{"title": "Cabinets Unlocked, 17 Oct–1 Nov 2026", "start": "2026-10-17T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "Ham House", "address": "", "price": "Free event (admission applies)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/decorative-arts"], "description": "Cabinets Unlocked is a rare chance to see inside Ham House's highly decorative cabinets, which are opened just twice a year to protect their pristine interiors. Over twenty prized cabinets and writing desks will be opened and on display, along with strongboxes and miniature cabinets, coinciding with the conservation team's condition checks. The collection includes marquetry, lacquer and exquisite veneers from Japan, China, Holland and England, with highlights such as the Ivory Cabinet from around 1660 and the Marquetry Cabinet, one of the earliest recorded examples of floral marquetry in England. From 19 to 23 October, volunteer guides will also give short pop-up talks in the Long Gallery, subject to volunteer availability.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/cabinets-unlocked-17-oct1-nov-2026-36376/", "official_url": "", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-17T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "Ham House", "address": "", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Cabinets Unlocked: Sensory Explorers", "start": "2026-10-24T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "Ham House", "address": "", "price": "Free event, but normal admission charges apply for the venue", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["history/early-modern"], "description": "Cabinets Unlocked: Sensory Explorers is a family event at Ham House and Garden where visitors explore the house's unique collection of cabinets using their senses. You can listen to music etched on a cabinet, smell precious spices once kept in these beautiful objects, and search the house for lost cabinet keys. It is part of the Cabinets Unlocked programme and finishes with a 17th-century musical performance from The Morley Consort. Visitors can also enjoy the walled Kitchen Garden and seasonal activities, colouring-in and toys in the family Garden Room.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/cabinets-unlocked-sensory-explorers-36375/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "November 2026 weekday conservation tours", "start": "2026-11-02T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-24T00:00:00Z", "place": "Ham House", "address": "", "price": "Free event (admission applies)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/architecture", "history/heritage-preservation"], "description": "Weekday 50-minute tours taking visitors inside Ham House in November, when access to the house is by tour only. They are run by the house's staff and volunteer team, who carry out conservation work on the 17th-century interior during this quieter time. The tours offer a chance to get up-close to conservation work, see some of Ham's most spectacular rooms, and hear how the objects and buildings are cared for. No advance booking is needed; sign up at Visitor Welcome on the day, first come first served.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/november-2026-weekday-conservation-tours-36378/", "official_url": "https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/london/ham-house-and-garden/events/169d84e3-aa6c-4792-aa7a-4d59a95501e2", "image": ""}, {"title": "Collection in Focus: Furniture", "start": "2026-10-31T11:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Wallace Collection", "address": "Manchester Square, W1U 3BN London", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://wallacecollection.digitickets.co.uk/tickets", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/design/furniture-design"], "description": "A themed guided tour at the museum focusing on the furniture collection, taking visitors through highlights across the galleries in the Front State Room. Speaker Denise Stone leads the tour, which explores the artistry, craftsmanship, and innovation behind pieces from elegant tables and cabinets to richly decorated furnishings created for Europe's most prestigious interiors. Places are limited and allocated first-come, first-served on the day.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/collection-in-focus-furniture-39901/", "official_url": "https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/events/collection-in-focus-furniture-13/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1545ea1c70943f50445fd8e1eadc6707856656c02416da055058daa3c7114b83-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Morley Consort: A musical experience at Ham House", "start": "2026-11-01T12:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Ham House", "address": "", "price": "This event is free, but normal admission charges apply for the venue.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/baroque"], "description": "A historical musical experience with live 17th-century music performed in the Long Gallery of Ham House. The Morley Consort, a 4-piece group, plays 17th-century repertoire on historical instruments as visitors explore Ham's rare cabinet collection on the last day of Cabinets Unlocked. The programme includes pieces by composers on the Royalist side of the English Civil War, as well as music from Playford's English Dancing Master paying tribute to Ham House and its Cherry Garden. The performers take breaks and there is time to chat with audience members; the free event needs no booking, but normal admission charges apply for the venue.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-morley-consort-a-musical-experience-at-ham-house-36377/", "official_url": "https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/london/ham-house-and-garden/events/9693b995-307a-4a32-b382-f0f4fb50fbd1", "image": ""}, {"title": "Leadenhall Market’s Wunderkammer pop-ups", "start": "2026-09-03T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-22T00:00:00Z", "place": "Leadenhall Market", "address": "", "price": "Free entry", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://onecitylondon.com/shop/", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/installation", "food-drink"], "description": "Leadenhall Market’s Wunderkammer pop-ups is an installation of tiny curiosities in one of the market’s cobbled alleyways, at No. 27¼. It centres on an Italian-inspired serving window offering limited-edition miniature postcards, with market tenants and visiting brands taking over on rotation with cakes, coffee, wine and exclusive products. A tiny wool boutique and a mouse-sized video shop complete the trio, revealing chapters of the market’s history and character. Entry to view the tiny video rental and wool shops is free, with products available to purchase through the miniature serving window.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/leadenhall-markets-wunderkammer-pop-ups-37580/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/44c772a857476168ae85dd75ba503acc3d1a0159a7ae2c1727226d692ed85286-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Francis Hamel, Two Seasons in Japan", "start": "2026-10-08T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T00:00:00Z", "place": "John Martin Gallery", "address": "Albemarle Street 38, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting/landscape-painting", "nature/landscape"], "description": "An exhibition of paintings by Francis Hamel at John Martin Gallery. It is the result of two extensive journeys through Japan, in autumn 2025 and spring 2026. The sixty paintings range from the gardens and temples of Kyoto and Kanazawa to mountain forests, rivers, farms, city streets and the landscapes of northern Honshu and Shikoku. Across two contrasting seasons, Hamel explores the dialogue between the composed artistry of the Japanese garden and the natural landscape.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/francis-hamel-two-seasons-in-japan-36758/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/03d8521730b6d1d9d7485a9c6191e0c262cbc7dd87a3ab57303a17fd8162042e-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Under Wraps Inaugural Mayfair Group Exhibition", "start": "2026-09-12T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-01-09T00:00:00Z", "place": "Charles Burnand Gallery", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/design"], "description": "Under Wraps is the group exhibition that inaugurates Charles Burnand Gallery's new Mayfair home at 20 Bruton Place. Opening during London Design Festival, it brings together new and recent works by internationally acclaimed artists working across Art Furniture, Illuminated Sculpture, Collectable Design and Sculpture, including Niamh Barry, Peter Lane, Studio Furthermore, Kyeok Kim, Myungtaek Jung and Marc Fish. Selected works stay veiled beneath semi-translucent architectural sheeting and are revealed through a choreographed sequence of automated unveilings, exploring how a first encounter with a work shapes the relationship that follows. Materials span mirror-polished bronze, glazed ceramic stoneware, recycled aluminium, cast glass and precious metal leaf.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/under-wraps-inaugural-mayfair-group-exhibition-41161/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f23f7c7f5afa50c84eaa24e82bb447fb6ecf3bc28f12e41236ceda8ac48445d4-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Dame Rosalind Savill Memorial Lecture 2026", "start": "2026-11-09T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Wallace Collection", "address": "Manchester Square, W1U 3BN London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://wallacecollection.digitickets.co.uk/tickets", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/decorative-arts", "history/france"], "description": "The Dame Rosalind Savill Memorial Lecture 2026 is an annual talk at the museum, held in its Theatre and broadcast live online via Zoom, followed by a drinks reception. This year's speaker is Wolf Burchard, Curator in Charge of the Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with the lecture 'The World's Largest Jigsaw Puzzle: Piecing together Louis XIV's Grande Galerie Savonnerie carpets'. He tells how, in 1668, Louis XIV commissioned 92 enormous Savonnerie carpets for the Grande Galerie of the Louvre, woven over 25 years and never laid out there; after the French Revolution many were stripped of royal emblems, segmented, sold and dispersed, and curators from the Mobilier national and The Met are now piecing them together. In February 2026 the Mobilier national showed 32 of these carpets together at the Grand Palais in Paris, and from September 2026 The Met will stage the first ever exhibition devoted to the Savonnerie in the United States. The lecture honours Dame Rosalind Savill, Director of the Wallace Collection from 1992 to 2011, who transformed the under-visited institution into a cultural landmark.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/dame-rosalind-savill-memorial-lecture-2026-39905/", "official_url": "https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/events/dame-rosalind-savill-memorial-lecture-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6c86e408329886372e483913eb56043a0a3b926a651387a36ad5078d550318ff-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Wonders of the warehouse", "start": "2026-10-28T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-23T00:00:00Z", "place": "London Museum Docklands", "address": "Hertsmere Road, E14 4AL London", "price": "from £9.00", "price_from": "9.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://museumtickets.londonmuseum.org.uk/ticketbooth/shows/1173649705/events/428910693", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history"], "description": "A guided gallery tour called Wonders of the warehouse at London Museum Docklands. It is run by London Museum and explores the hidden history of the museum's Georgian building, one of the last remaining fragments of the old West India Docks. The warehouse once stored imports like sugar, rum and tea before closing for business in the 1980s. Visitors can see areas not usually open to the public and learn about the working lives of the dockers who once worked there.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/wonders-of-the-warehouse-37069/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/52390d88c4736317f800daffacca75c19ce1cb101399ca5a280b51d76b9a2469-1200.webp"}, {"title": "MODERN MADE Auction Viewing - London", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-30T00:00:00Z", "place": "Lyon & Turnbull", "address": "Connaught Street 22, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/design"], "description": "MODERN MADE Auction Viewing - London is a public viewing of works ahead of Lyon & Turnbull's upcoming MODERN MADE auction. The auctioneer presents twentieth- and twenty-first-century art and design, from sculptural furniture and works of art to studio ceramics, lighting, glass and finely crafted objects. The viewing also shows pieces from the Lalique and Travel & Vintage Posters auctions and highlights from the winter Scottish Paintings & Sculpture sale. It is open to all, with no appointment required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/modern-made-auction-viewing-london-41669/", "official_url": "https://www.lyonandturnbull.com/events/modern-made-viewing-london", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a4b4e84452986e773bcce1cf08fdc79946c2620663830a8561dbd241a14da1f4-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Historic House Tour November 2026 - CANCELLED!!", "start": "2026-11-03T11:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-03T13:00:00Z", "place": "Hall Place and Gardens", "address": "Bourne Road, DA5 1PQ Bexley", "price": "£10.00", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/local-history"], "description": "A guided tour of the historic house at Hall Place, led by passionate guides who explore how the house has evolved and changed with each owner since the 16th century, with a few secrets revealed along the way. The tour is organised by Hall Place & Gardens, run by the London Borough of Bexley. After the tour there is time to visit the exhibition galleries with objects from the Bexley Museum Collection dating back to pre-historic and Roman times, as well as WW2 Hall Place. The tour takes place on the ground and first floor of the historic house, meeting at the single black door in front of the long drive and big lawn, and is suited to anyone interested in local history, historic buildings and the Tudor period.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/historic-house-tour-november-2026-cancelled-36363/", "official_url": "https://www.hallplace.org.uk/event/historic-house-tour-november-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1020209b2df23a93f803185753ac184e1fcd08910ce8e60bd6c4f839076d90cb-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Fine Asian Works of Art Auction Viewing - London", "start": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-05T00:00:00Z", "place": "Lyon & Turnbull", "address": "Connaught Street 22, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/east-asian"], "description": "Public viewing of Asian works of art ahead of an auction, open to anyone without an appointment, where visitors can see the pieces up close before they go under the hammer. Lyon & Turnbull, an auction house, invites people to browse the full range, ask questions and get a feel for the upcoming sale, whether planning to bid or just curious.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/fine-asian-works-of-art-auction-viewing-london-41672/", "official_url": "https://www.lyonandturnbull.com/events/fine-asian-art-viewing-london", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a7ecb1ddbfbbcac94ff673fd1a7e33296cc77974ebf6561732c4d710a8c6eadb-2000.webp"}, {"title": "HIDDEN October 2026", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-31T00:00:00Z", "place": "Royal College of Art, Kensington", "address": "", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hidden-2026-private-view-tickets-2003125707915?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/mixed-media"], "description": "HIDDEN 2026 is a free public exhibition showing the creative work of the Royal College of Art's technical and non-academic staff. It is held by the College and uncovers the talents and practices of people whatever their day-to-day role there. Past exhibits have ranged from paintings, photography and sculpture to virtual reality experiences, sound installations and a hand-made car. The private view on the Thursday evening offers drinks, live performances and DJs.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/hidden-october-2026-38271/", "official_url": "https://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/hidden-october-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9adda7cc822cfbba952d12d84bcfeaa9f4b9db1f51fb3aa1e1b0e85eac005edd-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Hallelujah House: Inside Handel's HQ", "start": "2026-10-25T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-03-14T00:00:00Z", "place": "Handel & Hendrix", "address": "Brook Street 25, London", "price": "Included in general admission", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["music/classical/baroque"], "description": "An exhibition at the house where the composer Handel lived, marking 25 years since it opened to the public. It explores the music he composed and performed while living there, showing how the house was far more than a place to live. The exhibition brings together loans from museums such as the National Portrait Gallery and the Foundling Museum, alongside rarely displayed objects from the house's own collection. Visitors can see works including The Music Party by Philip Mercier, manuscripts in Handel's own hand, and rarely seen portraits of his musical colleagues.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-hallelujah-house-inside-handels-hq-41472/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/30eb47f2080c850b74278584fa6da2c3c5bf8abcec933f6b9e8986242326533a-2000.webp"}]}