> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.wellcomecollection.org/collections-information/lQ0fMyP8xr8hWWJiQkfl/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.wellcomecollection.org/collections-information/lQ0fMyP8xr8hWWJiQkfl/transcribe-wellcome/research/organisations.md).

# Wellcome Organisations

- [Burroughs Wellcome & Company (BW & Co.)](https://docs.wellcomecollection.org/collections-information/lQ0fMyP8xr8hWWJiQkfl/transcribe-wellcome/research/organisations/bw.md): Pharmaceutical company established by Henry S. Wellcome and Silas Burroughs.
- [Epworth & Co.](https://docs.wellcomecollection.org/collections-information/lQ0fMyP8xr8hWWJiQkfl/transcribe-wellcome/research/organisations/epworth-co.md)
- [Historical Medical Exhibition (HME)](https://docs.wellcomecollection.org/collections-information/lQ0fMyP8xr8hWWJiQkfl/transcribe-wellcome/research/organisations/hme.md): Temporary exhibition of medical history planned for 1903. Finally opened 1913.
- [Wellcome Bureau of Scientific Research (WBSR)](https://docs.wellcomecollection.org/collections-information/lQ0fMyP8xr8hWWJiQkfl/transcribe-wellcome/research/organisations/wbsr.md): Laboratory est. c.1896.
- [Wellcome Chemical Research Laboratories (WCRL)](https://docs.wellcomecollection.org/collections-information/lQ0fMyP8xr8hWWJiQkfl/transcribe-wellcome/research/organisations/wcrl.md): Est. in London, 1896.
- [Wellcome Foundation Ltd.](https://docs.wellcomecollection.org/collections-information/lQ0fMyP8xr8hWWJiQkfl/transcribe-wellcome/research/organisations/wellcome-foundation-ltd..md)
- [Wellcome Historical Medical Museum (WHMM)](https://docs.wellcomecollection.org/collections-information/lQ0fMyP8xr8hWWJiQkfl/transcribe-wellcome/research/organisations/whmm.md): Opened 1914 in Wigmore Street, London. Moved to Euston Road 1932, Portman Square 1947, and back to Euston Road from 1954.
- [Wellcome Institute of/for the History of Medicine (WIHM)](https://docs.wellcomecollection.org/collections-information/lQ0fMyP8xr8hWWJiQkfl/transcribe-wellcome/research/organisations/wihm.md)
- [Wellcome Museum of Medical Science (WMMS)](https://docs.wellcomecollection.org/collections-information/lQ0fMyP8xr8hWWJiQkfl/transcribe-wellcome/research/organisations/wmms.md): Est 1914 as Wellcome Museum of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. Renamed WMMS 1926. Closed 1989.
- [Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories (WPRL)](https://docs.wellcomecollection.org/collections-information/lQ0fMyP8xr8hWWJiQkfl/transcribe-wellcome/research/organisations/wprl.md)
- [Wellcome Research Institution (WRI)](https://docs.wellcomecollection.org/collections-information/lQ0fMyP8xr8hWWJiQkfl/transcribe-wellcome/research/organisations/wellcome-research-institution-wri.md): Headquarters for the Wellcome research laboratories and museums
- [Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories (WTRL)](https://docs.wellcomecollection.org/collections-information/lQ0fMyP8xr8hWWJiQkfl/transcribe-wellcome/research/organisations/wtrl.md)


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