What's on in London on Saturday 14th September 2024

Top events happening London

Routes 61 & 261 Heritage Day and Bromley Garage Open Day

The London Bus Museum will be running heritage buses dating from the 1950s to 1970s alongside the normal daily service on route 61, between Bromley and Chislehurst via Orpington. No need to book, just put out your hand at any …

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Start time to be confirmed
Free

Open House London Festival

The annual Open House festival starts today — opening up hundreds of buildings to visit for free. Some need booking, but most are just turn up and wander around. With so many buildings open across the entire city over the …

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Start time to be confirmed
Free

Union Chapel open day

The Union Chapel opens its doors with free guided tours, workshops learning to build & play an organ, and an organ recital on the water powered Willis organ. Self-guided tours: Walk within our walls to discover our Grade I & …

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9:45am to 2:00pm
Free
Union Chapel, Islington

St Clement Danes Church & Crypt open days

St Clement Danes is the central church of the Royal Air Force. Explore the church’s thousand year history, and the fascinating artefacts connected with the RAF. For the Heritage Open Days, the church’s historic crypt will be open to the …

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10:00am to 3:00pm
Free
Strand

The Hidden Secrets of Richmond Old Town Hall

Richmond’s Old Town Hall is revealing its secrets in this free behind-the-scenes guided tour. Opened in 1893 as a headquarters for the newly formed Richmond Council, this elegant former Town Hall now houses the borough’s archives, Local Studies and Reference …

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10:00am to 2:00pm
Free
Richmond

Nunhead Cemetery open day

Chapel and crypt visits provide a rare opportunity to learn more about the Anglican chapel and the crypt beneath. Nunhead Cemetery, a Grade II* Victorian burial ground, is one of London’s ‘Magnificent Seven’ cemeteries and is of historic and ecological …

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1:00pm to 5:00pm
Free
Peckham

A Mudlarking Year: Finding Treasure in Every Season

Lara Maiklem has been scouring the banks of the tidal Thames, looking for lost or discarded objects that tell forgotten stories. At this reweirding event, Lara discusses mudlarking through the cycle of the year with fellow mudlarker, and poet, Tom …

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7:00pm to 8:30pm
£13
Holborn

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

Times of the Day

Contemporary landscape artist, Lucy Marks, AROI, ARWS, presents a solo exhibition of new paintings. The exhibition, Times of the Day, revolves around light. Lucy will display 70 new works that study and capture the play of light on the landscape …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 15th Sep 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Soho

Patric Prince: Digital Art Visionary

Explore visionary collector Patric D. Prince’s unique collection of digital art and the fascinating collaborations and use of technology it reveals. The 14 works on display provide a snapshot of digital art practices from the 1960s to early 2000s. Ian …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 15th Sep 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum, South Kensington

A Say in the End of the World: Solidarity and Nuclear Defence in the Cold War

Thoughtfully curated by guest Gareth Bryant (PhD student, Open University), the exhibition explores networks of solidarity between groups campaigning on peace, nuclear weapons and national self-determination. In the late 1950s, hundreds of thousands of people took part in demonstrations against …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 15th Sep 2024 Closing Soon
Free
LSE Library, Holborn

Derek Jarman: From Soho to the Fifth Continent

Beginning at Phoenix House in St. Giles, Jane Palm Gold embarks upon a journey From Soho to the Fifth Continent to seek out Derek Jarman’s relationship with the land: at home in the city, Phoenix House in London’s West End, …

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Exhibition ends on Wednesday 18th Sep 2024 Closing Soon
Free

Tower Bridge at the Heritage Gallery

To celebrate Tower Bridge’s birthday, join London Metropolitan Archives at the City of London’s Heritage Gallery to journey through 130 years of history. Since its Royal opening on 30th June 1894, Tower Bridge (external link) has been an enduring symbol …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 19th Sep 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater, City of London

Sign Painting Studio with artist Peter Liversidge

The Sign Painting Studio is a working studio at the RCN where the artist keeps the same hours as the institution, painting signs and sharing information with visitors to the space on Cavendish Square. For one week, visitors to the …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 20th Sep 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Harley Street

Homelessness: Reframed

Presented in collaboration with Prince William’s Homewards programme and Eleven Eleven Foundation this exhibition brings to life the breadth and complexities of homelessness across the country and give people an opportunity to engage with, and better understand, the stories of …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 20th Sep 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea

Peter Hedegaard | 1960s & 1970s screenprints

Rocket presents a mini-retrospective of Screenprints that celebrates the collaboration between the artist Peter Hedegaard and his wife Isolde who together produced over 50 editions from 1965 to 1976. Peter Hedegaard (1929-2008) was born in Copenhagen but came to England …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 21st Sep 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Hackney

Raise the Roof

See new creative works that unpack narratives of gender, race and imperialism at 66 Portland Place. Opened in 1934, when the modern architectural profession was being forged, RIBA’s Grade II* listed home can tell us a lot about the values …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 21st Sep 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Regent Street

Hudood: Rethinking boundaries

The exhibition introduces contemporary art from the Barjeel Foundation, with a focus on the overarching theme of "Boundaries" as both a subject and a tool for meaningfully accessing a diverse array of art from the SWANA region. Delving into the …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 21st Sep 2024 Closing Soon
Free
SOAS Gallery, Euston

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