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Henry Wellcome’s £39.9 billion legacy became a health research engine that still fights disease today

Sir Henry Wellcome's innovative estate planning transformed his fortune into a self-sustaining financial architecture, now a £39.9 billion portfolio. This structure enables permanent research and global health initiatives, pumping nearly £2 billion annually into science. It acts as a stateless global architect, merging assets with organisations like the WHO to…

The Times of India · May 26

Historical Jain manuscripts are leaving London’s Wellcome Collection – but not going to India

The prized collection is going to Dharmanath Network in Jain Studies at the University of Birmingham

The Independent UK · May 19

UK museum returns 2,000 manuscripts to Jain community in landmark restitution agreement

Two thousand Jain manuscripts, collected by British entrepreneur Sir Henry Wellcome and held by the Wellcome Collection in London, are being returned to the Jain community. These 15th to 19th-century texts, believed to be the largest collection outside South Asia, will be transferred to the University of Birmingham.

The Times of India · May 16

Grace Ndiritu: The Healing Pavilion; Jim Naughten: Objects in Stereo review – what next at the Wellcome?

The Wellcome’s two latest shows uniting art, life and medicine mine the collection’s capacious history and contents with varying success

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2022

Wellcome Collection shuts ‘racist’ Medicine Man exhibition after 15 years

The Wellcome Collection has closed its Medicine Man display after 15 years over concerns exhibits contained "racist, sexist and ableist theories and language".

Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2022

Museum closes its 'racist and sexist' Medicine Man display after 15 years

The Medicine Man exhibition opened at the Wellcome Collection 15 years ago but closed today as it perpetuates “racist, sexist and ablest theories and language"

Daily Mirror · Nov 28, 2022

Wellcome Collection in London shuts ‘racist, sexist and ableist’ medical history gallery

Medicine Man exhibits included painting of a black African kneeling in front of a white missionary

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2022

Macabre, biased and fascinating: why you should visit the Wellcome Collection

The permanent collection of gruesome medical artefacts, is just one of the attractions at this mesmerising and forward-looking London institution

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2022