What's on in London on Saturday 9th September 2023

Top events happening London

First weekend of London Open House

The annual weekend – that’s now nearly 2 weeks long – where loads of buildings open their doors to the public. Most of the venues that need pre-booking ran out of tickets weeks ago, but that still leaves over 300 …

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Start time to be confirmed
Free

THV Galatea passing through Tower Bridge

An interesting looking ship, the THV Galatea will be visiting London and passing through Tower Bridge this morning. At 84m long, the THV Galatea was designed with buoy handling, wreck marking, towing and multibeam and side scan hydrographic surveying capability. …

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10:00am to 10:15am
Free
Tower Bridge, Southwark

Egypt Exploration Society Open Day

Come along to explore the fascinating history of Egypt through craft activities, tours of the collections (book your place on arrival) or relax with a hot drink (and cakes) and a book – about Egypt of course. Better yet, treat …

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10:00am to 4:00pm
Free
Clerkenwell

Behind Gilded Doors: A Day in the Life at Apsley House

Managing a large, aristocratic London house is a very hard job: there is never a dull moment for the team who work below the stairs at Apsley House. On this occasion butlers, housekeepers, maids, cooks, porters are busy preparing a …

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11:00am to 4:00pm
£14
Apsley House, Picadilly

Camley Street Natural Park Narrowboat Day

Enjoy a boat trip through King’s Cross on the Regent’s Canal on the London Canal Museum’s narrowboat “Long Tom” Book the boat trip including museum entry and come onboard at Camley Street Natural Park online with the London Wildlife Trust …

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11:00am to 3:15pm
£12.00
Islington

Canons House & Grounds open day

Learn about the project to restore Canons House and surrounding open spaces. Grade II* listed Canons House and the surrounding grounds are being restored with funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund and The National Lottery Community Fund. Guided tours …

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11:00am to 4:00pm
Free
Mitcham

Croydon 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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11:30am to 5:00pm
Free
Croydon

East Greenwich 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
Charlton

AI: Prompting Images of Digital Life

With the recent emergence of image-generating AI systems such as DALL-E, Stable Diffusion and Midjourney, the task of generating images with computers has been remodelled as a text-based process known as ‘prompting’. Prompting involves instructing a pre-trained AI model to …

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3:00pm to 6:00pm
£10
Poplar

The Quatermass Experiment - 70th Anniversary

70 years after it first wowed and terrified audiences, Nigel Kneale’s The Quatermass Experiment is back at its home, Alexandra Palace. Originally broadcast over six weeks in the summer of 1953, the seminal but largely missing serial is finally brought …

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Starts at 6:30pm
£23.75
Wood Green

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

The Cold Wind and the Warm

Best known for her figurative ceramic sculptures that incorporate both aspects of the human body and elements of nature, Klara Kristalova presents her new body of work in the artist’s first solo exhibition in London. Across her oeuvre, Klara Kristalova …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 9th Sep 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Cromwell Place, South Kensington

Andy Warhol: The Textiles

An exhibition exploring the beautiful and fascinating textile designs by the influential pop artist and icon Andy Warhol. Discover the unknown and virtually unrecorded world of textile designs by the influential pop artist and icon Andy Warhol. Dating from his …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 9th Sep 2023 Closing Soon
£12.65
Fashion and Textile Museum, Southwark

A story of Salt and Sugar

This two-day exhibition will include a variety of sugar and salt sculptures, salt sketches and salt animations all created by an array of well-known artists including: Gala Bell – a multidisciplinary artist who specialises in the alchemy of matter and …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 9th Sep 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Southwark

Berthe Morisot: Shaping Impressionism

The first major UK exhibition of the trailblazing Impressionist since 1950. In partnership with the Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, the exhibition brings together around 30 of Morisot’s masterpieces from international collections to reveal the artist as a trailblazer of the …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 10th Sep 2023 Closing Soon
£16.50
Dulwich Picture Gallery, Dulwich

Jean Cooke: Ungardening

The first exhibition focusing on the magnificent garden paintings of Jean Esme Oregon Cooke RA (1927-2008). The exhibition will explore Cooke’s paintings of her gardens: a wild, overgrown city plot in Blackheath, London and a clifftop meadow at her coastal …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 10th Sep 2023 Closing Soon
£14
The Garden Museum, Southwark

Visions in Porcelain: A Rake's Progress

An acclaimed artist working with ceramics, Bouke de Vries’ latest work will respond to William Hogarth’s A Rake’s Progress, and be displayed in the Museum’s Foyle Space. Inspired by Hogarth’s series of original paintings at the Soane Museum, de Vries …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 10th Sep 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Sir John Soane's Museum, Holborn

New acquisitions Paul Bril to Wendy Red Star

Discover more than 100 works of art from the 16th century to the present from Europe, North America and Australasia. New acquisitions: Paul Bril to Wendy Red Star showcases prints and drawings acquired by the Museum over the past five …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 10th Sep 2023 Closing Soon
Free
British Museum, Russell Square

Milk

This exhibition explores our relationship with milk and its place in politics, society and culture. It considers how milk has come to be seen as so central to perceptions of nutrition and “good health” in the UK. The choices we …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 10th Sep 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Wellcome Collection, Camden

Anthony Caro: The Inspiration of Architecture

This new exhibition develops a fertile dialogue between Caro’s sculpture and the unique character of Soane’s building. Anthony Caro (1924-2013), widely regarded as one of the 20th century’s most influential sculptors, is the subject of Pitzhanger’s spring exhibition, opening on …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 10th Sep 2023 Closing Soon
£9.90
Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, Ealing

Connecting Japan - East Japan Railway Company

This rail-themed booth display is complete with a working Japanese station vending machine, dispensing a variety of regional drinks and snacks. The display also features a model Series E5 Shinkansen (bullet train) alongside other rail-themed items. Jidōhanbaiki (Vending Machine) There …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 14th Sep 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Japan House London, Kensington

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