Relaxed Opening of Coming of Age

Join us for a relaxed opening of the exhibition 'The Coming of Age'. Relaxed openings provide a calm, friendly atmosphere with additional support and facilities.

You will find:

• extra staff available to help you
• fewer people in the exhibition
• sensory-support equipment (including ear defenders, tinted glasses and visors, stim toys and weighted lap pads)
• comfortable cushions and mats if you need to sit or lie down in the exhibition
• a chill-out space.

For a break from the exhibition and gallery spaces, take advantage of our Chill-Out Room. This room has low lighting, comfortable seating, cushions, mats and space to move around and be yourself.

We’ll be in Gallery 1. To get there, go up the stairs or take the lift to level 1.

Booking a ticket for a free, in-person event does not guarantee you a place. You should aim to arrive 15 minutes before the event is scheduled to start to claim your place. If you do not arrive on time, your place may be given to someone on the waiting list.

If this event is fully booked, you may still be able to attend. We will operate a waiting list, which opens 30 minutes before this event starts. Arrive early, and we’ll give you a numbered ticket. If there are any unfilled places just before the start time, we will invite you to enter in order of ticket number.

This is a relaxed event, which means that if you need to, you are welcome to move around and make noise at any time.

For more information, please visit our Accessibility page. If you have any queries about accessibility, please email us at [email protected] or call 020 7611 2222.

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Image credit: ‘The Coming of Age’ exhibition at Wellcome Collection, Gallery Photo: Steven Pocock. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

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