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
The lost brutal reviews of Charles Dickens’s novels by his best friend Wilkie Collins
After he died, one of Charles Dickens's best friends was revealed to have written a series of devastating critiques of his friend's stories, but these reviews haven't been seen since they were sold at auction in 1890.
Tickets Alert: Handel Hendrix House to open late on Fridays
Handel Hendrix House, the museum once home to both Handel and Jimi Hendrix, is to start opening late on Fridays for candlelit, music-filled evenings.
From meat market to museum – the London Museum’s new Foundation Stone unveiled
Progress on converting Smithfield's old Victorian meat market into the new London Museum has taken a step forward with the unveiling of the building's Foundation Stone.
Moco Museum gets approval to open Marble Arch museum of modern art
A new museum will be opening in Marble Arch next year, as the Amsterdam based Moco Museum (Modern Contemporary Museum) has taken a lease on three floors of an Oxford Street building.
For a few weeks only: British Museum displays a fragile 1,500 year old Chinese scroll
A large but also very fragile document that can only be seen for a few weeks each year will be displayed next week at the British Museum.
Alexander Fleming Museum celebrates 30th anniversary: From nappy storage to medical milestone
A small museum in Paddington that celebrates the man who accidentally discovered penicillin is marking its 30th anniversary this month.
This autumn will mark 200 years since Charles Dickens, as a twelve year old boy was forced to leave school and do something that he never spoke of, although it laid the foundations for much of his writings as an adult.
The London Museum wants your old signs
When it opens in 2026, the new London Museum wants to have a space filled with old London signs and is now asking the public for donations.
Watford Museum will be closing in October for two years
Watford Museum will be closing in October for a couple of years as it prepares to move to a new home, as the current building is considered unsuitable to house its growing local history collection.
London could be about to get a new museum of modern art at Marble Arch
A new museum could be opening in Marble Arch, as the Amsterdam based Moco Museum (Modern Contemporary Museum) has taken a lease on three floors of an Oxford Street building.
Will Gompertz to take over as Director of the Sir John Soane’s Museum
Will Gompertz, who is currently Artistic Director at the Barbican and was for many years, the BBC’s Arts Editor has been named as the new director of the Sir John Soane’s Museum.
Peppa Pig comes to the Natural History Museum
The museum of natural history has added a pink anthropomorphic pig to their collection -- turning one of the Museum’s shops into a playroom of Peppa Pig discovery.
Horniman Museum awarded £5.7 million towards major redevelopment project
South London's Horniman Museum has been awarded £5.7 million towards the cost of a significant redevelopment they are planning. The National Lottery Heritage Fund has provided the funding.
Immerse yourself in gaming history as the Science Museum opens a games arcade
A large basement space in the Science Museum now echoes to the sounds of Space Invaders and Mario Kart as the whole space has been filled with arcade and computer games.
Dulwich Picture Gallery expanding with new building and gardens
South London's Dulwich Picture Gallery is to get a bit larger after it secured planning permission for a new building and to open up a closed field next to the site.
The Natural History Museum unveils a new logo and typeface
The Natural History Museum has decided to commission a new logo that it will be using in the years up to its 150th anniversary in 2031.
Princess Diana’s dress to go on display next to Dot Cotton’s overcoat
A red coat worn by Princess Diana will go on display for the first time in over a decade, and will sit alongside Dot Cotton's tweed coat.
The Jewish Museum will close its doors permanently on 30th July
You have just seven days left when you can visit the Jewish Museum in Camden before it's forced to close its doors and sell off the building.
A hitherto unknown painting by Thomas Gainsborough has been discovered in Greenwich, after spending decades in storage after it was donated to the National Maritime Museum in 1960.
The Ragged School Museum has reopened
An East London museum that tells the story of education for the poor has reopened following the dual impact of covid and refurbishment works.
Wellcome Collection considering moving from Euston
The large Wellcome Collection in Euston may need to move to a new location, as it investigates the cost of upgrading their current building to become climate neutral.
Sir David Attenborough visited the Natural History Museum in London to unveil a message as part of the Museum’s Urban Nature Project, currently underway to transform the Museum’s five-acre gardens into a hub for urban nature and biodiversity.
Former V&A Museum of Childhood reopens as Young V&A, focused on learning and play
Having closed for longer than planned, the former V&A Museum of Childhood in East London is reopening this weekend with a changed focus on educating the young of today.
A new riverside bar and café for the Tate Modern
Next week, Tate Modern will open a new all-day café and bar, opening onto an outdoor summer terrace, and for the first time, the corner cafe, appropriately named Corner, will offer visitors a place for an evening drink on the riverside at Tate Modern.
