Surrounded by saltwater but starved of the fresh kind, Aegina’s residents rely on tankers and plastic bottles to get by.

This display, featuring a rare medieval birth scroll, explores protective practices and beliefs surrounding pregnancy, childbirth and infertility from the past to the present. Explore what it means to ...

In the left background, the steps leading up to the church of S. Maria Aracoeli. To right, a shrine to Aesculapius with a statue and inscription "AESCVLAP[IO] SERVATO[RI]" Jacques Lethève and ...

Our new exhibition explores humanity’s vital connection with freshwater – an essential source of life and pillar of good health for people and planet.

Factors in the sex life of twenty-two hundred women / by Katharine Bement Davis.

A lot of the material within the collection relates to Rosalind Franklin's work on the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Consisting of working papers, notebooks, reports and correspondence, ...

show credit information for image 'Dance bonnet and scalplock of an Omaha Indian' Photographs, and how people are presented in them, can impact health and survival. In the 19th century, such ...

Our building has step-free access. Exhibitions include audio description, British Sign Language and captions. show credit information for image '1880 THAT, an exhibition by Christine Sun Kim and ...

show credit information for image 'Legacies of eugenics in school' Legacies of eugenics in school. © Gergo Varga (varrgo.com) for Wellcome Collection. When A-level ...

Our building has step-free access. Exhibitions include audio description, British Sign Language and captions. show credit information for image 'Beauty Sensorium, 2023, Renaissance Goo x Baum & Leahy.

There are over 1.1 million items in our library, exploring art, health, culture and what it means to be human. The library is free to visit and open to everyone over the age of 18, whether you’re ...

Down syndrome karyotype (formerly called trisomy 21 syndrome or mongolism), human male, 47,XY,+21. This male has a full chromosome complement plus an extra chromosome 21. Symptoms include a varying ...