WilkinsonEyre

Wellcome Collection

Wellcome Collection

WELLCOME COLLECTION

Wilkinsoneyre

ARCHITECTS
Wilkinsoneyre

PHOTOS
Craig Sheppard Photographer , Edmund Sumner

STATUS
Built

BUDGET
$10m - 50m

YEAR
2015

LOCATION
London, United Kingdom

TYPE
Cultural › Museum

Wellcome Trust launched Wellcome Collection in 2007, based in the Trust’s former 1930s headquarters in central London, providing a forum for the public to explore the connections between medicine, life and art.

Wellcome Collection
© Craig Sheppard Photographer
Wellcome Collection
© Craig Sheppard Photographer

WilkinsonEyre has transformed the venue, creating new galleries and spaces to meet the overwhelming demand the Collection has enjoyed.

The visitor experience is enriched through a more legible public entrance and an expanded atrium.

Wellcome Collection
© Craig Sheppard Photographer
Wellcome Collection
© Craig Sheppard Photographer

Crucially, a new dynamic staircase encourages better circulation between the ground and second floors, inviting visitors to the refurbished Research Library, existing and new gallery spaces and a destination restaurant.

The redevelopment creates a major new thematic gallery which hosts year-long exhibitions and a dedicated youth events studio space to support a wide range of activities including workshops, performances and discussion events.

Wellcome Collection
© Craig Sheppard Photographer
Wellcome Collection
© Craig Sheppard Photographer

The Hub, a new interdisciplinary research centre, and a Science Media Centre, also encourage engagement and collaborations between the scientific community and the public.


Wellcome Collection
© Edmund Sumner
Wellcome Collection
© Craig Sheppard Photographer
Wellcome Collection
© Edmund Sumner
Wellcome Collection
© Edmund Sumner
Wellcome Collection
© Edmund Sumner
Wellcome Collection

WilkinsonEyre
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WilkinsonEyre
33 Bowling Green Ln, London EC1R 0BJ, United Kingdom