{"title": "Character Encounters at the National Maritime Museum", "start": "2026-10-31T11:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "National Maritime Museum", "address": "Romney Road, SE10 9NF London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.rmg.co.uk/webstore/shop/viewItems.aspx?cg=RMG&c=NMMADM&_ga=2.133473422.1846607018.1598255866-1436723164.1598255866&_gl=1*1auu6fo*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE3MjUzNzM4MjcuQ2p3S0NBanc1OXEyQmhCT0Vpd0FLYzBpamJrVUh0Z2Z6bW51YlZ5aDlGOWw5cXJSQkt4YUdDSk5rU1U5ckx0T0JjMTZsX2s1NjJjSjhob0NfVVlRQXZEX0J3RQ..*_gcl_au*MTY4OTU1MzgyLjE3MjI5MzExODc.*_ga*NzY5ODgyMDQ3LjE3MTQ1NTM2OTM.*_ga_7JJ3J5DBF6*MTcyNjY0OTE3Ny4xODkuMS4xNzI2NjUyNDM2LjUxLjAuMA..", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/maritime"], "description": "Character Encounters are free, family-friendly performances in which a costumed figure from maritime history tells their story as you tour the museum. 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The tours are suitable for all ages and offer an interactive introduction to the museum's galleries.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/character-encounters-at-the-national-maritime-museum-74473/", "official_url": "https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/character-encounters-national-maritime-museum", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2aa5193e87361b9553a2ad24cd572dfd6a16b22def65a237141b7087e52ad74f-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-31T11:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "National Maritime Museum", "address": "Romney Road, SE10 9NF London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "October half term activities at the National Maritime Museum", "start": "2026-10-24T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "National Maritime Museum", "address": "Romney Road, SE10 9NF London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bug-detectives-conservation-talk-tickets-2002547782324", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["nature/animals/insects", "art/crafts", "occasion/half-term"], "description": "October half term at the National Maritime Museum is a family programme of craft workshops and storytelling themed around bugs and creepy crawlies, with something different each day of the holidays. It is run by Royal Museums Greenwich, whose conservators, astronomers and invited performers lead activities such as puppet making, live science shows and a bug-themed music workshop. Many activities are free and drop-in, with no need to book in advance, and the Cove outdoor playground is open every day too. 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Each Sunday, an artist facilitator leads families on a journey through objects, people, histories and cultures in the museum's collection. With a different creative activity each week, it invites families to explore the galleries together. It is suitable for all ages and abilities and runs during term time only.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/discover-sundays-74474/", "official_url": "https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/discover-sundays", "image": "https://noky.io/images/30d01ef345cb6ea2e6abad10b35aa40843d42cbeb588ce48f7184ed660b364e2-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Tots at the docks", "start": "2026-11-11T10:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "London Museum Docklands", "address": "Hertsmere Road, E14 4AL London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["history/london", "literature/fairy-tales"], "description": "Tots at the docks is a free monthly drop-in play session for babies and toddlers under five and their carers, themed around London's past and present. It is run by the London Museum at London Museum Docklands in the historic heart of Canary Wharf, with activities changing each month, such as sensory areas, role play, soft toy sea creatures, a mini digger and puppet shows. On this day the theme is fairy tales, and entry may be limited during busy times.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/tots-at-the-docks-37060/", "official_url": "https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/tots-at-the-docks/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/87e4ba3b7708a669e3aacb0050aecdbe7dd94b327fcba18cdeaccdf2b2001b5a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Relaxed Opening at The Golden Hinde", "start": "2026-10-25T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-27T12:00:00Z", "place": "Golden Hinde", "address": "Unit 1, Pickfords Wharf, Clink Street, SE1 9DG London", "price": "Adult: £6 | Child: £6 | Group of 4: £20", "price_from": "6.00", "price_to": "6.00", "tickets_url": "https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/goldenhinde/items/525819/calendar/2026/04/?full-items=yes", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/maritime"], "description": "Relaxed Opening at The Golden Hinde is a calm morning session for exploring the ship, held on the last Sunday of every month. The Golden Hinde welcomes autistic individuals, people with other neurodiverse needs, and their siblings, families, and carers, with no pressure to take part in any activities. Visitor numbers are limited, noisy devices such as hand dryers and videos are turned off, the space is made as light as possible, and a quiet breakout space with cushions and books is provided. Friendly staff are on hand to answer questions, and each session is 30 minutes long, though visitors may stay longer.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/relaxed-opening-at-the-golden-hinde-36240/", "official_url": "https://www.goldenhinde.co.uk/whats-on/9-family/532-relaxed-opening-at-the-golden-hinde-2", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bc2f8045c98d6325a5e119163a577f15a5da6d8f38254d82dca2fe3b2134e6d0-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Halloween boat trips", "start": "2026-10-31T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "London Canal Museum", "address": "New Wharf Road 12-13, N1 9RT London", "price": "Tunnel trip: £17.50 adult, £15.50 concession, £11.25 child; Scream Tea: £26.75 adult, £24.50 concess", "price_from": "11.25", "price_to": "26.75", "tickets_url": "https://canalmuseum.org.uk/picture-shop/", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/local-history", "occasion/halloween"], "description": "London Canal Museum runs Halloween-themed boat trips through the long dark Islington Tunnel, with ghost stories told on board. Every trip includes a visit to the museum, a hot drink, and a themed pastry, cake or biscuit, with a guide giving historical commentary. Trips at 1100, 1200 and 1400 last around 50 minutes, while the 1500 \"Scream Tea\" trip lasts around 80 minutes and adds a Halloween-themed cream tea served on board. 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It is run by The Golden Hinde and begins with an interactive talk in the Great Cabin, where curious objects bring strange stories and superstitions to life. Visitors then tour the rest of the Tudor galleon above and below deck, hearing legends of Sir Francis Drake such as Drake's Drum and darker tales including the trial and execution of Thomas Doughty. They also get a closer look at objects and traditions once believed to offer protection against supernatural forces, including witch marks, witch bottles, hagstones and the origins of the Jack O' Lantern.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/halloween-aboard-the-golden-hinde-36241/", "official_url": "https://www.goldenhinde.co.uk/whats-on/9-family/807-halloween-aboard-the-golden-hinde", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3e24397f9fb6cb381d66cedd3cbf49f791887368817f3ed6fb49f26cb7f397d8-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Trip to the London Museum Docklands", "start": "2026-10-31T10:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Poplar Union", "address": "Cotall Street 2, E14 6TL London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://book.plinth.org.uk/e/xBB43r0ZvakknUTYSyno", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/colonialism"], "description": "A guided trip to the London Museum Docklands, exploring the stories woven into the history of London's docks, from the slave trade and river policing to local communities and dockers' fight for workers' rights. It is part of Exploring History through Creativity, an adults-only series, with under-18s allowed only when supervised. This Halloween outing uncovers hidden histories and forgotten voices lingering in the Docklands' past. It is organised by Poplar Union and builds on their recent collage workshop.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/trip-to-the-london-museum-docklands-76763/", "official_url": "https://poplarunion.com/event/trip-to-the-london-museum-docklands/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1292bd3a902f8f45f7bcc7bbad048bd9beab8e5dd2b4a2c3ce1303455de6bfc0-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Diwali at the National Maritime Museum", "start": "2026-11-07T10:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T17:00:00Z", "place": "National Maritime Museum", "address": "Romney Road, SE10 9NF London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.rmg.co.uk/webstore/shop/viewItems.aspx?cg=RMG&c=NMMADM&_ga=2.133473422.1846607018.1598255866-1436723164.1598255866", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["occasion/diwali"], "description": "Diwali at the National Maritime Museum is a free public celebration of Diwali, the Festival of Lights, with lantern parades, dance performances and rangoli workshops. Royal Museums Greenwich invites everyone to celebrate 'All Together Now', a day of creativity, culture and community curated by Mehala Ford, founder and curator of COMMONGROUND&, around the idea that we are stronger when we come together. Artists, performers, musicians, makers and storytellers will transform the galleries, with live music and dance, storytelling, talks, creative workshops, art installations and a first-ever Diwali Bazaar of South Asian designers and makers. Everyone is welcome, whether Diwali is part of their own story or not.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/diwali-at-the-national-maritime-museum-37283/", "official_url": "https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/diwali", "image": ""}, {"title": "Conference - Maritime Histories from the Margins: People, Places, and Practices, 1500–Present", "start": "2026-11-11T09:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T17:00:00Z", "place": "National Maritime Museum", "address": "Romney Road, SE10 9NF London", "price": "Adult: £60 | Member: £55 | Early Career Researcher/Student: £30", "price_from": "60.00", "price_to": "60.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.rmg.co.uk/webstore/shop/viewItems.aspx?cg=MEMTIK&c=MEMCON#17704", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/maritime"], "description": "A two-day interdisciplinary conference on maritime histories from around 1500 to the present. It is co-convened by Royal Museums Greenwich and the Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures at the University of Portsmouth. The conference brings new research on marginalised maritime communities and individuals to the forefront, including workers, makers, families, travellers, navigators and knowledge-keepers overlooked in archives and scholarship. People from all backgrounds, academic and non-academic, are warmly invited to attend.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/conference-maritime-histories-from-the-margins-people-places-37284/", "official_url": "https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/conference-maritime-histories-margins-people-places-practices", "image": "https://noky.io/images/611a6bbca41bb79388ca8ea847147219d1cb99d7df33e9425818f356dd21db77-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Family Festival", "start": "2026-10-26T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "Natural History Museum", "address": "Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://ticketing.nhm.ac.uk/events/GENAD-ADM", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["nature/dinosaurs"], "description": "Family Festival: Ocean October is a week of family-friendly activities themed around prehistoric ocean creatures. It is run by the Natural History Museum at its South Kensington home. Visitors can explore deep-sea monsters and dinosaurs through shows, hands-on workshops, storytelling, behind-the-scenes tours and an exhibition. Highlights include a T. rex puppet show, shark detective sessions, pond exploring and a mixed-reality journey into the future natural world.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/family-festival-37305/", "official_url": "https://www.nhm.ac.uk/events/family-activities.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/58d629070230ec324877ecb3c2e9caab9edd0ce281aeaf471a3be5f0148831ac-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Safe Harbour", "start": "2026-10-31T12:30:00Z", "end": "2026-10-31T14:30:00Z", "place": "National Maritime Museum", "address": "Romney Road, SE10 9NF London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/safe-harbour-november-tickets-1978095921149", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy"], "description": "Safe Harbour is a series of free workshops offering a safe space for foster and adoptive families with children aged under 13. It was created in consultation with support organisations including We Are Family, a peer-to-peer support community by adopters for adopters, and local foster and adoptive families. Families bring a snack or lunch, meet other families over refreshments, and take part in creative activities inspired by items from Royal Museums Greenwich, popping in and out as their family needs. Please note that the October session has been cancelled.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/safe-harbour-74481/", "official_url": "https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/safe-harbour", "image": "https://noky.io/images/947568c34084f95b96aedf1bad018d1071537da673c6c896d009a36b02295c9f-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Aqua Shard unveils Captain Hook's Haunted Trail this Halloween", "start": "2026-10-19T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Shard", "address": "London Bridge Street 32, SE1 9SG London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://aquashard.co.uk/events/haunted-trail/?_gl=1*1akbcyb*_up*MQ..*_ga*OTE1MTIxMTg0LjE3OTA2MTMzMTI.*_ga_LH88M4KNC0*czE3OTA2MTMzMTIkbzEkZzEkdDE3OTA2MTMzMTYkajU2JGwwJGgyMTIzMDQwMzU2JGRhcm5XdlhsUjM5eUJIb3Z0WDR0V1FhODB3YkFEbkVob19R", "category": "food-drink", "tags": ["food-drink/tea/afternoon-tea", "occasion/halloween"], "description": "Captain Hook's Haunted Trail is an interactive Halloween journey through iconic London landmarks, where guests solve riddles and uncover mysteries guided by the PlayTour app. It is run by Aqua Shard, the restaurant at The Shard, and everyone who completes the trail and visits all five landmarks earns surprise treats during a limited-edition Peter Pan Afternoon Tea featuring Captain Hook-inspired savouries, scones and sweet treats. The experience runs from 12:15pm to 3:30pm and suits families during the half-term holiday as well as groups of friends and colleagues, with £2 from every afternoon tea donated to Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/aqua-shard-unveils-captain-hooks-haunted-trail-this-hallowee-39700/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3dabb7aa36f19473a82de1aca42a465c36a870d28fda38b059141503fccf00fe-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Hunt: Villainy At Valence", "start": "2026-10-24T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-31T00:00:00Z", "place": "Valence House", "address": "Becontree Avenue, RM8 3HT Dagenham", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["occasion/halloween"], "description": "A drop-in family trail at the museum where visitors hunt for mini-villain figures hidden through the galleries. The event is the work of the B.A.D. Fairy, who has gathered her mischievous cousins, wicked allies and misunderstood friends from across time, universes and pop culture – Ursula, Captain Hook, Soot Sprites and Draco Malfoy among them – for a wild Halloween family dinner. Her chaotic notes are scattered all over the museum as she excuses their behaviour, rates their manners and tries to keep order, and you must track down all the mini-villains before she loses her temper and casts another spell. It is free, suitable for all ages, and runs over the October half-term with parent supervision required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/hunt-villainy-at-valence-40050/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c2ebdc3f8fa4ca31560cb1a78f6f833f79b4107d4b60c47d70606711c6ac5e3a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Lost Laundry Challenge Trail", "start": "2026-10-23T10:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T16:00:00Z", "place": "HMS Belfast", "address": "The Queen's Walk, SE1 2JH London", "price": "Free event with general admission", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["history/wwii"], "description": "A family challenge trail on board HMS Belfast: the ship's laundry has lost one of the crew's washing, and visitors must find all the missing items. It runs in Room 3H from 10am to 4pm. Those who successfully seek out all of the sailor's missing kit can claim a very special sticker as their reward. It is presented by IWM.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lost-laundry-challenge-trail-36531/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Octonauts: Adventure at the Horniman", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "Horniman Museum and Gardens", "address": "", "price": "free", "price_from": "9.80", "price_to": "9.80", "tickets_url": "https://www.horniman.ac.uk/event/octonauts-adventure-at-the-horniman", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["nature/animals/marine-life"], "description": "A free family trail called Octonauts: Adventure at the Horniman takes place across the Horniman Museum and Gardens in London. Visitors pick up a trail from the Ticket Desk or inside the Voyage to the Deep – Underwater Adventures exhibition and help the Octonauts crew on mini-missions throughout the Museum. As Octocadets, children search for shells, mimic musical instruments, design their own underwater vehicle, discover fun Octofacts and collect a 'mission complete' sticker from HQ. The adventure continues with a bonus task outside in the Sound Garden, and it is perfect for families and all children.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/octonauts-adventure-at-the-horniman-50297/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c89fbd2aec41080c30e7f597cb5995b029a2f129bac0ccec22c55ae10f5cf3e3-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Lost Laundry Challenge Activity", "start": "2026-10-23T10:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T16:00:00Z", "place": "HMS Belfast", "address": "The Queen's Walk, SE1 2JH London", "price": "Free event with general admission", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["history/wwii"], "description": "Lost Laundry Challenge Activity is a family activity aboard HMS Belfast, running daily from 23 October to 1 November 2026 and on weekends from 7 October, from 10am to 4pm in Room 3H. Visitors venture below decks to make their own mini kit bag in a compartment that once housed over 100 sailors. A sailor would join a ship with everything they needed to live on board in a kit bag.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lost-laundry-challenge-activity-36532/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b55d18483c4f4bd5bdfa2ae54a8760d0db36317b4eafbc4f5fe59f7d8cdab904-600.webp"}]}