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Workshops & Courses

Workshops and courses around South Kensington. Learn from our experts, whether it is a new language, illustration, drawing classes, photography or philosophy - these are just some of the new skills you can dive into for adults and children.

Work with Clay, with Esraa Badawy

2nd May 2026
10 am - 1 pm
Leighton House and Sambourne House
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A unique opportunity to learn with ceramicist Esraa Badawy, graduate of the Jameel House of Traditional Arts in Cairo. Esraa will share with you how she takes inspiration from nature, and guide you to work in clay, exploring shape, pattern and texture to make your own artwork to take home.

Wellbeing Day in the Garden

12th May 2026
2 pm - 4.30 pm
Design Museum
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This Mental Health Awareness Week, come to the garden for an afternoon of relaxing engagement with nature and design: find your centre with a meditation session, enjoy the presentation of a new book by Amy Chapman and make your own tea blends using seasonal herbs with Hackney Herbal.

Fixing Our Broken Planet: Generation Hope

23rd - 26th Apr
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Natural History Museum
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Join the Natural History Museum to explore how you can help shape a better future for people and the planet. Connect with scientists, youth climate activists, creatives, and policy and business experts through talks, tours, and workshops.

Performance Festival 2026

24th Apr - 3rd May 2026
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V&A South Kensington
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Experience the storytelling, placemaking and memory-forming power of music and sound. Explore reverberation, repetition and mythmaking through live performances, screenings, talks, tours and workshops, all inspired by the theme 'echoes’.

Image credit: Stepping Stools, Somerset House, 2008. Courtesy Simone Brewster

Workshop: The Architecture of the Chair with Simone Brewster

16th May 2026
10 am - 4 pm
Design Museum
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Join artist and designer Simone Brewster for a workshop. Following a guided tour of Brewster's PLATFORM exhibition and a study of the museum's chair collection, create your own chair design inspired by identity and cultural narratives through conceptual exercises.

Courses for Children and Young Learners

Various dates and times
Goethe-Institut
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Vibrant, in-person German courses for children and teens aged 6-17. From beginner classes to creative options like Coding & German, young learners enjoy a hands-on, engaging approach to language learning – right here in South Kensington.