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National Gallery Extends Opening Hours Until 7pm Daily This Summer

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London Transport Museum Launches First Family Tour of Disused Aldwych Tube Station

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British Museum Reveals First Details of Historic Bayeux Tapestry Exhibition and Exhibition Dates Announced

The British Museum has released the first details of what it's...

Greenwich Is Getting Its Own Moon — and It’s Made of Mirrors

Luke Jerram's two-metre-wide mirrored Moon — its surface mapped from NASA topographic data so you can run your fingers across real craters — arrives at the Royal Observatory Greenwich on 12 June 2026, taking up residence beside the Prime Meridian.

London Transport Museum Marks 120 Years of the Piccadilly Line with a Season of Public Events

London Transport Museum is marking 120 years of the Piccadilly line with a season of talks, workshops, family days, behind-the-scenes Depot open days and Hidden London tours, running through 2026.

National Gallery to Stage First Exhibition of 20th Century German Paintings With Major German Expressionism Show

The National Gallery's first exhibition of 20th-century German paintings opens in spring 2027, bringing together over fifty loans charting the bold colours and formal innovations of Die Brücke and Der Blaue Reiter.

Tate Britain to Stage First Major Exhibition Exploring the Art and Fashion of the 1990s

Tate Britain will stage the first exhibition to explore the art,...

London Newest Museum Opens Tomorrow – V&A East Museum Opens This Weekend With Landmark Exhibition on Black British Music

The V&A's ambitious new museum in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park opens...

National Gallery Names Kengo Kuma to Design New Wing in £750 Million Transformation

The National Gallery has announced that Japanese architect Kengo Kuma will...

Natural History Museum Overtakes British Museum as UK’s Most Visited Attraction

For the first time ever, the Natural History Museum has claimed...

Natural History Museum’s New Exhibition Brings Jurassic Sea Monsters to Life

While the dinosaurs were stomping around on land 200 million years...

Go Behind the Scenes at London Transport Museum’s Depot Open Days This April

There's a warehouse in Acton Town that contains over 320,000 objects...

National Gallery to Stage Major Renoir Exhibition—The Largest in the UK for 20 Years

Pierre-Auguste Renoir understood something essential about modern life: that love, in...

Mark Your Calendars: Tickets to See the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum Go On Sale 1 July

It's really happening. After years of speculation, diplomatic negotiations, and what...

Tate Modern to Stage Largest Ever Tracey Emin Exhibition, Including Iconic “My Bed”

Tracey Emin has never been afraid to show us everything. The...
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