What's on in London on Wednesday 21st August 2024
Top events happening London
Booking opens for Open House FestivalA note for your diaries that the bookings page to reserve tours for this year’s Open House Festival will open today. The majority of buildings open for London Open House will be turn up and walk in, but the most …
Starts at 12:00pmFree
A note for your diaries that the bookings page to reserve tours for this year’s Open House Festival will open today. The majority of buildings open for London Open House will be turn up and walk in, but the most …
Open Afternoon at the Barts Pathology MuseumAn open afternoon to peruse the Barts Pathology Museum and its specimens at your leisure Join us on the afternoon of August 21st for a rare chance to visit the museum at your leisure. Artists are encouraged to draw or …
1:00pm to 4:00pm£5.5Barbican
An open afternoon to peruse the Barts Pathology Museum and its specimens at your leisure Join us on the afternoon of August 21st for a rare chance to visit the museum at your leisure. Artists are encouraged to draw or …
Concorde Nose DroopThe Brooklands Concorde G-BBDG will droop her trademark nose at 1.15pm on 21 August. The lowering of the nose, using Concorde’s own flight-deck controls, is a spectacular sight. It seems to be a fairly new event at the museum and …
1:15pm to 1:30pm£24.95Brooklands Museum, Weybridge
The Brooklands Concorde G-BBDG will droop her trademark nose at 1.15pm on 21 August. The lowering of the nose, using Concorde’s own flight-deck controls, is a spectacular sight. It seems to be a fairly new event at the museum and …
Peter Lord in ConversationThe UK’s animation legend talks about Morph, Chickens and everything in between. Peter Lord is one of the world’s leading writers and directors of stop-motion animation. An award-winning director, he is responsible for Chicken Run, The Pirates! In an Adventure …
6:30pm to 8:00pm£17Southwark
The UK’s animation legend talks about Morph, Chickens and everything in between. Peter Lord is one of the world’s leading writers and directors of stop-motion animation. An award-winning director, he is responsible for Chicken Run, The Pirates! In an Adventure …
Ten exhibitions that are closing soon
Foe to Friend: The British Army in Germany since 1945More than a million British soldiers have lived and served in Germany over the past 75 years. Immerse yourself in their stories and follow their evolution from conquerors and occupiers to allies and friends. Germany has been at the heart …
Exhibition ends on Wednesday 21st Aug 2024 Closing SoonFreeNational Army Museum, Chelsea
More than a million British soldiers have lived and served in Germany over the past 75 years. Immerse yourself in their stories and follow their evolution from conquerors and occupiers to allies and friends. Germany has been at the heart …
Ahmed Mater: ChroniclesThe first mid-career retrospective of one of the most influential Arab contemporary artists of this century. Curated by Dr. Ridha Moumni, Chairman, Christie’s Middle East and Africa and organised thematically, the exhibition traces Ahmed Mater’s expansive career, from his first …
Exhibition ends on Thursday 22nd Aug 2024 Closing SoonFreeChristie's, St James
The first mid-career retrospective of one of the most influential Arab contemporary artists of this century. Curated by Dr. Ridha Moumni, Chairman, Christie’s Middle East and Africa and organised thematically, the exhibition traces Ahmed Mater’s expansive career, from his first …
Beryl Cook / Tom of FinlandThis exhibition brings together the work of these two cultural icons for the very first time. At Studio Voltaire, fleshly excesses are explored in pairings that underscore their works as playful and political. In pairing their work, including archival materials …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 25th Aug 2024 Closing SoonFreeStudio Voltaire, Clapham
This exhibition brings together the work of these two cultural icons for the very first time. At Studio Voltaire, fleshly excesses are explored in pairings that underscore their works as playful and political. In pairing their work, including archival materials …
Beyond the Bassline: 500 Years of Black British MusicFor centuries, Black communities have created music in the UK, melding global influences into a Black British sound that has echoed through generations. Beyond the Bassline at the British Library, the first major exhibition of its kind anywhere in the …
Exhibition ends on Monday 26th Aug 2024 Closing Soon£15British Library, Camden
For centuries, Black communities have created music in the UK, melding global influences into a Black British sound that has echoed through generations. Beyond the Bassline at the British Library, the first major exhibition of its kind anywhere in the …
Victorian London in PhotographsThis temporary outdoor exhibition showcases The London Metropolitan Archive’s extraordinary range of photographs from Queen Victoria’s reign which record the city and its people in stunning detail. The arrival of photography in London in 1839 changed the way people saw …
Exhibition ends on Thursday 29th Aug 2024 Closing SoonFreeSt Paul's Cathedral, City of London
This temporary outdoor exhibition showcases The London Metropolitan Archive’s extraordinary range of photographs from Queen Victoria’s reign which record the city and its people in stunning detail. The arrival of photography in London in 1839 changed the way people saw …
Women and the Church of EnglandThis exhibition marks the 30th anniversary of the ordination of 1200 women to the priesthood in the Church of England, the 80th anniversary of the priesting of Florence Li Tim-Oi, and the 10th anniversary of the legislation passing which allows …
Exhibition ends on Thursday 29th Aug 2024 Closing SoonFreeLambeth Palace Library, Southwark
This exhibition marks the 30th anniversary of the ordination of 1200 women to the priesthood in the Church of England, the 80th anniversary of the priesting of Florence Li Tim-Oi, and the 10th anniversary of the legislation passing which allows …
Revolution: Nature in the time of change 1776–1848The decades around 1800 are regarded as a time of momentous change in the social, political and economic makeup of human society. Natural history is no exception. Between the time of the American Revolution in 1776 and the revolutions of …
Exhibition ends on Friday 30th Aug 2024 Closing SoonFreePicadilly
The decades around 1800 are regarded as a time of momentous change in the social, political and economic makeup of human society. Natural history is no exception. Between the time of the American Revolution in 1776 and the revolutions of …
Visceral BeautyVisceral Beauty is a group exhibition that explores the fascinating visual qualities of our bodies. We go through life in them, yet we often feel estranged from our own bodies and their inner workings. A body is not just an …
Exhibition ends on Friday 30th Aug 2024 Closing SoonFreeWhitechapel
Visceral Beauty is a group exhibition that explores the fascinating visual qualities of our bodies. We go through life in them, yet we often feel estranged from our own bodies and their inner workings. A body is not just an …
Light, Colour & the Cosmology of PigmentThis exhibition celebrates the School of Traditional Arts’s unique engagement with pigment, and how it has been extended and explored in the work of its tutors, students, and alumni worldwide. The exhibition will include 150 pieces of artwork by tutors …
Exhibition ends on Friday 30th Aug 2024 Closing SoonFreeThe Garrison Chapel, Sloane Square
This exhibition celebrates the School of Traditional Arts’s unique engagement with pigment, and how it has been extended and explored in the work of its tutors, students, and alumni worldwide. The exhibition will include 150 pieces of artwork by tutors …
Abstractions: Studies from the National TheatreThe iconic, brutalist architecture of the National Theatre building on London’s South Bank has been documented by photographer Amelia Lancaster for over 20 years. These images can now be seen inside the very building they depict at a free exhibition, …
Exhibition ends on Saturday 31st Aug 2024 Closing SoonFreeSouthwark
The iconic, brutalist architecture of the National Theatre building on London’s South Bank has been documented by photographer Amelia Lancaster for over 20 years. These images can now be seen inside the very building they depict at a free exhibition, …