London Museums

A small museum in Paddington that celebrates the man who accidentally discovered penicillin is marking its 30th anniversary this month. The Alexander Fleming Museum is, to be honest, not that amazing, being a couple of exhibition rooms, and then the

This autumn will mark 200 years since Charles Dickens, as a twelve year old boy was forced to leave school and do something that he never spoke of, although it laid the foundations for much of his writings as an

When it opens in 2026, the new London Museum wants to have a space filled with old London signs and is now asking the public for donations. The installation, Hanging Out, will aim to celebrate how the capital brings people

Watford Museum will be closing in October for a couple of years as it prepares to move to a new home, as the current building is considered unsuitable to house its growing local history collection. (c) Watford Museum Like most

A new museum could be opening in Marble Arch, as the Amsterdam based Moco Museum (Modern Contemporary Museum) has taken a lease on three floors of an Oxford Street building. CGI concept – source: planning documents The Moco Museum is

Will Gompertz, who is currently Artistic Director at the Barbican and was for many years, the BBC’s Arts Editor has been named as the new director of the Sir John Soane’s Museum. Will Gompertz in the Picture Room at Sir

South London’s Horniman Museum has been awarded £5.7 million towards the cost of a significant redevelopment they are planning. The National Lottery Heritage Fund has provided the funding. That covers just over half of the estimated £10 million cost of

A large basement space in the Science Museum now echoes to the sounds of Space Invaders and Mario Kart as the whole space has been filled with arcade and computer games. The museum’s collection of games consoles used to be

South London’s Dulwich Picture Gallery is to get a bit larger after it secured planning permission for a new building and to open up a closed field next to the site. The gallery is going to be building a new

The Natural History Museum has decided to commission a new logo that it will be using in the years up to its 150th anniversary in 2031. Evolution of the logo The new symbol which appears on the Museum’s digital platforms