Wellcome Library Insight: Native Americans

Join us for this Thursday's free Insight talk, exploring the documentation of Native American peoples in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The talk will explore this subject using material collected by Henry Wellcome and produced by such figures as the writer and artist George Catlin, the photographer Edward Curtis, and the painter Wilfred Langdon Kihn.

Free tickets for the talk are issued on a first-come, first served basis and are available from 1.30pm on the day. Please leave coats and bags in the cloakroom on arrival. The talk takes place between 3-4pm and spaces are limited.

Our popular Insight sessions offer visitors to the Wellcome Library an opportunity to explore the variety of our holdings. These free sessions are thematic in style, last around an hour and offer a chance to learn about our collections.

For more details on attending see the Wellcome Collection website.

Image: A Piegan Indian encampment, North America: tipis, including a decorated medicine tipi (centre). Photograph by Edward S. Curtis, 1900 (Wellcome Library no. 564525i).