What's on in London on Saturday 15th July 2023

Top events happening London

Stories of London - A Day of Talks

The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie (meaning over the river) which has witnessed over 1000 years of London history, stands at the oldest crossing-point of the River Thames, at what was for many centuries …

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10:00am to 4:30pm
£21.08
Southwark

St Pancras Waterpoint open day

Tour an historic Grade II listed water tower with views of the Kings Cross area and St Pancras station. The Waterpoint is a significant building, that was constructed in 1872 to supply water to the rapidly growing steam railway network …

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10:00am to 3:00pm
Free
Kings Cross

Wallington fire station open day

This summer London’s fire stations be opening their red doors to the public for a number of open day events across London. Fire stations will be hosting open days throughout the summer months for the local communities. The aim of …

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12:00pm to 4:00pm
Free
Wallington

Finchley Fire Station open day

This summer London’s fire stations be opening their red doors to the public for a number of open day events across London. Fire stations will be hosting open days throughout the summer months for the local communities. The aim of …

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Starts at 12:00pm
Free
Finchley

The Forgotten Legacy of Phyllis M. Tookey Kerridge

A talk on the hugely accomplished life of Dr Phyllis Margaret Tookey Kerridge, a pioneering female scientist. The scientific accomplishments of chemist and physiologist Dr Phyllis Margaret Tookey Kerridge (1901-1940) were well-respected and celebrated in her lifetime but have since …

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3:00pm to 4:00pm
Free
Bromley

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

Punks, Princes and Protests: The Chronicles of Feliks Topolski RA

The exhibition showcases Feliks Topolski’s lifelong commitment to reportage, using the occasion of Charles III’s coronation to highlight how the artist oscillated between the Establishment and Counter-Culture. Topolski’s artistic and social core was his Studio on the South Bank, occupied …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 15th Jul 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Southwark

1980s People Power: The Campaign for St Leonard's Hospital

A small temporary exhibition looks at Hackney Health Emergency, a successful people-led campaign to save St Leonard’s Hospital in Shoreditch from closure in 1983-84. The exhibition, 1980s People Power – The Campaign for St Leonard’s Hospital, co-curated with members of …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 15th Jul 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Hackney Museum, Hackney

Kateřina Šedá: I Would Name My House the Swallow's Nest

KateÅ™ina Å edá’s first solo exhibition at Bosse & Baum and solo projects since 2011, presents models of houses originally realised for the garden of a home for the elderly in Lower Austria, and presents a view of the project Herzlich …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 15th Jul 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Peckham

Freud's Antiquity: Object, Idea, Desire

An exhibition exploring the crucial role that Freud’s collection of antiquities played in his development of the concepts and methods of psychoanalysis. Freud’s study at 20 Maresfield Gardens contains a vast array of figurines, books and artwork that either originate …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 16th Jul 2023 Closing Soon
£14
Freud Museum, Hampstead

Treasures from Faraway: Medieval and Renaissance Objects from the Schroder collection

In the latest of its series of In Focus displays, Strawberry Hill House shines a spotlight on how diverse natural materials, from coconuts to rock crystal, along with trade networks with Asia and the Far East created new opportunities for …

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Exhibition ends on Wednesday 19th Jul 2023 Closing Soon
£16
Strawberry Hill, Twickenham

Totalitarian Props

This exhibition explores and investigates certain acts of tyranny, particularly within the context of the Pan-Africanism ideal and Pan-Arabism dream. It looks at how state, government and utopian dictatorships developed modalites of population mass-control and utilised surveillance mechanisms. By playing …

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Exhibition ends on Wednesday 19th Jul 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Southwark

Hackney 300,000 BC

Hackney Museum is inviting residents to step back in time with its new temporary exhibition ‘Hackney 300,000 BC: Meet the Neanderthal neighbours and curious creatures of the borough’s Old Stone Age’. The exhibition provides a rare glimpse into pre-historic Hackney …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 22nd Jul 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Hackney Museum, Hackney

Zaha's Moonsoon: An Interior in Japan

This exhibition explores the design story of the Moonsoon bar and restaurant (1979-80), Zaha Hadid’s first completed project outside of the UK. Drawing on the rich archival material from ZHF, the exhibition offers a rare insight into the conception of …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 22nd Jul 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Clerkenwell

Dolls

An exhibition of dolls created during the lockdown by the artist John Lee Bird. Spread over 3 floors of the Ugly Duck premises there will be 800+ dolls (I’m still counting) and large-scale paintings, collages and drawings, lino cuts, sculptures, …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 23rd Jul 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Southwark

Unfamiliar

Carefully chosen and curated by physician associate Debbie Jegede, and photographer Theo Deproost, these seemingly inert objects have been transformed through photography to show altered perspectives that challenge our understanding and impression of them. The photographs will be displayed alongside …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 28th Jul 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Royal College of Physicians Museum, Camden

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