What's on in London on Saturday 17th December 2022
Top events happening London
Christmas Beer FestivalThis Christmas, London Christmas Beer Festival is bringing craft beer and festive cheer to Tobacco Dock. Expect a festival of 40+ world-class breweries, hundreds of beers and winter-drinking specials. Seasonal food from chefs and restaurants like 10 Greek Street, Tendril, …
11:30am to 11:00pm£22Wapping
This Christmas, London Christmas Beer Festival is bringing craft beer and festive cheer to Tobacco Dock. Expect a festival of 40+ world-class breweries, hundreds of beers and winter-drinking specials. Seasonal food from chefs and restaurants like 10 Greek Street, Tendril, …
Fan Museum by candlelight
The Fan Museum will be open later than usual to welcome its visitors into a magical new take on its exhibition spaces, illuminated almost entirely by candles and underscored by classical festive favourites. During these four evenings, the Orangery will …
4:30pm to 7:00pm£8.50Fan Museum, Greenwich
The Fan Museum will be open later than usual to welcome its visitors into a magical new take on its exhibition spaces, illuminated almost entirely by candles and underscored by classical festive favourites. During these four evenings, the Orangery will …
Ten exhibitions that are closing soon
Luigi Pericle: A RediscoveryThis autumn, the Estorick Collection presents the work of Luigi Pericle (1916-2001), whose intense, enigmatic imagery was the subject of numerous exhibitions in Britain during the early 1960s. Shortly thereafter Pericle retreated from the art system and for the rest …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 18th Dec 2022 Closing Soon£7.50Islington
This autumn, the Estorick Collection presents the work of Luigi Pericle (1916-2001), whose intense, enigmatic imagery was the subject of numerous exhibitions in Britain during the early 1960s. Shortly thereafter Pericle retreated from the art system and for the rest …
Collecting during Covid : A selection of books and manuscripts recently acquired by Lambeth Palace LibraryThis exhibition highlights the Library’s acquisitions during a challenging few years. Recent arrivals build on the Library’s strengths in the fields of devotional literature, topographical writings and the evolution of religious libraries. Highlights include a copy of Quintilian’s Institutiones oratoriae …
Exhibition ends on Thursday 22nd Dec 2022 Closing SoonFreeLambeth Palace Library, Southwark
This exhibition highlights the Library’s acquisitions during a challenging few years. Recent arrivals build on the Library’s strengths in the fields of devotional literature, topographical writings and the evolution of religious libraries. Highlights include a copy of Quintilian’s Institutiones oratoriae …
Inspired!This exhibition examines ways in which visual artists have taken inspiration from the literary arts – poetry, plays, novels, and also music. Focusing primarily on Victorian storytelling, visitors will learn about literary references which may have been commonly understood to …
Exhibition ends on Friday 23rd Dec 2022 Closing Soon£8Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater, City of London
This exhibition examines ways in which visual artists have taken inspiration from the literary arts – poetry, plays, novels, and also music. Focusing primarily on Victorian storytelling, visitors will learn about literary references which may have been commonly understood to …
TreasuresWhat’s the most unusual thing you’ve ever seen in a museum? Spanning centuries, the unexpected treasures on display in the Art Deco library include hand-drawn illustrations, curious texts and beguiling bindings. Brought together for the first time, the curated selection …
Exhibition ends on Friday 23rd Dec 2022 Closing SoonFreeMuseum of Freemasonry, Aldwych
What’s the most unusual thing you’ve ever seen in a museum? Spanning centuries, the unexpected treasures on display in the Art Deco library include hand-drawn illustrations, curious texts and beguiling bindings. Brought together for the first time, the curated selection …
Off the Rails: The Line that never wasAn exhibition exploring the Elstree Extension through the Northern Heights that was suspended during World War 2, and never restarted. Come and see the scale model of the Tube line and how it would have looked if it had been …
Exhibition ends on Saturday 31st Dec 2022 Closing SoonFreeElstree
An exhibition exploring the Elstree Extension through the Northern Heights that was suspended during World War 2, and never restarted. Come and see the scale model of the Tube line and how it would have looked if it had been …
Cancer Revolution: Science, innovation and hopeThis world-first, object-rich exhibition reveals the past, present and future of how cancer is prevented, detected and treated. With over 100 objects and numerous personal accounts, the exhibition brings to life the stories of people affected by cancer, together with …
Exhibition ends on Saturday 31st Dec 2022 Closing SoonFreeScience Museum, South Kensington
This world-first, object-rich exhibition reveals the past, present and future of how cancer is prevented, detected and treated. With over 100 objects and numerous personal accounts, the exhibition brings to life the stories of people affected by cancer, together with …
HardcoreThe continuous beat of drum and rave music roots collide once again with popular culture motifs, the result is a visual celebration of all things acid! BSMT will be signing off 2022 with HARDCORE, a banger of an exhibition by …
Exhibition ends on Saturday 31st Dec 2022 Closing SoonFree
The continuous beat of drum and rave music roots collide once again with popular culture motifs, the result is a visual celebration of all things acid! BSMT will be signing off 2022 with HARDCORE, a banger of an exhibition by …
Helen SaundersThe Courtauld Gallery presents the first monographic exhibition devoted to British abstract artist Helen Saunders (1885 – 1963) in over 25 years. It showcases a representative group of the artist’s drawings and watercolours to shed light on an artist whose …
Exhibition ends on Saturday 31st Dec 2022 Closing Soon£13Courtauld Institute of Art, Strand
The Courtauld Gallery presents the first monographic exhibition devoted to British abstract artist Helen Saunders (1885 – 1963) in over 25 years. It showcases a representative group of the artist’s drawings and watercolours to shed light on an artist whose …
Sorting Britain: The Power of PostcodesFrom wartime tech pioneers to Poco the Postcode Elephant, uncover the surprising story of the postcode. Sorting Britain delves into the Post Office innovation that revolutionised how post was processed, sorted, and delivered and its unintended outcomes for life in …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 1st Jan 2023 Closing Soon£16The Postal Museum, Farringdon
From wartime tech pioneers to Poco the Postcode Elephant, uncover the surprising story of the postcode. Sorting Britain delves into the Post Office innovation that revolutionised how post was processed, sorted, and delivered and its unintended outcomes for life in …
The Gingerbread CityThis year’s exhibition presents not just one edible city but five miniature cities across five different climate zones: Polar, Continental, Temperate, Dry and Tropical. This year, the Museum of Architecture is taking a global perspective and has challenged participating architects …
Exhibition ends on Monday 2nd Jan 2023 Closing Soon£15.38Belgravia
This year’s exhibition presents not just one edible city but five miniature cities across five different climate zones: Polar, Continental, Temperate, Dry and Tropical. This year, the Museum of Architecture is taking a global perspective and has challenged participating architects …