What's on in London on Tuesday 31st December 2024

Top events happening London

Steaming weekend at the Kew and Kempton steam museum

Two steam museums will have their engines working, and are offering a joint ticket with vintage bus ride between them. The Kempton museum will be open and they intend to have the ‘Sir William Prescott Engine’ in operation. The engine …

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10:30am to 4:00pm
£30
Feltham

Backstage tours of the Barbican theatre

A regular(ish) event, but highlighting as the backstage tours of the Barbican theatre will run over the Christmas break if you fancy something a bit different.

11:00am to 12:30pm
£16.50
Barbican Arts Centre, Barbican

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

Making Carnival: 50 Years of Mas, Music and Movement in Hackney

Come and celebrate the story of carnival in Hackney in this new exhibition bringing together this history for the first time. Hackney has been the home of carnival groups since the 1970s when Caribbean communities settled in the borough. Since …

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Exhibition ends on Tuesday 31st Dec 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Hackney Museum, Hackney

Winter Wonderbrands

Winter WonderbrandsFeeling nostalgic for Christmas presents past? Visit our Time Tunnel to unwrap the gift of memory this winter! Explore your favourite classic and contemporary household packaging, toys, magazines, wartime ephemera, technology, travel, fashion and royal souvenirs. Take a stroll through …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 2nd Jan Closing Soon
£10
Notting Hill

Tom Stoddart – Legacy

An exhibition by the award winning photojournalist show casing twenty-five images from across his legendary career. — In a career punctuated with awards, not all his work was in war zones, catastrophes or crises. He photographed royals, prime ministers, world …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 2nd Jan Closing Soon
Free
Mayfair

Photography versus?Thatcher: The Photo Co-op Archive prints and objects, 1979 to 1986

Photography versus Thatcher: The Photo Co-op Archive, prints and objects, 1979 to 1986 – Photofusion’s origin story tells the story of the early years of the Photo Co-op, the founding organisation which later grew into Photofusion. This exhibition features vintage …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 4th Jan Closing Soon
Free
Stockwell

Huang Po-Chih: Waves

Taiwanese artist Huang Po-Chih uses the personal narratives of workers to investigate globalised trade, with a focus on the textile industry in East Asia. — Drawing upon his family heritage – particularly his mother’s experiences as a garment worker in …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th Jan Closing Soon
Free
Hayward Gallery, Southwark

Haegue Yang: Leap Year

A world of inventive, immersive and multisensory installations and sculptures that weave connections between disparate histories, cultures and traditions. — Haegue Yang’s work spans a vast range of media – from paper collage to performative sculpture and immense sensorial installations. …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th Jan Closing Soon
£19
Hayward Gallery, Southwark

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum It Will End in Tears

In her first solo exhibition at a major UK institution, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum fills The Curve with theatrical installations, building an imagined world in which to display her paintings. Enter a world of Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum’s creation in ‘It Will …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th Jan Closing Soon
Free
Barbican Arts Centre, Barbican

The Imaginary Institution of India Art 1975–1998

The Imaginary Institution of India Art 1975–1998A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years. Featuring artwork by over 30 Indian artists, this major exhibition is bookended by two transformative events in India’s history: Indira Gandhi’s declaration of …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th Jan Closing Soon
£21.50
Barbican Arts Centre, Barbican

Birds: Brilliant and Bizarre

Birds: Brilliant and BizarreUnravel the epic story of birds, discover the secrets to their success and learn some of their surprising and often shocking tactics for survival. Birds are the soundtrack to our mornings, they soar through our skies and swoop around our …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th Jan Closing Soon
£16.50
Natural History Museum, South Kensington

The Art of Sidney H. Sime, Master of Fantasy

Sidney Sime was a painter, illustrator and caricaturist. He was born in 1867 in Manchester to a poor family. He worked in the coal mines as a boy, then for a linen draper and a barber, before taking up sign …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th Jan Closing Soon
£6
Heath Robinson Museum, Pinner

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