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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.

Forgotten Gainsborough painting discovered in Greenwich after decades in storage; Restoration needed to put it on display

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 unveils a message about the future of the natural world at the Natural History Museum

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.

British Sci-Fi TV exhibition coming to London

The Gunnersbury Park Museum in west London is planning an exhibition of the best of British science fiction television and put out a call to help stage the show.

Florence Nightingale’s customized wheelchair returned to the UK after fundraising campaign

Florence Nightingale's customised wheelchair is going on display in the UK for the first time, as part of a new permanent display at the Florence Nightingale Museum.

London’s Jewish Museum to close and sell building amid pandemic losses

The Jewish Museum has announced that it will be closing at the end of July as it looks to sell the building and move to another site as losses caused by the pandemic and lower returning visitor numbers hit its income.

Foundling Museum given until September to secure its long term future 

The Foundling Museum in central London has been given until September to secure its long term future as launches a fundraising appeal.

Step inside Sir John Soane museum’s hidden “drawing room”

A room inside the Sir John Soane museum that's never been open to the public is now open twice a week, and it's quite a remarkable space, even for this already remarkable museum.

V&A opens the UK’s largest permanent photography gallery

The UK's largest permanent photography display has been completed inside the V&A Museum in the last stage of several expansions over the past few years.

A restored museum of Handel and Hendrix has reopened

Some 18 months after it closed for refurbishment, what has to be one of the oddest accidental museums anywhere has reopened to the public.

Shortlist announced for the 2023 Art Fund Museum of the Year

Art Fund, the UK’s national charity for art, has announced the shortlist of the five museums selected as finalists for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2023, the world’s largest museum prize.

British Museum’s richly decorated look at China’s final century of imperial rule

A huge map of the known world at the time opens an exhibition about China's "hidden century", but unlike any map you might have seen before as it shows country size by their importance, so China dominates and Europe is a small insignificant blob in the far corner.

National Portrait Gallery invites participants across the UK to get into ‘Portrait Mode’ as it launches summer celebration of portraiture

The National Portrait Gallery has announced a summer celebration of portraiture in anticipation of its reopening on 22 June 2023.

Alexander Fleming Museum scraps its admission charges

The museum dedicated to the man who accidentally discovered penicillin has become a free museum after it scrapped the entry charges to visit.