{"title": "Curator Tour – Beyond Bayeux: Tapestry Now", "start": "2026-11-11T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Guildhall Art Gallery", "address": "Guildhall Yard, EC2V 5AE London", "price": "Free. Booking required.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://onecitylondon.com/shop/", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/textile-art/tapestry"], "description": "A curator-led tour of the exhibition 'Beyond Bayeux: Tapestry Now' at Guildhall Art Gallery. The gallery's curator guides visitors through works by over 20 major British artists transformed into tapestry by Dovecot's expert weavers. The tour explores how art and craft intersect and how the heritage of tapestry has become a thriving contemporary medium, with expert commentary and the chance to ask questions. 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The artist made them in collaboration with weavers at Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh, working from small watercolours of climbing weeds. Bindweed on a high-security fence, a passion fruit vine over a Los Angeles chain-link fence, and common vetch in an abandoned allotment turn overlooked plants into monumental woven landscapes. 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Michael Lewis, lead curator of the British Museum's Bayeux Tapestry exhibition, and Leonie Hicks, Professor of Medieval Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University, discuss the significance of 1066 for the English and why the Bayeux Tapestry is such an important record of the Norman Conquest of England. The conversation examines the political circumstances depicted in the Tapestry and what purpose the embroidery might have had for those who created it. 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The sessions suit all skill levels, teaching new techniques while encouraging people to bring their own designs to life. 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The tour explores the building and hospital's rich history, architecture and the people involved in its craftsmanship, and highlights the conservation work done to rescue and rejuvenate the Grade I listed building. 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The exhibition explores the people and places that have shaped art and activism across Britain over the last 200 years, highlighting individuals and communities who challenged social conventions and created new ways of living, working and imagining society.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/free-community-group-tours-earthly-paradise-40318/", "official_url": "https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/event/free-community-group-tours-earthly-paradise/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/961365502e1e4d8bc486274302d0ab68a8adf9f15d0c676286343240de4c0d62-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Treasures Tour of the National Maritime Museum", "start": "2026-10-30T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "National Maritime Museum", "address": "Romney Road, SE10 9NF London", "price": "£7.50 Adult | £5.50 Student | £3.75 Child | Free for Members", "price_from": "7.50", "price_to": "7.50", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.rmg.co.uk/webstore/shop/viewItems.aspx?cg=RMG&c=NMMADM#8751", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/maritime"], "description": "The Treasures Tour of the National Maritime Museum is a guided tour taking in some of the Museum's most prized and lesser-known objects, from royal barges and Roman anchors to Tudor ship models, historic maps and figureheads. It is run by the National Maritime Museum and led by a friendly, knowledgeable guide who takes visitors through multiple galleries, exploring items from across the globe. Highlights include meeting a Fijian canoe, hearing tales of polar exploration, marvelling at the oldest boat in the collection and learning about life at sea in the age of Nelson. The tour lasts 50-60 minutes, is suitable for adults and children, and starts at the Information Desk on the ground floor.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/treasures-tour-of-the-national-maritime-museum-74476/", "official_url": "https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/treasures-tour-national-maritime-museum", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e5fe652f91cc88b2a86650a5106a181ee4594b881ccc1b3d72a85c434237b400-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Art on Your Doorstep", "start": "2026-09-04T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-02-14T00:00:00Z", "place": "Boston Manor", "address": "Boston Manor Road, TW8 9JX Brentford", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting"], "description": "Art on Your Doorstep is a free outdoor exhibition bringing life-size reproductions of National Gallery masterpieces to Brentford, displayed across the town in fine detail and complete with their frames. It is part of The National Gallery: Art On Your Doorstep, a national touring project taking works from the nation's collection beyond Trafalgar Square to twelve towns across the UK. Brentford is one of those twelve towns, with up to 30 masterpieces exhibited, shaped by this year's Creative Mile theme of 'Love' and by the people, landmarks and history of Brentford. Visitors to Boston Manor House can see three masterpiece reproductions: one by the café terrace and two photo stand-ins inside the House.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/art-on-your-doorstep-35024/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fc999c3f25e613b04ee7dac017aa6cdd1309692f498f2aea24ec5c49e803c497-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Highlights Tour", "start": "2026-01-01T12:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-31T13:00:00Z", "place": "Sir John Soane's Museum", "address": "Lincoln's Inn Fields 13, WC2A 3BP London", "price": "£25", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "https://shop.soane.org/collections/tours-and-events/products/highlights-tour", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/architecture", "history"], "description": "The classic tour of Sir John Soane's Museum, taking you through the architect's extraordinary home, left as it was at his death in 1837. Led by expert guides, it explores spectacular rooms and treasures including paintings by Canaletto and J.M.W. Turner and a 3,000-year-old sarcophagus of an Egyptian King. The tour lasts around 60 minutes and is suitable for ages 12+.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/highlights-tour-38603/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/973c06d11571c34e9af07d687718fa3fa681e29a2a7127d5a3d44034012116a8-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Behind the Scenes Tour", "start": "2026-10-30T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-01-31T00:00:00Z", "place": "Royal Opera House", "address": "Bow Street, WC2E 9DD London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.roh.org.uk/visit/visitor-information/private-tours", "category": "tours", "tags": ["stage/opera", "history"], "description": "Behind the Scenes Tour is a guided tour of the Royal Opera House lasting approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes, suitable for ages 12 and over. Expert guides take visitors into areas normally off-limits to the public, such as rehearsal studios, costumes and production workshops. The tour shares insight into the secrets and spaces of the theatre, its history as the third theatre on the site, and the inner workings of one of the world's most renowned theatres.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/behind-the-scenes-tour-38336/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/845fbb4108a338a0458b9cee47e0f9fc0a01b60dc0f207b5f2176e07013346a4-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Collection in Focus: Paintings", "start": "2026-11-07T11:30:00Z", "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/painting"], "description": "Collection in Focus: Paintings is a guided tour that delves deeper into the Wallace Collection's paintings. It is led by speaker Rosa Somerville. Visitors explore highlights from across the galleries and discover the stories, techniques, and artistic achievements behind some of the Collection's most celebrated works. 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Pitzhanger's Director Rebecca Lyons leads a guided tour tracing Still Life from seventeenth-century Dutch painters to Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Modern painters through the lens of Woods's works. Annabel Johnson leads a relaxed drawing session inspired by the flowers and objects in Clare Woods's paintings, with materials provided and all levels welcome. Some parts of the evening require separate tickets, including the drawing workshop, which has limited capacity.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/thursday-late-still-life-then-and-now-38066/", "official_url": "https://www.pitzhanger.org.uk/whatson/thursday-late-still-life/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4203136752e4d80497d917d315825ba28d003b8569000d74c57b361b7f42b496-2000.webp"}, {"title": "BSL Tours of ‘The Coming of Age’ with Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq", "start": "2026-11-07T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wellcome Collection", "address": "Euston Road 183, NW1 2BE London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bsl-tour-of-coming-of-age-with-rubbena-aurangzeb-tariq-tickets-1989545523217?aff=WCWebsitelink", "category": "tours", "tags": ["society/disability", "art"], "description": "A Deaf-led gallery tour of the exhibition ‘The Coming of Age’, delivered entirely in British Sign Language with no voiceover or audio. Artist and facilitator Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq guides visitors through selected objects and themes of the exhibition, including adolescence and how experiences of age vary across cultures and societies. Participants can ask questions and share their perspectives in BSL. The tour is free and meets at the Information Point on level 0.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/bsl-tours-of-the-coming-of-age-with-rubbena-aurangzeb-tariq-40248/", "official_url": "https://wellcomecollection.org/events/bsl-tours-of-the-coming-of-age-with-rubbena-aurangzeb-tariq", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7cacbb429fcb782e5c3d458e52d3f299977668127b8b0c9bcfeedacb06d443ad-2000.webp"}]}