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Win 4 tickets to see Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Natural History Museum
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year at the Natural History Museum presents a display of nature like you've never seen it before. Enter our competition for a chance to win 4x tickets!

Win an Natural History Museum Membership!

Natural History Museum
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Discover South Ken and the Natural History Museum have teamed up to give away the fantastic prize of a Natural History Museum year-long membership!

Win tickets to Out Shopping: The Dresses of Marion and Maud Sambourne (1880-1910)

Leighton House and Sambourne House Museum
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Leighton House and Sambourne House are offering you the opportunity to win 4 tickets to view this exhibition. Out Shopping: The Dresses of Marion and Maud Sambourne (1880-1910) offers a fascinating glimpse into late Victorian and early 20th-century fashion.

Win two tickets to see Edoardo Gabbriellini's Holiday at Ciné Lumière

24th March
4.35pm
Institut français
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Competition closing soon! Ciné Lumière presents the 14th edition of Cinema Made in Italy. To celebrate, we are giving away two tickets to a special screening of the film Holiday, featuring a Q&A session with director Edoardo Gabbriellini.

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Win two tickets to see Swan Lake in-the-round at the Royal Albert Hall

12th June
7.30pm
Royal Albert Hall
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This June, the Royal Albert Hall will be showing Derek Deane’s critically acclaimed production of Swan Lake in-the-round. To celebrate, we have two tickets to giveaway to one lucky winner to see the magic unfold on the 12th June, 7.30pm.

Women transforming South Kensington

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Great Exhibition Road Festival
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Hear from the key women shaping the future of South Kensington’s cultural sector in this panel discussion celebrating International Women’s Day. From starting a new urban nature movement at the Natural History Museum to a £40 million state of the art redevelopment of the Royal College of Music, join an all-female panel to discuss how women are re-shaping Albertopolis.

Wonderlab: The Equinor Gallery

Daily
10am-6pm (last entry 5:15pm)
Science Museum
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Revealing the beauty of the science and maths that shape our everyday lives, this unmissable experience will ignite your curiosity, fuel your imagination and inspire you to see the world around you in new and exciting ways.

Workshop: Create in Clay

27th April
10am - 4pm
Design Museum Kensington
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Join this workshop to discover the tactile material of clay, enjoy a day of hands-on exploration from creating pinch pots to wheel throwing and crafting tools.

Workshop: Learn to Knit with Wool and the Gang

18th May
10am - 4pm
Design Museum Kensington
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Get to grips with the wonderful world of knitting and learn how to make a quilt-style blanket in this workshop designed for beginners to start mastering the basics of the craft.

Yinka Shonibare CBE: Suspended States

12th April - 1st Sept
10am - 6pm
Serpentine
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Suspended States is the artist’s first London solo exhibition in over 20 years. It showcases new works, interrogating how systems of power affect sites of refuge, debates on public statues, the ecological impact of colonialisation and the legacy of imperialism on conflict and consequential attempts at peace.

Young Design Museum

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Design Museum Kensington
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Whether you’re looking for ideas to entertain the children, or are simply after some creative fun to fill an afternoon, check out the Young Design Museum strand. Bring the world of design to life through everyday materials and household objects.

Young Design Museum for Schools

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Design Museum Kensington
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Inspire students' creativity and passion with the Design Museum's fantastic range of ready made lessons. Make a wiggle side chair, redesign your kitchenware or design your own environmentally friendly packaging - with everyday materials and household objects.

Young V&A

Opens 1st July
10am-5:30pm
V&A South Kensington
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Get ready to spark your creativity at Young V&A – the museum where children, young people and families can imagine, play and design. From 1 July 2023, be inspired by spaces, explore our collection and get creative. Right now, keep in touch on social.

Young V&A opening in July

Opening 1st July 2023
V&A South Kensington
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Young V&A will showcase the transformative power of creativity, displaying remarkable and optimistic stories of children’s ingenuity alongside 2,000 works from the V&A’s collection of art, design, and performance.

Zimingzhong 凝时聚珍: Clockwork Treasures from China’s Forbidden City

1st Feb - 2nd June
10am - 6pm
Science Museum
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Discover a beautiful collection of unique clockwork wonders. This exhibition will showcase the stunning craftsmanship and the inner workings of centuries-old timepieces prized by the emperors of China's Forbidden City.

£1 tickets for a day visit to Kensington Palace

Kensington Palace
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1 tickets for a day visit to Kensington Palace are available to anyone in receipt of specific financial support. You can claim £1 tickets for up to six people per household.