Your guide to London's culture and transport news and events taking place across the city.
Your guide to London's culture and transport news and events taking place across the city.
All the news from London’s museums
Freddie Mercury’s portraits of Jimi Hendrix go on display
Three large posters of Jimi Hendrix previously owned by Freddie Mercury have gone on display at Handel Hendrix House – the Mayfair museum comprising the homes of composer GF Handel and rock legend Jimi Hendrix.
The Grant Museum of Zoology is reopening after a refurbishment
The much loved Grant Museum of Zoology will reopen in a couple of weeks time following an extended closure for nearly a year of refurbishment works.
From Scarborough to Venice – Watercolours unveil Europe’s varied landscapes
Paintings by two early masters of the watercolour are taking visitors on a journey – from the rugged Yorkshire Dales to the grandeur of Venice,
Visiting the Royal Academy of Music’s museum
A museum right in the centre of London is one you'd expect to be open a lot and packed with visitors - but there's a rather specialised one that's only open a few hours a week.
Upminster’s Museum of Nostalgia to close for urgent restoration work
Upminster's marvellously ramshackle Museum of Nostalgia, which is usually open a couple of times a month, will be closed through 2024 to allow for urgent repairs to its thatched roof.
More details revealed about plans to open the Holborn tunnels to the public
Announced a few months ago, more details about the intention to open the secretive Holborn tunnels to the public have emerged.
Tickets Alert: Pay What You Want to visit the Golden Hinde replica ship
The 50-year old replica of The Golden Hinde sailing ship is having a special offer on visits for a few weeks in January, where you can pay what you want to visit.
Just two months to visit the Horniman’s stuffed walrus
You have just a couple of months to pay a visit to the Horniman's famously poorly preserved walrus before it becomes unvisitable for a few years.
Last chance to see some of the Museum of the Home’s rooms before they close
You have just a couple of weeks to visit the Museum of the Home, before it closes part of the building to revamp its famous Rooms Through Time displays.
British Museum secures £50 million sponsorship deal with BP
The British Museum has signed a sponsorship agreement with the energy firm BP worth £50 million over ten years as it embarks on a major refurbishment of the museum buildings.
London’s museum Christmas opening hours
During the Christmas to New Year interregnum, when many of us will be off work and many tourists will be back at home, it's a good time to visit those museums and galleries you never quite get around to visiting.
Jewish Museum London secures funding for pop-up services and educational outreach
The Jewish Museum London, which closed earlier this year, has been awarded a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant to assist it in providing pop-up services while it looks for a new home.
Bank of England is giving away Christmas tree baubles filled with shredded banknotes
Later this month, the Bank of England will be giving away Christmas Tree baubles filled with shredded banknotes.
The Queen’s Gallery next to Buckingham Palace is to become The King’s Gallery
The Queen's Gallery, which displays artworks from the Royal Collection, is to be renamed, although indications earlier this year were that it would stick with the name given when it first opened.
Former apprentice returns to complete the London Museum’s new copper clad roof
The conversion of the old Smithfield market buildings into the new London Museum reached a milestone when the final piece of a huge copper-clad roof was installed by a former apprentice who worked on the original building back in the 1960s.
Walthamstow’s Vestry House Museum is to close for two years
You have just a couple of weeks to visit Walthamsow's Vestry House Museum before it closes for two years of renovation works.
The full guide to London’s museum memberships as Christmas presents
If you want to give something this Christmas that your recipient can use all year round, rather than socks and fragrances… give them membership to a museum or gallery they love.
An aristocratic lady from the 17th century who was considered quite beautiful seems to have fallen from favour after she died, as someone had applied an "Instagram" filter to the painting to enhance her looks.
This weekend is “Museum Shop Sunday”
This coming Sunday is an annual day for people to consider shopping at a Museum. Not for the artefacts but in the gift shop.
Pollock’s Toy Museum popping up in Leadenhall Market
The much loved and currently homeless Pollock's Toy Museum is getting a temporary home this Christmas, in the City of London's Victorian Leadenhall Market.
Ink and Friendship: Exploring the Dickens-Collins connection at the Charles Dickens Museum
An exhibition that's the first to explore one of the great literary friendships between Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins, has opened at the museum dedicated to the author of A Christmas Carol.
Call for entries to the National Portrait Gallery’s longstanding painting competition
The National Portrait Gallery has announced the return of its annual painting competition, the Portrait Award, with support from new headline sponsor, Herbert Smith Freehills.
Redevelopment of Hackney Museum opens for public consultation
Hackney Museum has opened a consultation on plans to redevelop the museum after it secured funding for an upgrade project.
Tickets Alert: Out of hours Titanosaur tours at the Natural History Museum
If you want to get up close and personal with the largest dinosaur on display but prefer to avoid the crowds, then the Natural History Museum offers early morning visits.
