All the news from London’s museums
Florence Nightingale’s 200th birthday in 200 objectsMuseums can’t afford to ignore anniversaries, so in this the 200th anniversary of the Lady with the Lamp’s birth, the Florence Nightingale Museum has assembled 200 objects that signify her life and legacy.
The V&A looks at the story of the swimming poolA corridor in the V&A museum has been filled with photos and drawings from the golden age of lidos and swimming pools.
Tickets Alert: Free entry to the Transport MuseumIt’s the London Transport Museum’s 40th birthday, and their monthly late night opening will be free of charge this month only.
Filthy Lucre: Whistler’s Peacock Room ReimaginedA room in the V&A at the moment contains a decaying replica of one of the most famous interior designs of the late 19th century.
Tickets Alert: Open days at the Trasport Museum’s overflow depotA large “shed” in Acton is the storage depot for the London Transport Museum, and while normally closed to the public, they do have three open weekends each year.
Take a trip in a vintage tube train to Heathrow airportThe London Underground’s 1938 era art-deco tube train will be making one of its occasional outings in April.
London Underground selling its moquette by the metreThe London Transport Museum has recently started selling its famous moquette fabric — in the same way as you buy fabric from stores — by the metre.
Charles Dickens Museum acquires 25 previously unpublished lettersTwenty-five previously unseen letters written by Charles Dickens have been donated to his museum by an American collector, as part of a huge donation of over 300 items.
The history of executing people to open in the autumnJust in time for Halloween, an exhibition will be opening later this year all about how people were killed by the state.
Museum Meals: London Transport MuseumCovent Garden isn’t short of places to eat, but a new one has arrived in the revamped Transport Museum cafe/bar, Canteen.
Museum Meals – Charles Dickens MuseumAt the back of a row of posh terraced houses in Bloomsbury is a small comfortable cafe – inside the Charles Dickens Museum.
V&A exhibition looks at the Theatre StageAs much as the play itself and the actors, one of the dominant features of a play or musical is the stage design, and an exhibition is currently looking at that aspect of the stage performance.
Museum of London submits application to move to SmithfieldThe Museum of London has filed the formal planning application that will see it move from its London Wall site to the derelict market buildings at Smithfield.
New medicine gallery opens at the Science MuseumA huge new exhibition – taking over two-thirds of an entire floor at the Science Museum has opened, all about the history of medicine.
Last chance to see the Raphael cartoons for a long timeThis year marks the 500th anniversary of Raphael’s death, and oddly, the V&A has decided to close it’s Raphael Court for most of the year.
The Science Museum’s “tube map” of the Solar SystemSpotted this in the Science Museum the other day – a range of goods for sale with a map of the Solar System which will look very familiar to London Underground fans.
Exhibition – Beatrix Potter’s Art: ‘drawn with design’A corridor in the V&A Museum is lined with small pencil drawings, showing a young Beatrix Potter experimenting with the ideas which would form her later books.
A turbulent priest appears at the British MuseumTo mark the 850th anniversary of the assassination of the Thomas Becket, the British Museum has announced a major exhibition about the man, the Archbishop, the saint.
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