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Explore the evolution of Diana, Princess of Wales’ innate sense of style in a new display at her former London home. In this elegant new display in the historic galleries of Kensington Palace, a piece from Diana’s wardrobe will complement original sketches created for her during the design process. Diana’s handwritten comments, added alongside her favourite designs, demonstrate the joy she found Read more...

The Access Advisory Group is a diverse group of individuals with lived experiences of disability. We play an important role in the Horniman. We have made this gallery accessible to more people. Museums are now becoming more accessible but too often disabled people aren’t visible. We set out to change that with this display. We did our research in the Read more...

The world’s best space photography Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year returns with a brand new exhibition showcasing the world’s greatest space photography. This year the competition attracted an astonishing 4,602 entries from 90 different countries across the world. Each spectacular image lets us see the universe in a whole new light – find out who was crowned winner. See all the Read more...

Step into a tour through London’s history, narrated by the animals who once lived here. Beasts of London explores the fascinating role animals have played in shaping the capital. Be guided through time, from the Roman era through Medieval London and right up to present day, narrated by the beasts themselves. Discover how animals – from lions and elephants, to horses, Read more...

A collaborative project between UEL and the museum bringing together architects, artists, photographers and students spanning the educational spectrum. Seventy first year BSc Architecture students from UEL were invited to re-think how visitors might interact with the museum and design new inventive spaces for playing and learning. Pupils from Morpeth Secondary School and St Johns Primary School have user tested their Read more...

“The whole point of fashion is to make fashionable clothes available to everyone.” Mary Quant From miniskirts and hot pants to vibrant tights and makeup, discover how Mary Quant launched a fashion revolution on the British high street, with over 200 garments and accessories, including unseen pieces from the designer’s personal archive. Extended hours on Friday until 10.00. Closed 24, 25 Read more...

Meet the real woman behind the public monarch Explore Queen Victoria’s private life behind her carefully-managed public image in Victoria: Woman and Crown, a major new exhibition at Kensington Palace. The new display, created to mark the 200th anniversary of Victoria’s birth, will re-examine how she balanced her role as a wife and mother with that of Queen of an expanding Read more...

Award-winning, internationally-exhibited visual artist Claire Morgan has created stunning new pieces for the Horniman, including a dramatic installation in Gallery Square. Claire’s thought-provoking works draws on the theme of waste and the impact that humans have on their surroundings. Her pieces include thousands of fragments of colourful waste polythene frozen in time, and nature combined with plastics. As I Live Read more...

Our free exhibition will bring together two artists who explore the representation of chronic illness and reclaim the idea of ‘misbehaving bodies’. Influential photographer Jo Spence’s (1934–92) work documents her diagnosis of breast cancer and subsequent healthcare regime throughout the 1980s. Her raw and confrontational photography will be shown alongside Oreet Ashery’s (b. 1966) award-winning miniseries ‘Revisiting Genesis’, 2016, which Read more...

 Artificial intelligence is gaining an ever-increasing presence in our lives. Everything from deep-sea exploration to getting a cheeky take-away is being reimagined with some form of automation. Technology developers are racing to create fully autonomous machines with the ability to make decisions on their own. How many of these smart machines already exist? And how much control are we willing to transfer Read more...

Discover artists who have risked their lives in times of conflict for the music they love in Rebel Sounds, our powerful new exhibition at IWM London. From Hitler’s persecution of swing and jazz groups to the ban of music in Northern Mali under Islamist rule in 2012, oppressive regimes have tried to erase forms of culture and expression. In spite of Read more...

Never-before-seen documents will reveal IWM’s plan for evacuating our art collection during the Second World War in our new exhibition, Art in Exile. Uncover how cultural treasures in British museums and galleries were evacuated and protected during the Second World War. The documents, including a notice issued to IWM staff in 1939, titled ‘Procedure in the event of war,’ and part Read more...

From the Nazi theft of art and the bombing of Coventry Cathedral to the destruction by ISIS of objects from Mosul Museum in Iraq, war devastates lives, kills people and destroys the cultural heritage that they hoped would outlive them. Sometimes destruction is accidental, but often our cherished places, objects and stories are deliberately targeted in conflict. What Remains, our new Read more...

Olafur Eliasson returns to Tate Modern with this unmissable exhibition In Eliasson’s captivating installations you become aware of your senses, people around you and the world beyond. Some artworks introduce natural phenomena such as rainbows to the gallery space. Others use reflections and shadows to play with the way we perceive and interact with the world. Many works result from the artist’s Read more...

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing at a major new exhibition in London. The Moon is the UK’s biggest exhibition dedicated to Earth’s celestial neighbour. Charting the cultural and scientific story of our relationship with the Moon, the exhibition features over 180 objects, including artefacts from NASA’s Apollo 11 mission .Reconnect with the wonders of the Moon through artefacts, artworks Read more...

We’ve dug deep into our collections to bring you 325 objects from our 325 year history. From Roman relics to a nuclear fall-out calculator from the Cold War, the exhibition features a variety of fascinating artefacts to celebrate our 325th anniversary. The objects explore how money and the way we pay for things has transformed since the Bank of England Read more...

SIR JOHN RITBLAT TREASURES GALLERY Explore original manuscripts, costume designs and photographs from over 100 years of the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company and their iconic productions of the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. Image: Peg dolls in detailed costumes representing characters from The Yeoman of the Guard and HMS Pinafore. Made by a devoted fan of the company, Mrs Jo Adnam, in the Read more...

A new display showcasing the very best of the Cartoon Museums collection of cartoon art, curated by Cartoonist and Cartoon Museum Trustee Steve Bell. Closed Monday Ticket included in admission price of £8.50 with concessions.  Under 18s, registered disabled and their carer are FREE. Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult Read more...

A new exhibition celebrating the world of comics, curated by Comics Curator Steve Marchant. Closed Monday Ticket included in admission price of £8.50 with concessions.  Under 18s, registered disabled and their carer are FREE. Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult Read more...

During the 17th century, Amsterdam became a new economic superpower in Europe, providing a wealth of opportunities for young painters to make their mark. This display explores the personal stories of key artists from our Collection; including works by Meindert Hobbema, Jacob van Ruisdael and Willem van de Velde II. Explores tales of invention, ingenuity, fortune and loss, all against Read more...

From the dance floor anthem to scratchy recordings of the blues, the history of popular music is a source of rich inspiration for successive generations. For this commission, artists Eileen Simpson and Ben White (both b.1977, UK) collaborated with a group of young musicians and Spotlight Youth Centre in East London to produce a call and response that activates past, present and Read more...