A GUIDE TO HISTORY LIBRARIES AND
COLLECTIONS IN LONDON

THE WELLCOME INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY AND UNDERSTANDING OF MEDICINE


NAME AND ADDRESS

Wellcome Library, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE

TELEPHONE

(020) 7611 8722

FAX

(020) 7611 8369

EMAIL

library@wellcome.ac.uk

WEB SITE

http://library.wellcome.ac.uk


HOURS OF OPENING

Please check the web site for up to date information.

Monday, Wednesday and Friday 1000 - 1800
Tuesday and Thursday 1000 - 2000
Saturday 1000 - 1600

Excluding:  Public Holidays, Bank Holiday Weekends, Christmas - New Year Holiday.  Closed for one week in summer for stocktaking.


ACCESS

Open to the public without appointment.  Evidence of identity required.  Admission free.  All visitors report to Reception at front door.  Wheelchair users should contact the Library or check access details on the Library’s web site prior to their visit.

For full details of admission check here

READER PLACES

144

LIBRARIAN(S) IN CHARGE

Frances Norton

STAFF AVAILABILITY

During public opening

CATALOGUES

Post - 1850 Printed Books and Periodicals On-line catalogues.
Pre - 1851 Printed Books On-line catalogue and published catalogues.
Manuscripts & Archives Online catalogue: some published catalogues and handlists.
Oriental Online catalogue: some published catalogues and handlists.
Iconographic Collections On-line; published catalogue of portrait-prints; remainder uncatalogued.

Search the library catalogue

CLASSIFICATION

Revised Barnard (for open-access monographs).

NLM (for primary, post-1850 monographs and periodicals).

Local classification.

STOCK

A rich resource for studying both the history of medicine and contemporary biomedical subjects.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OR STRENGTHS

Pre-1851 Printed Books: 70,000 volumes
Post-1850 Printed Books and Periodicals: 700,000
Archives and Manuscripts: 9000 manuscripts and 600 collections of papers
Oriental Mss: 12,000
Oriental Printed Books: 4,000
Pamphlets: 55,000
Iconographic works: 200,000

ADDITIONAL FACILITIES

Enquiry service; Photographic service; Photocopying service; Microform reader-printer.


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