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Embrace the Best of Autumn in South Kensington!

A big welcome to South Kensington's new student cohort! Be sure to check out our Students Guide to South Ken for special student offers and the best tips on how to make the most of your time here.

This season brings whole array of new exhibitions, including the return of Wildlife Photographer of the Year, for its sixtieth anniversary at the Natural History Museum! See the world through a new lens and experience the wonder of life on Earth through the world’s best wildlife photography.

Plus don't miss the chance to experience Avatar Live in Concert at the Royal Albert Hall—an unforgettable experience for all ages. And while autumn settles in, you can still catch the tail end of the London Design Festival, celebrating creativity and innovation across the city.

Whether you're soaking up the last rays of summer or looking ahead to autumn, there’s plenty to enjoy in South Ken. Don’t miss out!

 
 
  Competitions  
 
 
 
Win 2x Tickets to Royal College of Music Jazz Orchestra: Journey Concert
 
Royal College of Music
3rd Oct 7.30pm
 
Founder of the contemporary orchestra Bansangu, Paul Booth makes his debut with the RCM Jazz Orchestra. Enter for a chance to win 2x tickets!
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Win 2x Tickets to See Avatar Live in Concert at the Royal Albert Hall!
 
Royal Albert Hall
27th October 7pm
 
Win tickets to the multi-Academy Award-winning film Avatar live in concert as part of the Royal Albert Hall's Films in Concert series.
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  What's on  
 
 
Image credit: Caiman Crunch © Ian Ford, Wildlife Photographer of the Year  
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024
 
Natural History Museum
11th Oct - 19th June 2025 10am - 5.50pm
 
Experience the wonder of life on Earth through the world’s best wildlife photography. The exhibition is back for its sixtieth year to reveal more of nature’s stories.
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London Design Festival 2024
 
V&A South Kensington
14th - 22nd Sept Various Times
 
Experience how design can shape a space, bring people together and foster rituals, through a series of installations exploring global cultures across the V&A.
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Brompton Design District
 

14th –22nd Sept Various times
 
The Brompton Design District is the leading District during the annual London Design Festival with a dedicated programme of temporary exhibitions.
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Kensington Allotment Garden Harvest Festival
 
Kensington Gardens
29th Sept 12pm-4pm
 
Take part in from digging for potatoes and harvesting crops, learn about organic food growing and get involved in seed sowing, as well as much more!
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Visions of Nature: A Mixed Reality Experience
 
Natural History Museum
Opens 24th Oct 10am-5pm
 
Equipped with a mixed reality headset, be transported a century into the future to explore what could lie ahead for the planet.
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Enthoven Unboxed: 100 Years of Collecting Performance
 
V&A South Kensington
14th Sept 2024- 4th Jan 2026 10am - 5:45pm
 
Marking 100 years since Gabrielle Enthoven founded the theatre and performance collection, explore an A–Z of themes to show how performance continues to entertain, provoke and inspire
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Looks Delicious! Exploring Japan’s Food Replica Culture
 
Japan House London
2nd Oct- 16th Feb 2025 10am- 8pm
 
Take a mouth-watering journey through the uniquely Japanese phenomenon of shokuhin sanpuru – the unexpectedly realistic food replicas displayed in front of restaurants across Japan.
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Friday Late: Fashioning Futures
 
V&A South Kensington
27th Sept 6:30pm - 10pm
 
Step into a fashion-inspired world where the next generation of artists and designers explore what being in vogue means to them - drawing from a wide range of local and global diaspora cultures.
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Making Waves: Voices For Water
 
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
24th Sept 7pm-9:30pm
 
Join Wilderness Foundation UK for an evening exploring seas and rivers through adventurous and therapeutic journeys, and being mindful of the threats to these wild, precious places.
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Craft x Tech Tohoku Project
 
V&A South Kensington
14th Sept- 13th Oct 10am-5:30pm
 
Craft x Tech is an initiative to bridge the gap between traditional Japanese craft and contemporary technology.
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Image credit: ©Augenschein Film Production  
Franka Potente: Home
 
Goethe-Institut
25th Sept 7pm
 
Franka Potente's film Home tells the story of Marvin who returns to his hometown in California after almost 20 years in prison to find that his crime has not been forgotten. Watch for only £5!
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Life Drawing with 2B Or Not 2B Collective
 
Leighton House and Sambourne House Museum
17th Sept, 15th Oct & 19th Nov 1pm-3pm
 
Experience life drawing in the studio of Victorian artist, Frederic Leighton. Take inspiration from the creative space and join for this series of tutored life drawing classes led by 2B Or Not 2B Collective.
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Family Fun: Science of Nature
 
Leighton House and Sambourne House Museum
21st Sept, 19th Oct, 16th Nov 11am-12:30pm and 2 - 3:30pm
 
A new series of Family Fun workshops exploring the science we can find in some of the natural elements in the world around us: wind, light and colour.
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Take a Deep Breath?
 
Imperial College London
9th Oct 5:30pm-6:30pm
 
Join Professor Benjamin Barratt, Professor of Environmental Exposures and Public Health and Deputy Director of the Environmental Research Group, to explore how we can improve public health by empowering the most vulnerable in society.
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The Goldman Case
 
Institut français
20th Sept- 3rd Oct Various times
 
A tense, edge-of-the-seat courtroom drama recreating the trial of Pierre Goldman in 1976 France, which was widely acknowledged as the most divisive case since the Dreyfus Affair of 1894.
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Albert Memorial Walking Tour
 
Hyde Park
11th Oct 2pm- 3:30pm
 
Join a fascinating tour of the Albert Memorial which will take you behind the railings of this infamous Victorian monument.
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  And from our friends  
 
 
 
Chelsea History Festival
 

25th-29th Sept Various times
 
The Chelsea History Festival offers an exciting programme of talks and free family activities including walking tours exploring different aspects of Chelsea. There is an opportunity to see the newly-restored Soane Stable Yard before it opens to the public in October.
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Discover South Kensington is an initiative of the Exhibition Road Cultural Group, a partnership of the cultural and educational organisations in and around Exhibition Road, South Kensington.

Our partners include:
 
The Design Museum
Goethe-Institut
Imperial College London
Institut franҫais
The Ismaili Centre
Kensington Palace
Natural History Museum
Royal Albert Hall
South Kensington Estates
Royal College of Art
Cromwell Place
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Royal College of Music
Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
The Royal Parks
Serpentine Galleries
The Science Museum
V&A South Kensington
The Royal Society of Sculptors
Japan House
Westminster City Council
 
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