Wellcome Collection

What you’ll doCome and watch performers slalom towards a future affected by climate change as artist Sena Başöz investigates how reconsidering the past can be a generative, healing act. This live performance uses movement, sound and our collections to explore the role of archives in practising ‘care’ and regenerating the future. The performances on Friday 27 May at 13:00 and on Saturday 28 May at 15.00 will be relaxed events. There will be comfortable seating, cushions, blankets and mats in the room. Ear defenders, earplugs, board games and fidget toys will also be available. You are welcome to move around and make noise at any time.The performance on Thursday 26 May will be filmed and the performance on Friday 27 May will be photographed. Slalom is commissioned by Block Universe in partnership with Delfina Foundation and SAHA Association. For more about Block Universe, sign up to their Newsletter.

What you’ll doStudents will get an engaging and comprehensive overview of HIV/AIDs and its history, looking closely at its impact on the LGBT+ community, Black people and People of Colour, both past and present. Using our library’s HIV/AIDS poster collection and gallery objects, they will explore public-health campaign techniques, HIV/AIDs stigma and marginalisation, and contemporary sexual health issues. After analysing historical campaigns, they’ll be challenged to design their own creative campaign, such as a poster or storyboard for a short film.The session leader is an experienced sexual-health worker, allowing students to explore any questions about STI testing, transmission and treatments they may have in a safe and informed way.Who can comeWe have developed this study session for groups of students aged 14 to 19, studying GCSEs or post-16 qualifications at school or sixth-form college. You can bring up to 30 students, accompanied by staff at a ratio of 1:10.Due to the small scale of our free programme, schools in the Greater London area have priority.

What you’ll doJoin us for a panel discussion exploring milk’s associations with purity and whiteness and the racialised politics of diet and nutrition. Long held to be the cornerstone of good nutrition, milk is entangled with histories of nationalism, empire and food inequality. What can a closer look at milk tell us about the ideas and forces that have shaped our global food systems? You’ll hear different perspectives from our speakers and then have the chance to share your thoughts, ask questions or just listen.This event will be simultaneously live-streamed on Wellcome Collection’s YouTube channel and you'll be able to ask questions online during the event via youtube chat. After booking a ticket, you will receive a confirmation email with joining instructions to view online. A recording of the event will be available to watch afterwards.Book a ticket below for either the in-venue event or the online event.

What you’ll doYour students will join us for a whole-day session full of creative and discussion-based activities on the theme of body image as seen today, in the past and across different cultures. They’ll have the opportunity to handle objects, debate, and present ideas inspired by artifacts and artworks from our two permanent galleries, Being Human and Medicine Man. Looking at ethical questions that arise from the themes of mental health and the body, your students will think about how culture has defined beauty and the ‘ideal’ body, and how we create space for individual expression across intersecting identities. Who can comeWe have developed this study session for groups of students aged 14 to 19, studying GCSEs or post-16 qualifications at school or sixth-form college. You can bring up to 30 students, accompanied by staff at a ratio of 1:10.Due to the small scale of our free programme, schools in the Greater London area have priority.