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Wellcome Collection
Wellcome Collection
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The Wellcome Collection is a free museum and library in London that explores the intersection of science, medicine, art, and human experience
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The Wellcome Collection’s exhibits blend science, art, and history to explore themes like mental health, anatomy, and the history of medicine. And it's completely free!
The heart of the permanent collection is Sir Henry Wellcome’s eccentric array of objects from around the world in the Medicine Man gallery while the more recent Being Human gallery has interactive displays and provocative artworks focusing on what it means to be human in the 21st century
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The Wellcome Collection was founded by Sir Henry Wellcome, a wealthy pharmaceutical entrepreneur and collector who amassed over a million artifacts related to health and medicine during his lifetime