Many different people working in public transport have kept London moving over the past 200 years. But who are these people? Join London Transport Museum to find out about some new names; past and present women who deserve a round of applause!
Embark on a multi-sensory experience where perception-shifting light design intersects with innovative low-calorie cocktails produced by some of the world’s most influential bartenders.
Come with us on a dramatic, nocturnal study of the city. Fusing portraiture, documentary, conceptual photography and film, London Nights reveals the capital at night.
This July, for the first time, test your Wizarding World knowledge in the Great Hall of Hogwarts with a series of Harry Potter quiz nights in the authentic set where Harry, Ron and Hermione sat their O.W.L. exams.
Artist Christo will create a temporary sculpture in Hyde Park, London, titled The Mastaba (Project for London, Hyde Park, Serpentine Lake). Construction on the sculpture begins 3 April, and it will float on the Serpentine Lake from 18 June (weather permitting) to 23 September 2018.
Touching on themes of countercultures, subcultures and minorities of all kinds, the show features the work of 20 photographers from the 1950s to the present day.
Explore haunting tales of the Docks after dark!
The Institute of Art and Ideas announce a brand new series of live events in London 2018!
Three unique evenings of debate, discussion and music at The Store, 180 The Strand in will engage with the ideas at the cutting-edge of contemporary culture
Tower Bridge Exhibition’s Behind the Scenes Tours are returning from Saturday 4 November to give visitors the opportunity to see the inner workings of the most famous bridge in the world
RMG Curators and Conservators talk about art, history and science through favourite works of art in the Queen’s House.
The Emirates Air Line brings you London, like you've never seen it before.
The Emirates Air Line brings you London like you've never seen it before.
New Scientist Live, the festival of ideas and discovery, returns this September with headline speakers including Tim Peake, Heston Blumenthal, Chris Packham and Margaret Atwood bringing the latest ideas and innovations from science down to Earth.
Uncover the secrets, scandals and history of London’s Theatreland and the ever-changing entertainment industry at London Transport Museum’s Friday Late which takes place on the evening of 14 July in the heart of Covent Garden.
With more than half the world’s population now living in urban areas, the Museum of London’s major free exhibition for 2017 asks how and why cities around the world are changing, and what urban communities are doing to improve city life. The museum will also dare its visitors to become actively involved in changing their own city and have a say on the future of urban living.
Enjoy a spectacular variety of events and activities as the City celebrates its Roman heritage.
The Pride Festival takes place from Saturday 24 June to Sunday 9 July 2017, with the Parade and main events on Saturday 8 July 2017.
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Digital visions of London, faces of the capital photographed and portrait painting in exchange for a favour – artists take over the Museum of London.
City Now City Future. Museum of London. 18 May 2017 – 15 April 2018
The gates to the Tower of London are locked; those inside must answer to us all. Their wealth is our austerity, our poverty and tax. But they are few and we are many. We brought this revolt to their door and I ask you now: Do you have what it takes to make history?
Step back into 1299 and the palace of King Edward I, Hammer of the Scots. Travel back in time to a world of chivalrous knights and beautiful ladies, troublesome lords and royal prisoners. There are money problems at home, too, as the King leads his armies off to war.
Breadcrumbs is a new start up that offer treasure hunts around museums in London via clues to your phone. Cryptic Clues lead you around the permanent collections of museums as you hunt for objects to solve riddles.
How do chameleons change colour? What makes grasshoppers leap so high? How do bats see at night? Enter the fascinating world of the Robot Zoo and discover the mechanisms that give animals their amazing abilities.
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Visitors are invited to discover behind-the-scenes secrets of everybody’s favourite house-elf as Warner Bros.
Death, disease, love and loss – explore 300 years of secrets on a spooky tour through the shadowy world of Kensington Palace after dark.
Explore the characters of Star Wars in this unique interactive exhibition.
Join the Tower’s Yeoman Warders on an exclusive twilight tour of the Tower. Take in world famous sights such as Traitor’s Gate, the scaffold site and the Bloody Tower, and be appalled and amazed by tales of prisoners and past residents.
Tailor-make your next awe-inspiring escape at Condé Nast Traveller presents The Luxury Travel Fair.
Join us at Olympia London from 3 - 6 November to discover the definitive collection of high-end holidays and unique travel experiences. Meet experts from all corners of the globe, create your own bespoke travel itinary for your dream getaway and discover the latest travel trends from leading luxury brands.
Uncover exclusive resorts and unique boutique hotels, luxury tour operators, first-class concierge companies, undiscovered destinations and original once-in-a-lifetime travel experiences - all at London's only travel event dedicated to the most discerning and experienced traveller...
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The Night Museum invites nocturnal visitors to accompany them on a programme of night walks, talks, performances, artist bars and journeys into the dark heart of the city. An eclectic and magical series of events will be held in unusual and hidden spaces surrounding the museum, including the Roman City Wall, the Barber Surgeons' Garden, St Botolph Without Aldersgate and Postman's Park.
The evening includes:
In Dark City: London after the Apocalypse, Dr Caroline Edwards (Birkbeck, University of London) will explore the post-apocalyptic London imaginary, from H G Wells, Virginia Woolf and Doris Lessing, to the disturbing urban fantasies of contemporary writers such as China Miéville and Alan Moore.
In Night. London. 1616, writer and academic Matthew Beaumont (author of Nightwalking) will present a thought experiment that evokes what it would be like to wake in the night and walk through the streets of London before the era of public lighting.
Join Rosie Oliver and Dotmaker Tours on a listening tour of the London night. From the bells that mark the passing hours to the hum of buildings at sleep, tune into the City’s nocturnal soundscape and rediscover lost and forbidden sounds.
Starts at 8pm.
Performance by Musarc
Musarc, one of London’s most progressive and experimental choirs, will reference "when night makes a weird sound of its own stillness" (Percy Bysshe Shelley), creating a magical atmosphere where the senses are heightened and darkness prevails. Performances at 8.15pm and 9.20pm. Meeting point: St. Botolph Without Aldersgate.
The memorial to heroic self-sacrifice
Historian Dr John Price will tell the story of Watts Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice in London’s Postman’s Park, revealing the story of the memorial and how artist and radical socialist George Frederick Watts realised his ambition to commemorate ordinary people who died saving the lives of others.
In the darkness they swing their manes like pendulums
Mythical creatures will stalk the night in two specially commissioned performances by artist Nicky Deeley, with percussion by Tazelaar Stevenson. Inspired by H G Wells’ The Time Machine and 60s sci-fi film Quatermass and the Pit, two species will engage in a rite of exchange and ingestion.
Follow the adventures of Ted as he searches the Solar System for the great, big bear in the sky, visiting the Sun, the Moon and the Planets.
In collaboration with local schools, music and songs have been developed by Trinity College of Music.
This live show, presented by a Royal Observatory Astronomer, takes visitors on a tour of what can be seen in the night sky on the day of their visit and the months ahead.
The journey takes in stars, constellations, planets and moons, and includes a fly-out to the edge of the visible.
