualified British Sign Language Interpreter for 15 years and has been working with the Wellcome Collection for the last 5 years. She loves being a small part of the team who ensure that the Deaf Community are able to access what, in her view, is one of the best places in London.