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Evening Yoga at the Museum

Various dates and times
V&A South Kensington
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Unwind after your day with our unique evening yoga class hosted in collaboration with East of Eden.

Explore the Natural History Museum from your home

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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.

Family Concert: A Musical Voyage!

19th Oct
12pm
Royal College of Music
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Dive into an unforgettable orchestral adventure! This uplifting performance features enchanting melodies and thrilling rhythms inspired by the ocean’s beauty, mystery, and power. Perfect for all ages.

Family Fun: Drawing from Life

6th Dec
11am-12:30pm & 2:30pm-4pm
Leighton House and Sambourne House
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Join us for a special family-friendly life drawing workshop to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Only £5!

Family Fun: Storytelling and draw along with Nadine Kaadan

22nd Nov
11am - 12:30pm & 2:30-4pm
Leighton House and Sambourne House
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Join us in a fun, imaginative workshop where families will take part in life-drawing activities and draw-along challenges, to co-create a final illustration exploring the meaning of 'peace'. Only £5!

Family Fun: The mystery of the stolen painting

25th Oct
11am - 12:30pm & 2:30pm-4pm
Leighton House and Sambourne House
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Children and their adults will work together to discover who stole Frederic Leighton’s famous painting, in an actor led interactive crime mystery puzzle.

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 South Kensington
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Free

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

Image credit: 2B Or Not 2B Collective at the National Gallery. Photo: Hydar Dewachi

Fashion Life Drawing: Blitz Club

6th Feb
6pm-7:30pm
Design Museum
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Join us for a Friday night life drawing session celebrating the fashion of the Blitz Club in the 80s.

Fête du cinéma d’Animation

4th-31st Oct
Various times
Institut français
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Fans of animated films, whatever your age, enjoy this animation festival with a great selection of new films alongside ultimate classics.

Film Music Gala

30th May 2026
3pm & 7:30pm
Royal Albert Hall
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Join an epic journey through sensational soundtracks, depicting the action-packed thrills of Mission: Impossible, Indiana Jones and Jurassic Park; the fantasy and magic of Star Wars, Harry Potter and E.T and more!

Fixing Our Broken Planet Gallery

Open daily from 3rd April.
10:00am - 5:50pm
Natural History Museum
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The Museum is excited to finally share Fixing Our Broken Planet, their first new permanent gallery since 2016! Explore the biggest challenges facing the planet and discover science-backed, hopeful solutions that will help us to create a more sustainable world.

Flight Gallery

Daily
10am-6pm
Science Museum
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From mankind's earliest dreams of flying to the wide-body aeroplanes of today, discover the amazing story of flight. Overhead walkways allow you to get up close to planes suspended in the air while you learn about the incredible people who led this innovation in transport.

Footways - exploring London on foot

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Why not plan your visit to South Ken using the Footways walking map available at railway stations and online? You can plan your route away from the busy roads and discover a quiet and alternative side to London.

French Courses: Twice a Week

Starting 24th March
Institut français
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Don’t think twice! Learn French twice a week at the Institut français and achieve great results!

French Film Festival London 2025

12th–23rd Nov
Various times
Institut français
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With many UK premieres, the selection showcases the variety of voices, forms and budgets that altogether represent the wealth and diversity of French cinema production.

Fright Night

30th Oct
7:30pm
Royal Albert Hall
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Prepare for a night of supernatural thrills on Halloween eve with "the UK's go-to ghost guy," Danny Robins.

Fun DMC

28th Oct
1pm-3pm
Royal Albert Hall
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Once again the world’s one and only (and therefore best) family block party returns to Royal Albert Hall's Elgar Room for an afternoon of family fun!

Future Observatory: Tools for Transition

Sept 2025 - Aug 2026
Design Museum
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In this free display, discover four research projects from across the UK that are driving change in housing, healthcare, local planning and resource management.

Future of Food

24th July-4th Jan 2026
10am-6pm
Science Museum
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A free exhibition examining how science can help us find more sustainable ways to grow and produce, purchase and cook, eat and enjoy food to help protect the planet.

Gallery Hire at Serpentine

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Available for corporate and private hire, Serpentine South Gallery and Serpentine North Gallery and the Magazine restaurant are contemporary art spaces in which to hold beautiful events.

Gazette Brasserie

Mon & Tue: 5pm – 10.30pm Wed to Sun: 10am – 10.30pm
Institut français
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Gazette Brasserie is the perfect venue for coffee meet-ups, quick lunches, pre-cinema drinks and nibbles or a cosy dinner at the Institut français in London.

Get active: New cycle route and walking tour

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Footways London map highlights quiet and characterful walking routes so you can explore Kensington at a different pace. The paper maps are available at some Central Network Rail stations or plan your quiet route via the new interactive map with geolocation