What's on in London on Saturday 1st February 2025

Top events happening London

Jubilee line extension 25 Treasure Hunt

Jubilee line extension 25 Treasure HuntThe Jubilee line extension and Transport for London are both celebrating their 25th anniversary. In honour of these milestones, TfL is holding a treasure hunt to help you learn more about their stations and network.

10:00am to 3:00pm
Free

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

How to kill an asteroid (family)

There are approximately 25,000 ‘city-killer’ asteroids in near-Earth orbit, but we haven’t found them all yet! Even though some are too small for us to find, they’re still capable of large-scale destruction. But fear not as an international team of …

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2:00pm to 3:15pm
£17.06
Royal Institution (inc Faraday Museum), Mayfair

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

Winter Lights 2025

Winter Lights 2025The annual winter lights trail will take you on a journey through 11 temporary installations, as well as their permanent light artworks. Showcasing some of the most innovative light artists across the globe, our 2025 festival explores the transformative and …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 1st Feb Closing Soon
Free
Poplar

Elizabeth Legh: Lover of Musick & All Ingenious Things

Discover Elizabeth Legh’s passion for music and in particular Handel’s music. Elizabeth Legh (1694-1734) was the first collector of Handel’s music. From 1715 she spent much of her time at her parents’ London home in Hanover Square, near to Handel’s …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 2nd Feb Closing Soon
£12.75
Foundling Museum, Clerkenwell

The Kola Nut Cannot Be Contained

What do you know about the kola nut? This bitter-tasting fruit has been important in West African culture and trade since at least the 11th century. Consumed as a stimulant due to its high caffeine content, kola has many religious, …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 2nd Feb Closing Soon
Free
Wellcome Collection, Camden

Discover Constable & The Hay Wain

Find out what lies behind the making of ‘The Hay Wain’ and its iconic status in British art. Through paintings including George Morland’s building storm and the atmospheric light of William Mulready’s farrier shop, we look at how Constable’s contemporaries …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 2nd Feb Closing Soon
Free
National Gallery, Trafalgar Square

Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst: The Call

Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst: The CallA collaboration between artists Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst, and Serpentine Arts Technologies, The Call proposes new cultural, legal, and technical rituals for art in the age of AI.

Exhibition ends on Sunday 2nd Feb Closing Soon
Free

Lost Victorian City

This exhibition takes a look at the collections held at London Metropolitan Archives which provide a window into a Victorian London that has since gone from view. From photographs and records of buildings such as the Oxford Arms in Warwick …

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Exhibition ends on Wednesday 5th Feb Closing Soon
Free
The London Archives, Clerkenwell

Music in Frames by Marija Buljeta

Marija Buljeta has been a photographer for 17 years specialising in portraits, fashion, live music and bands’ promo photography. Although her primary focus and inspiration in the beginning was portraiture, she felt that she had to explore other avenues. As …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 7th Feb Closing Soon
Free
Kennington

REMIXOLOGY: The Art of Cultural Storytelling by Ketna Patel

REMIXOLOGY: The Art of Cultural Storytelling by Ketna PatelThis exhibition unites East and West, old and new, the sacred and the everyday, making use of video, print and photography.

Exhibition ends on Saturday 8th Feb Closing Soon
£6.60
Heath Robinson Museum, Pinner

Hew Locke what have we here?

Hew Locke what have we here?What have we here? Join renowned Guyanese-British artist Hew Locke as he turns his lens on the British Museum collection in a collaborative exhibition exploring histories of British imperial power. In this groundbreaking new show, Locke (born 1959) explores, questions …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 9th Feb Closing Soon
£16
British Museum, Russell Square

Barry Humphries: The Personal Collection

Christie’s will present a rare window in to the erudite collection of Barry Humphries (1934–2023) in a live auction and exhibition. The full pre-sale exhibition will be on public view from 7th February to 12th February. The world renowned Australian …

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Exhibition ends on Wednesday 12th Feb Closing Soon
Free
Christie's, St James

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