Wellcome Collections - Images
Also known as formerly: Wellcome Images
Wellcome Images is one of the Wellcome Library's major visual collections and also forms part of Wellcome Collection. Wellcome Images is one of the world's richest and most unique collections, with themes ranging from medical and social history to contemporary healthcare and biomedical science. This unrivalled collection contains historical images from the Wellcome Library collections, Tibetan Buddhist paintings, ancient Sanskrit manuscripts written on palm leaves, beautifully illuminated Persian books and much more.
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About this database
| Website | https://wellcomecollection.org/collections |
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| Subjects | Humanities and Social Sciences · Life Sciences · Humanities · Social and Behavioural Sciences · Medicine · History · Economics · Medicine · History of Science · Economic and Social History · Public Health, Health Services Research, Social Medicine |
| Last updated | 2026-09-14 |