Communicating with hand signs has a long history. Researcher Jude Seal examines the evidence for signing in Medieval Europe ...

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

A painting of this composition is shown in two portraits of the painter Filippo Balbi: his painted self-portrait in the Uffizi with a skull on the right, Florence, 1873 (Gli Uffizi: catalogo generale, ...

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 ...

From serenity to ecstasy, contentment to awe, happiness encompasses many different positive feelings. What it means to be happy has preoccupied thinkers throughout history, and each of us has our own ...

<p>Leaflet (handed out outside McDonald's in Leicester Square, London in April 2004) criticising McDonald's as exploiting workers, damaging the environment, farming animals under cruel conditions and ...

show credit information for image 'Geothermal hot spring landscape in Railroad Valley, Nevada, where a Canadian mining company is drilling a new hole in an effort to find large deposits of lithium.

Find books, manuscripts, paintings, illustrations, photos and unpublished archives about St. Bartholomew's Hospital (London, England). Department of Medical Illustration, many of them with free online ...

Our collections are an incredible resource for all kinds of research, whether you are an artist or writer looking for inspiration, an academic researcher, or just curious about something in our ...

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 ...

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 'Wellcome Collection building lit up in green in support of Mental Health Awareness Week' Find out the best way to get to us by Tube or train with Transport for ...