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Dinosaurs

Natural History Museum
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Explore the different time periods dinosaurs lived, sort the facts from the myths about why they died out, and find out what our scientific research has taught us about these prehistoric giants.

Dippy's Naturenauts

Natural History Museum
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Welcome, naturenauts! Are you ready for an adventure? Grab your phone or tablet to explore the nature on your doorstep.

Discovering Britain: Albertopolis Walk

Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
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Take a self-guided tour and explore how London’s quarter for the arts and sciences was created. Discover more about it's great institutions and magnificent buildings.

Discovery Days: Hair-Raising Halloween

24th-26th Oct
11am-3:30pm
Hyde Park
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It's spooky season! Join the Royal Pakrs this Halloween to take part in a host of free creepy crawly Halloween-themed activities.

DIVA

On until 7th April 2024
10am-5:45pm
V&A
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DIVA celebrates the power and creativity of iconic performers, exploring and redefining the role of 'diva' and how this has been subverted or embraced over time across opera, stage, popular music, and film.

Drink and Draw with Zoolab

6th Oct
7pm - 8.30pm
Leighton House and Sambourne House Museum
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A creative evening to get up close with everything from snakes to giant snails at Leighton House with the animal experts from Zoolab.

Earth Perspectives by Olafur Eliasson

Serpentine
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The Serpentine launches 'Earth Perspectives', a new artwork conceived by Olafur Eliasson for Earth Day 2020, comprising of nine images featuring nine different views over the Earth.

Email is Dead

28th Sept- 22nd Oct
10:00am - 17:00pm
Design Museum Kensington
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A playful and immersive display in partnership with Intuit Mailchimp to explore email’s transformational powers. With the acceleration of new technologies like artificial intelligence and new methods of connecting online, the display will ask: how will email shape our future?

Energy Hall

Daily
10am-6pm (last entry 5:15pm)
Science Museum
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Trace the remarkable story of steam and how it shaped the world we live in today. Steam has been the driving force behind British industry for 300 years. Without it, the Industrial Revolution could never have happened. Even now, steam provides 75% of the electricity we use every day.

Energy: Sparks from the Collection

25th May-20th April 2024
10am-6pm
V&A
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This display shines a light on the diverse kinds of energy in photography, from the hidden processes intrinsic to creating a picture, to the subjects in front of the camera.

Engineer your future

Daily
10am-6pm
Science Museum
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Could you shape the world we live in? Find out if you've got the problem-solving, big-thinking, team-working skills to be a globe-trotting engineer of tomorrow.

Engineers

From 23rd June
10am-6pm
Science Museum
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Engineers shape the world that we live in, creating bold, ground-breaking innovations that respond to global challenges and improve billions of lives. But how much do we know about the people behind these innovations?

Europe 1600-1815

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Daily: 10am-5:45pm - Friday: 10am–10pm
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Showcasing over 1100 objects from the V&A’s collections of 17th- and 18th-century European art and design in a suite of seven galleries.

Evelyn De Morgan: The Gold Drawings

11th Mar - 1 Oct
Leighton House and Sambourne House Museum
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Explore Evelyn De Morgan's unique practice of making gold drawings. See 13 artworks loaned by the Trustees of the De Morgan Foundation and Victoria Dolorosa from the Leighton House Collection. Featuring angels, saints, biblical figures and mythological deities, these drawings celebrate those who are in some way superhuman, or close to godly.

Explore RCM Exhibitions Online

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Royal College of Music
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The Royal College of Music was the first music conservatoire to partner with the Google Cultural Institute, opening up collections to audiences around the world. The museum and library curate a range of interactive digital exhibitions, drawing on key social and historical themes to enrich our understanding of music history.

Explore the Natural History Museum from your home

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Natural History Museum
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The Natural History Museum's virtual tour allows you to explore 14 exhibitions and access 300,000 specimens. Zoom in on the tiny details of the main hall's gilded ceiling or take a closer look at the marine reptiles discovered by Mary Anning. Enjoy a day at the Museum without even having to leave your home!

Explore the V&A Collections

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The V&A is launching Explore the Collections, a new digital platform that enables everyone from around the world to search, explore and discover over 1.2m objects from the museum’s collections.

Explorer Trail at the Design Museum

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Design Museum Kensington
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The trail will include creative looking, thinking and drawing activities as you explore the museum and exhibitions. The trail asks the user to consider what it's like to be a designer, maker and user of some of the wonderful objects in the collection. Takes 30 - 40 minutes.

Exploring Space Gallery Tour

Daily
10am-6pm
Science Museum
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Discover space firsts such as Sputnik, Yuri Gagarin and the work of Sergei Koralev. Delve into an amazing history, bringing to life objects from our Exploring Space gallery.

Family Fun: Fantastical Creatures Clay Modelling

21st Oct
11am - 12.30pm
Leighton House and Sambourne House Museum
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An opportunity for children to dive into the imaginary worlds of artist Maha Ahmed and her exhibition Where Worlds Meet, on display at Leighton House.

Family Trails at the Science Museum

Science Museum
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Go on a journey of discovery and exploration around the Science Museum.

Fashion

Daily
V&A
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Spanning five centuries, the Fashion collection is the largest and most comprehensive collection of dresses in the world.

Films in Concert

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Royal Albert Hall
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Experience cinema’s most iconic films including Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, with the score performed live by an orchestra in the spectacular surroundings of the Royal Albert Hall.

Five Brilliant Online History Resources

Kensington Palace
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Historic Royal Palaces has lots of ideas and resources online to help your children explore history without having to step outside the front door.