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Following the latest government advice, we remain temporarily closed until further notice. Find out more on the Wellcome Collection website.

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The library on the Wellcome Collection website

From now until the end of March 2021, when the library website shuts down, you’ll start to see our services and content moving across to the Wellcome Collection website – wellcomecollection.org.

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Curious about what you'll find in the Wellcome Library? Discover the wide variety of topics and media in the Library collections, browse our free digitised material and go wherever your curiosity takes you.

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Our digitised films and sound recordings cover a hundred years of health and medicine online, from animated feet to the voice of Florence Nightingale.

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