There is a disease that affects roughly 190 million people worldwide.

Endometriosis:

into the unknown

There is no known cure. 

The cause is unknown. 

There is no known way to prevent it. 

54% of people in the UK have never even heard of it.

That disease is endometriosis.

Content notices: Medical abuse, misogyny, racism, queerphobia, transphobia, ableism, infertility

Explore exhibition themes

  • What is Endometriosis?

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  • Normal or not normal?

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  • The medical pathway

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  • What next?

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  • Let's talk about it

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  • Making the unknown known

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Exhibition credits and thank yous:

This exhibition is produced in collaboration with Oxford EndoCare, part of the Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, and the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics based at The University of Oxford.

Curator: Florence Schechter

Designer: The Creative Core

Advisor: Elisabeth Bean

Marketing: Zoe Williams

Events: Nora Lempriere

Special thank you to Rhubi Worth, Alex Lyons, Angela Hicks, Aneesa Khan, Anna Rose Kerr, Claire Mead, Polly Cohen, Claye Bowler, Endometriosis UK, Annalise Weckesser and the Social SciencEs Endometriosis Network.

Thank you to Tara, Olivia Krampla, Cara Duguid, Fernanda, Madeline Odent, Emily Bush, Emma Butler, Maggie Konze, Rhiannon Bryan, Charlotte Orange, Krithika Reddy, Joanna, Meghan Wright, Briony Oliver, Flo, Shoshana Weissmann, Rani Narayan, Rebecca Scollay, Madison, Emily Patten, Amari Young, Jane, Amy Standfast, Kara Vernon, Esh Amram, Sophie Fishel, Tammy Jezerski, Victoria Hardy, Nadyne Moutrage, Jemma Channing, Krista, Andy Shaham, Amy Sally, Francesca Johnson de Sousa Brito, Riley Inah Choe, Sophie McKay, Ash Bainbridge, Anna Wilson, and Nikki.

Web layout: May Prothero

Thank you to the over 200 people who submitted their objects and stories of endometriosis to this exhibition. This is for you.