What's on in London on Wednesday 15th May 2024

Top events happening London

LCW - Hand & Lock studio tours

Embroiderers to the British royal family, Savile Row and luxury fashion houses, Hand & Lock opens its doors to the public to offer an insight into Britain’s oldest embroidery house. Hand & Lock’s expert guided tours give you exclusive access …

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10:00am to 11:30am
£15
Fitzrovia

Building Crafts College tours

Building Crafts College hosts tours of its workshops alongside an exhibition of current and previous students’ work and live demonstrations of practical work done at the college, such as carpentry and stonemasonry. This is an opportunity for the general public …

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Starts at 10:30am
Free
Stratford

St Bride Library and Workshop Open Evening

St Bride Foundation will be opening the doors to the historic print workshop for people to experience the amazing craft and history of letterpress printing. Their team of printers, many of whom worked on Fleet Street in its newspaper heyday, …

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5:00pm to 9:00pm
Free
City of London

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

Display - Reuse, Refill, Rethink

This exhibition showcases a variety of products and demonstrate the difference between refillable, returnable (prefill) and repurposed product packaging of the past, present, and future. It explores how current developments in packaging have historical significance and how we might learn …

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Exhibition ends on Wednesday 15th May 2024 Closing Soon
£9
Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising, Notting Hill

LCW - The Gilded City

(The exhibition is free and unticketed – if you want a guided tour, click to their website to book, costs £5) — The Gilded City brings together 11 artists working with the ancient art of gilding. Set within the ornate …

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Exhibition ends on Wednesday 15th May 2024 Closing Soon
Free
City of London

Terry Higgins Memorial Quilt

On display in the chapel will be a special new quilt dedicated to Terry Higgins, commissioned by the trust to mark their 40th Anniversary year. A tribute to Terry’s life and the legacy of his death, the Terry Higgins Memorial …

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Exhibition ends on Wednesday 15th May 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Fitzrovia Chapel, Tottenham Court Road

Billingsgate Market at the Heritage Gallery

Billingsgate Market is the oldest of the markets owned by the City of London Corporation. A Survey of London by John Stow, 1603, described Billingsgate as follows: ” which ‘ is at this present a large Watergate, Port or Harbrough …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 16th May 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater, City of London

Craftworks

A three-day exhibition which will host the very best of arts, crafts, and design from all corners of the craft sector. If you’re a collector, an interior designer, an architect, a retail or hospitality buyer or someone who appreciates and …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 17th May 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Clerkenwell

Fabian Ramírez: Firing of the Idols

Hissing snakes look on as men holding flaming torches set about burning numerous different human heads, masks, and shields. Great flames curl outwards, licking at fornicating bodies that fall through the air or hover in space above serpentine rivers of …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 18th May 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Islington

LCW - Chinese Design: Harmony in Diversity

The Cultural Section, Chinese Embassy in the UK, Ping An presents ‘Chinese Design: Harmony in Diversity’, an exhibition showcasing traditional Chinese crafts alongside innovative modern designs. The exhibition presents the two important Chinese principles of ‘harmony’ and ‘elegance’ to a …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 19th May 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Tower Hill

LCW - Meisterstrasse in Residence

The Austrian Embassy opens its doors for a new Meisterstrasse in Residence exhibition and event series that builds creative connections between East and West. Traditional manufacturers and innovative craft businesses from Austria welcome master craftspeople from Germany, the UK, Japan, …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 19th May 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Belgravia

The Time is Always Now Artists Reframe the Black Figure

A major study of the Black figure – and its representation in contemporary art. Exploring the depiction of the Black form within portraiture, the exhibition will feature contemporary works – made between the year 2000 and today – that consider …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 19th May 2024 Closing Soon
£18
National Portrait Gallery, Soho

Generation UCL: 200 Years of Student Life in London

“There is no university without its students.” This is the idea at the heart of UCL’s exhibition ‘Generation UCL: 200 Years of Student Life in London’ which takes a fresh look at the university’s two-century history through the eyes of …

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Exhibition ends on Monday 20th May 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Euston

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