What's on in London on Saturday 2nd November 2024

Top events happening London

'Her booke' Early Modern Women and their Books

Monthly opening on a Saturday of this exhibition which is usually only open Mon-Fri. — This exhibition will highlight material owned, written, commissioned, and translated by women during the long early modern period. It celebrates the ways in which women …

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9:30am to 5:00pm
Free
Lambeth Palace Library, Southwark

St James’s Motoring Spectacle

This year sees the inaugural staging of the St James’s Motoring Spectacle on Pall Mall, showcasing many of the Veteran Car Run stars, but also the present and future on wheels. The brand-new St James’s Motoring Spectacle (Saturday 2 November) …

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10:00am to 3:00pm
Free
St James

SELMEC Meccano Show 2024

London’s most popular Meccano Show returns to Falconwood for its 45th year! • See working models of cars, cranes, trains, funfair rides and more, all built from Meccano, the famous construction toy invented by Frank Hornby in 1901, plus non-Meccano …

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10:30am to 4:30pm
£5
Welling

Visit The Rose Playhouse: Archaeology

The Friends of The Rose Playhouse will host two sessions on the excavation of the site in 1989 and what the future holds, and discuss the place of The Rose in London archaeology. You will be able to handle objects …

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Starts at 12:00pm
£7.15
Southwark

London Sewing Machine Museum - monthly open day

London Sewing Machine Museum - monthly open dayMonthly open day at one of London's more curious and delightful museums, devoted to the history of the sewing machine.

2:00pm to 5:00pm
Free
Sewing Machine Museum, Tooting

Doctor Who - The War Machines Episode Showcase with Live Q&A

Riverside Studios are delighted to bring to you our next DOCTOR WHO episode showcase, which includes episodes filmed here at the studios back when it functioned as a BBC filming centre. Riverside was crucial to the early filming of DOCTOR …

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2:00pm to 4:00pm
£13
Hammersmith

Anatomy of a particle detector

Particle detectors are to particle physicists as telescopes are to astronomers. They allow us to open a window into the inner workings of the Universe at the smallest length scales to understand it in terms of its fundamental constituents. But …

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7:00pm to 8:30pm
£17.27
Mayfair

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

The Annual London Art of Motoring Exhibition

The annual Art of Motoring Exhibition runs each year to coincide with the London Motor Week and the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run. This year the Royal Automobiles Club’s art portfolio was expanded to include the Summer Exhibition in …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 2nd Nov 2024 Closing Soon
Free
St James

Trackers and Breakbeats: Celebrating Brain Records’ Underground Revolution

An exhibition that explores the groundbreaking influence of Brain Records and its pioneering use of 8-bit technology in the 1990s. Showcasing the often overlooked yet pivotal role of Brain Records and its founder, Bizzy B, in shaping the UK hardcore …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 2nd Nov 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Greenwich

Halloween at Hampton Court Palace

Explore Henry VIII’s notoriously haunted palace for Halloween 2024, the spookiest time of the year at Hampton Court. This October half term, lose yourself in atmospheric projections and creepy sound effects as the palace is transformed by magical spells. As …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 3rd Nov 2024 Closing Soon
£30
Hampton Court Palace, East Molesey

Yoshida: Three Generations of Japanese Printmaking

Meet the Yoshida dynasty of artists. Featuring over 75 exquisite prints, this exhibition journeys from the rich, nostalgic landscapes of the prolific artist and patriarch of the family, Hiroshi to the abstract work of the family’s later and current generations. …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 3rd Nov 2024 Closing Soon
£20
Dulwich Picture Gallery, Dulwich

Halloween at Kew

This October, Kew Gardens is launching a brand-new Halloween light trail which will see the Gardens transformed with atmospheric illuminated trees, eerie light installations, and fire performers. A band of actors will haunt the Gardens as night falls, to create …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 3rd Nov 2024 Closing Soon
£20
Kew Gardens, Richmond

Chocolate House Greenwich

This exhibition invites you to discover the key role chocolate played in the revival of Greenwich. Step back in time to the 18th century, and discover the history and appeal of chocolate with a recreation of Grace and Thomas Tosier’s …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 3rd Nov 2024 Closing Soon
£3
Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich

The Art of Banksy

Drawing critical acclaim, The Art of Banksy is the world’s largest collection of original and authenticated Banksy artworks showcasing more than 150 pieces including prints, canvases, unique works and ephemera, many of which are on public display for the very …

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Exhibition ends on Wednesday 6th Nov 2024 Closing Soon
£21
Soho

Body Parts: the art and application of medical illustration

This exhibition celebrates the contribution by medical artists in healthcare education, patient communication, and public health campaigns. Medical illustration is a centuries-old tradition that started with anatomy atlases in the 1400s. Over time, it has adapted to the digital age …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 9th Nov 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Hunterian Museum, Holborn

9005 – Solo Exhibition by Othello De’Souza-Hartley

For his solo exhibition at Bomb Factory Art Foundation conceptual artist Othello De’Souza-Hartley has teamed up with architect Laura Büchi and sound artist Elliott Buchanan who share his interest in the inter-dependencies of mind and body, inner peace and external …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 9th Nov 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Aldwych

Tom House: At home with Tom of Finland

A display that explores Tom of Finland’s (Touko Laaksonen) home in Los Angeles. Featuring TOM House the VR Experience, a documentary virtual reality piece that immerses you into Tom’s LA residence, where he lived during the last decade of his …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 10th Nov 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Queer Britain, Kings Cross

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