Bryony Harris

Bryony Harris is Wellcome Collection’s Strategic Project Lead, working across teams to lead innovative, collaborative, creative and sustainable projects to deliver Wellcome Collection’s strategy.

She began her Wellcome career making the temporary exhibitions, producing Thirst, The Cult of Beauty, Milk, Rooted Beings and Misbehaving Bodies: Jo Spence and Oreet Ashery, and commissioning and championing work rooted in health, social and environmental justice.

She serves as a Trustee of Bethnal Green Nature Reserve, a cultural institute with a focus on biodiversity, learning, health, arts, participation and research.

Bryony Harris will be speaking at the Green Museums Summit 2026 :

Regenerative Design from Wellcome Collection’s Thirst Exhibition

Come with us through the design and production of Thirst: in Search of Freshwater, a temporary exhibition at Wellcome Collection that explored how our relationship with water reveals the wider dynamics of the climate crisis — from inequality and contamination to care and resilience.

Using pioneering regenerative materials in its design, in collaboration with studios Material Cultures and Wolfe Hall, the exhibition featured innovative building boards made from wetland reeds, hemp, straw and London clay ceramics.

The project involved master craftspeople and prioritised safe, sustainable materials, with close attention to conservation. An environmental audit by Urge Collective informed future practices.