Photograph of an exhibition gallery space, with a blue stained wood wall in the background, on which are hung 9 photographs showing flooded landscapes. In the foreground is a life-size artwork of a figure resembling an astronaut. carrying a large net containing assorted objects including a suitcase.
  • Season

What does it mean to be human, now?

How can we care for ourselves and for each other during extraordinary cultural, social and political shifts? Our programme brings multiple perspectives and voices into the building when we reopen, and across our digital platforms, based on our collecting and commissioning activities during the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Permanent exhibition

Being Human

Now on
  • Installation

Do you consider yourself healthy?

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Past
  • Installation

What does it mean to be human now? Four views by CYP x CALLY

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Past
  • Installation

The Den

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Past
  • Installation

Standardized Patient

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Past
  • Screening

Premiere of Alesandra Seutin's ‘Inside Head’

Online
Past
  • Auto-captioned
  • Limited audio description
  • Discussion

Curators introduce art by Kerry Tribe and Sop

Online
Available to watch
  • Auto-captioned
  • Discussion

Supporting ourselves in changing times

Online
Available to watch

Part of Supporting ourselves

  • Auto-captioned
  • British Sign Language (online)
  • Discussion

Empathy in an Age of Division

Online
Available to watch
  • Limited audio description
  • Auto-captioned
  • Article

Care, creativity and a connected world

Find out about the challenges Wellcome Collection has faced during the last very demanding year.

For All I Care podcast

Join us as we explore how to care, more creatively.

  • Serial

Mark Thomas’s lockdown check-up

In this six-part podcast Mark Thomas reflects on lockdown life with his elderly mum while investigating the wider impact of Covid-19. Every night Mark calls health and care workers across the country for a chat. Humbling and often heartbreaking, these conversations reveal what life is like on the coronavirus front line.

  • Serial

The Disabled lockdown experience

Four Disabled writers and the mother of a Disabled teenager share their powerfully personal experiences of lockdown. For them, the threat of a pandemic is about much more than the risk of catching Covid-19.

  • Film

Inside Head

In this short interactive dance film, choreographer Alesandra Seutin invites us to explore the inner thoughts of a young black man as he reflects on the outside world’s perception of what he represents and the systemic pressures he endures on a daily basis.

  • Film

Being Human Now, Part 1

In the first part of this short film, our collaborators generously share their personal experiences of life and work during the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • Film

Being Human Now, Part 2

In the second part of this short film, our collaborators generously share their personal experiences of life and work during the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • Film

What does it mean to be human now? Four views by CYP x CALLY

This short film explores the question of being human during Covid-19 through poetry and four monologues.

How to Hold, Behold, and Be Held

Rhiannon Armstrong brings together offerings from musicians, artists, and members of the public that explore how we navigate this time.