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Relaxed Openings of Milk

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Photograph of a corner in a gallery space with green and taupe coloured walls. In the foreground is a gallery seating bench complete with soft cushions and 2 sets of bright yellow/green ear defenders.
Milk exhibition set up for a Relaxed Opening. Gallery Photo: Steven Pocock. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

What you’ll do

Join us for a calm and friendly Relaxed Opening of our ‘Milk’ exhibition. The gallery will be less busy than usual. It will be quieter and the lighting will be more even.

We will also provide sensory equipment, including:

  • ear defenders
  • tinted glasses
  • tinted visors
  • weighted lap pads.

You can come to our Chill-Out Room to lie down or relax. There will be low lighting, comfortable seating, cushions and mats throughout the room. Make use of ear defenders, earplugs, board games and materials with different textures.

There are three Relaxed Openings. The events in May and July are during our normal opening hours, and the rest of the building will be open and in use. The Relaxed Opening in September will be after our normal hours, and the rest of the building will be closed.

These downloadable documents contain information to help you plan and prepare for your visit:

Visual story for the Relaxed Opening on 2 September (PDF 2747kb)

Sensory map of the exhibition gallery (PDF 626kb)

Dates

Past

Past events

Saturday 20 May 2023

  • Event
Relaxed Opening of Milk
Gallery 1
The rest of our building will be open as usual during this Relaxed Opening.

Tuesday 11 July 2023

  • Event
Relaxed Opening of Milk
Gallery 1
The rest of our building will be open as usual during this Relaxed Opening.

Saturday 2 September 2023

  • Event
Relaxed Opening of Milk
Gallery 1
The rest of our building will be closed during this Relaxed Opening. The Chill-Out Room and front doors will be open until 21:00 to allow time for decompression.

Need to know

Location

We’ll be in Gallery 1. When you enter Wellcome Collection, it’s on the left on level 0.

Relaxed

This is a relaxed event, which means that if you need to, you are welcome to move around and make noise at any time.

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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