About this Event
What you’ll do
Join Odalys and Beth from our library team for an interactive workshop about how to discover and use historical manuscripts in our collections. Manuscripts are hand-written or typed texts, that have not been professionally printed or published.
In this hour-long session, you will:
- receive a general introduction to manuscripts
- look at items from the collection
- create your own manuscript using materials provided.
You’ll also learn about the practical aspects of using our collections, including how to find and order items using the online catalogue.
The workshop is open to all levels and backgrounds, but will be especially suited to those who are new to Wellcome Collection and/or at the beginning of their research journey.
Unique and vulnerable items will be on display at the workshop, so please leave pens, coats, bags, and other personal belongings in the cloakroom on the ground floor. You may bring laptops, notebooks and pencils to take notes.
About your facilitators
Beth Milton is a Library Experience & Engagement Facilitator at Wellcome Collection. She has worked in museums and schools developing and facilitating creative learning programmes that bring together art and science.
Odalys Caballero-Valdes is a Library Experience and Engagement Facilitator at Wellcome Collection, an information science professional, and a humanities researcher investigating 16th century Spanish manuscript collections related to America.
Need to know
We’ll be in the Viewing Room. It’s next to the Library entrance on level 2, which you can reach by taking the lift or the stairs.
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.
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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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
