Category: London

Over the past five years, V&A Museum’s new east London storehouse has been slowly filling up with over 600,000 objects from the museum’s archive ahead of its opening next year. The collection used to be housed in the ornate Blythe

A large metal sign marking the 20th anniversary of the London nightclub fabric will be displayed in the new London Museum when it opens in 2026. Cameron Leslie with fabric sign (c) London Museum The sign, which hung outside the

A few months ago, the long closed Reading Room inside the British Museum reopened to the public, but with a strict, and strictly enforced no photography rule. They’ve now dropped the photo ban, and doesn’t it look amazing? The Reading

A ‘dancing’ stoat, a moonlight hunter and a David Bowie spider are just some of the 100 wildlife photographs that have been shortlisted to go on display at the Natural History Museum’s annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Twist

A series of unpublished letters is going on display in London, casting serious doubt on Charles Dickens’ notorious claims that his wife was an uncaring mother to their children. Charles Dickens married Catherine Hogarth in 1836 and, over the years,

The Royal Observatory in Greenwich is planning a major redevelopment, which aims to improve visitors’ access, improve some of the exhibition rooms, and create more space for events. A view showing the new external staircase Source: Planning docs / Jamie

Vestry House Museum has been granted planning permission for a £4.5 million redevelopment that will transform the local history museum by adding an enhanced heritage and community offer, improved access, new creative workspaces, and a new café. Vestry House Museum

Hampton Court Palace’s ornately decorated Chapel Royal has closed to worshipers for the first time in two decades to allow a rare chance for conservation work to be carried out. Conservation at Hampton Court Palace’s Chapel Royal (c) Historic Royal

London’s newest museum opens next week, although it’s less of a museum than a private art collection, which will be shown on Oxford Street. CGI concept – source: planning documents The Moco Museum (Modern Contemporary Museum) is an independent commercial

The Courtauld art gallery in central London has received a huge $12 million (£9.4 million) donation to create the Manton Centre for British Art. Courtauld Gallery – Somerset House The Manton Foundation, founded by British art collectors and philanthropists Sir