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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.

The Hunterian Museum is back and better than ever

After a long closure for rebuilding works, the Hunterian Museum of medical anatomy is reopening, and their redisplay is an eye-popping triumph.

Sir John Soane “Drawing Office” opening to the public for the first time ever

High up inside the Sir John Soane's Museum is a room that has never been seen by the public, until now that is.

London’s newest museum shows off a huge slice of Roman wall

London has gained a new museum that shows off a large, and until now, largely hidden section of Roman wall, and the history of the local area where it was found.

Vintage computer games returns to the Science Museum

After several years of being an occasional event, Power Up, the Science Museum’s festival of vintage gaming is returning, as a permanent feature of the museum.

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 is offering early morning visits.

London is getting a new Museum — of Shakespeare

The site of what was probably William Shakespeare's first theatre will open as a new museum dedicated to the playwright and the theatre.

London’s Hunterian Museum reopens next month

Closed for the past six years, one of London's more interesting museums will reopen in May as a free to visit medical museum.

British Museum now offering free membership for young people

The British Museum has scrapped the £30 per year charge for people who join its young membership scheme, in a move that's likely to boost membership of potential long term supporters long into the future.

The Museum of Neoliberalism

There's a museum in south London that looks at economic policies and will either leave you nodding in fierce agreement or shaking your head at the naivety of the creator.

Old Operating Theatre museum reopening with free open day

Above an old church next to London Bridge station is an old operating theatre, which is now a museum, and will reopen next month following restoration work.

A huge Titanosaur goes on display this weekend

A dinosaur that’s four times heavier than Dippy the Diplodocus is going on display at the Natural History Museum this weekend, filling one of the museum's larger galleries.

A visit to the refurbished RAF Biggin Hill Museum & Chapel

Sitting next to Biggin Hill Aiport in southeast London is a newish museum that's recently been refurbished to tell the story of how it was one of London's lines of defence during WWII.

Pay a visit to Charles Darwin’s home at Down House

In 1842, Charles Darwin and his family moved to a large house on what is today the edges of Greater London, and today it's a museum to his legacy that's open to the public.

Museums and galleries visitors still down by a quarter on pre-pandemic levels

Museums and galleries are recovering from the pandemic, with visitor numbers jumping last year, but still down by nearly a quarter on pre-pandemic numbers.

Museum of London starts packing after its closure

Since it closed a few months ago, the Museum of London has been preparing to pack its huge collection for the move to its new home, and the first item has now gone into the packing case.

More dates announced to walk through the Mail Rail tunnels

The Postal Museum has announced fresh dates for the chance to walk through the tunnels under Mount Pleasent where the Mail Rail used to carry the post.

Revamped Museum of Childhood reopens as Young V&A in July

The former V&A Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green has confirmed its opening date following a £13 million redevelopment and will reopen as Young V&A.

Tickets Alert: Open weekend at the London Transport Museum’s overflow depot

Like most museums, the London Transport Museum can't put everything it owns on display, so keeps a lot in storage, and a few times a year, that store is opened to the public.

David Bowie’s archive donated to the V&A Museum

David Bowie's archive of more than 80,000 items has been donated to the V&A Museum so that it can be conserved and go on display to the public.