{"title": "Handle with Care: Conversations Through Objects", "start": "2026-11-14T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Forum", "address": "Bardolph Avenue 1, CR0 9BG Croydon", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/medical-history", "art"], "description": "Handle with Care: Conversations Through Objects is a drop-in object-handling event at Wellcome Collection, with different stations where you can touch and explore items from the collection at your own pace, alongside other creative activities. It is run by the venue's Visitor Experience and Engagement team and is for anyone interested in the connections between health, history and art. The session is relaxed, so you can move freely, leave and re-enter whenever you wish, and a chill-out space with low lighting, comfortable seating and sensory aids is available. The event is British Sign Language interpreted and takes place in the Forum, reached by lift or stairs to level 1 through the 'Being Human' gallery.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/handle-with-care-conversations-through-objects-40250/", "official_url": "https://wellcomecollection.org/events/handle-with-care-conversations-through-objects-november-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4f881746466ba5f32eea8704ac4939aad3b179b5f639f74d5db5d86a49bdc8b4-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-14T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Forum", "address": "Bardolph Avenue 1, CR0 9BG Croydon", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "RCP Museum Late: exploring patient voices", "start": "2026-11-05T12:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal College of Physicians", "address": "St Andrew's Place 11, London", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/exhibition", "history/medical-history"], "description": "RCP Museum Late: exploring patient voices is an after-hours evening at the Royal College of Physicians Museum to explore the new exhibition 'Patient voices: power, truth, understanding'. Visitors can join free expert tours of the exhibition with senior curator Liz Douglas at 6pm and 7pm. The exhibition shares the lived experiences of healthcare through diaries, letters, images, oral histories, objects and artworks, bringing together patient voices past and present in partnership with a patient advocacy steering group. The museum stays open until 8pm, with free hot drinks in the Regent's Perk café and access to the Treasures Room, fine art, apothecary jars, anatomical tables, the Censors Room and the Dorchester Library.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/rcp-museum-late-exploring-patient-voices-38304/", "official_url": "https://history.rcp.ac.uk/event/rcp-museum-late-exploring-patient-voices", "image": "https://noky.io/images/48812d633c39469e193b1cbd8a4ea90a971984c88dcf3748b878341f7416a948-600.webp"}, {"title": "Audio Described Tours of 'Tenderness and Rage'", "start": "2026-11-11T11:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wellcome Collection", "address": "Euston Road 183, NW1 2BE London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/medical-history/hiv-aids", "art"], "description": "An audio-described gallery tour of the 'Tenderness and Rage' display. Wellcome Collection runs it, and it is part of Access Tours and Discussions. The exhibition explores HIV and AIDS through stories of protest and care, from the height of the UK's AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and 1990s to global experiences of HIV today. A guide trained in audio description describes key visual elements and discusses highlights of the exhibition.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/audio-described-tours-of-tenderness-and-rage-40249/", "official_url": "https://wellcomecollection.org/events/audio-described-tours-tenderness-and-rage", "image": "https://noky.io/images/75489b242f567561b86927b7252a36e0f6ce095f4abfc8bfd843b510b82ed22a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Rudy Loewe: Intimacies of Care – Spaces of Grief and Possibility", "start": "2026-07-10T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-02-07T00:00:00Z", "place": "Wellcome Collection", "address": "Euston Road 183, NW1 2BE London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/contemporary", "society/mental-health"], "description": "An art exhibition at Wellcome Collection in London. The artist Rudy Loewe presents sculptures, paintings, text-based works and sound that imagine a mental healthcare system that is equitable and supportive. The works centre the lived experience of Black people in the UK whose mental healthcare is shaped by racist discrimination, and were developed with grassroots organisations including ADHD Babes, the Black Trans Foundation and Black and Neurodiverse.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/rudy-loewe-intimacies-of-care-spaces-of-grief-and-possibilit-40245/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2b1421a7b63284a39aff2a305cc2ad51f882ddf0d9af26cd0207e46e5722a07f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Talk and Tea: First Aid on Camera – Untold Stories in Unseen Photographs", "start": "2026-11-12T12:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Museum of the Order of St John", "address": "St John's Lane, EC1M 4DA London", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/photography", "history/medical-history"], "description": "A free ten-minute talk with tea and biscuits, held in the museum galleries, where drop-ins are welcome and step-free access is available throughout. Archivist Sophie presents previously unseen photographs from the collection, exploring the work of St John Ambulance across the United Kingdom. The photos were repackaged and catalogued as part of a recent Museum Fundamentals project, some seen for the first time since they were taken. A 2027 calendar featuring some of the images, marking next year's 150th anniversary of St John Ambulance, will be available to purchase after the talk.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/talk-and-tea-first-aid-on-camera-untold-stories-in-unseen-ph-37225/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/77ac7ec3c7cedcaab8ad7dcf47c24690516306fad109e88be5c987d4cdf2848c-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Mindful Art Observations", "start": "2026-11-02T10:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-02T10:45:00Z", "place": "Barts North Wing", "address": "St Bartholomew’s Hospital, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE", "price": "Free, no booking required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting"], "description": "Mindful Art Observations is a short drop-in session exploring the William Hogarth paintings through 'slow looking', a technique that invites you to slow down and dive deeper into the paintings through mindful observations. The sessions are led by the Barts Heritage Engagement Team. They run across several dates, with upcoming dates listed on the what's on page. The event is free and no booking is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/mindful-art-observations-60008/", "official_url": "https://bartsnorthwing.org.uk/events/mindful-art-observations-666/?occurrence=2026-11-02&", "image": "https://noky.io/images/68f357d810a4c041b896b9713748ddfb3eab6738b7f88a238cf1c2fa14fb1e27-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Bits & Bobs: The Anatomy of Sex", "start": "2026-11-03T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Florence Nightingale Museum", "address": "Lambeth Palace Road 2, SE1 7EP London", "price": "Free Entry for Drop-Ins", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/biology/anatomy"], "description": "Bits & Bobs: The Anatomy of Sex is a fun and informative night of exploration of reproductive anatomy at the Florence Nightingale Museum. The Society for Reproduction and Fertility hosts the event, led by experts in reproduction, fertility and anatomy. Visitors can drop in and explore the museum at their own pace, with eight interactive activity stations and flash talks and animations by SRF scientists. Everyone is welcome to learn about reproductive anatomy in a safe environment and ask questions without fear of judgement.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/bits-bobs-the-anatomy-of-sex-79056/", "official_url": "https://www.florence-nightingale.co.uk/bits-bobs-the-anatomy-of-sex/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/540668c11e0fa11a10d251c64ef89b66a1fc780324d00b07e6ca070c1afcea36-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Exhibition preview - Exploration now: fieldwork and expeditions today", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal Geographical Society", "address": "Kensington Gore 1, SW7 2AR London", "price": "Member £12.00, Non-member £15.00", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography", "nature"], "description": "An exclusive evening preview of a new exhibition celebrating stories and discoveries from fieldwork and expeditions around the world, held ahead of the RGS Explore Weekend. The Royal Geographical Society invites visitors for drinks in the Society's Pavilion, with talks, tabletop displays and conversation featuring some of the artists and contributors behind the exhibition. Guests can get close to works of art, photography and audio, hear the stories behind them, and meet the people shaping exploration today. The event is open to all, with step-free access, accessible toilets, a hearing loop and assistance dogs welcome.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/exhibition-preview-exploration-now-fieldwork-and-expeditions-74710/", "official_url": "https://www.rgs.org/events/upcoming-events/exhibition-preview-exploration-now/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3189405e69fae93c6e7f43975bc95657ea87a44b39d808b4f18f127e69b04bcd-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Voices in the Room", "start": "2026-06-16T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-29T00:00:00Z", "place": "Foundling Museum", "address": "Brunswick Square 40, WC1N 1AZ London", "price": "Adult £14.50 (£13.50 online), Student (22+) £13 (£12 online), Reduced price £13 (£12 online), 21 & u", "price_from": "14.50", "price_to": "14.50", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/contemporary"], "description": "Voices in the Room is a display of three contemporary artworks recently acquired by the Foundling Museum. The works are by Rachel Kneebone, Tamsin van Essen and Grayson Perry, and are shown for the first time as part of the permanent Collection. They offer fresh perspectives on the Foundling story, exploring care for children, memory, identity and belonging. Among them is Rachel Kneebone's ceramic sculpture Through a Glass III, 2023 and Tamsin van Essen's Entangled Roots, 2023.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/voices-in-the-room-36164/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e5828ed1dd8369ed5e60eeb98b48f39445d5b19874f03a955099fc4cc24132ae-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Relaxed viewing: EVELYN TAOCHENG WANG: Being Poetic Ruins Life", "start": "2026-11-04T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Goldsmiths, University of London Campus", "address": "SE14 6NW London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/contemporary"], "description": "A relaxed viewing session of Evelyn Taocheng Wang's exhibition 'Being Poetic Ruins Life', held at Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art. The exhibition opens an hour early to prioritise visitors who may wish to visit with certain adjustments. Capacity is managed with reduced numbers, no large groups are admitted, and the volume on video and audio works is lowered. A relaxed breakout space is available in the carpeted Residents' space, with the team on hand to support visitors.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/relaxed-viewing-evelyn-taocheng-wang-being-poetic-ruins-life-36270/", "official_url": "https://goldsmithscca.art/events", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1fcb645611a5fc741f23b8b33673e73b5b77f31b1c67c7cce038a9b094ed9b8e-1200.webp"}]}