{"title": "Museum Detectives: Family Tour", "start": "2026-10-30T00:00:00Z", "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": "tours", "tags": ["art/museum"], "description": "Museum Detectives: Family Tour is a fun, interactive tour of the museum where families explore and learn together. A Museum Educator helps families discover interesting facts about the collection. 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The free event requires booking via families@wallacecollection.org, and afterwards the Studio is available for packed lunches, with drop-in drawing in the galleries and trying on real and replica armour with Hands on Armour volunteers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-big-draw-relaxed-family-morning-39898/", "official_url": "https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/events/the-big-draw-relaxed-family-morning-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9f4d866527108a7835470e72ede950ab0077294efb89bab77db51c1adf003a64-1200.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. 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It is run by The Wallace Collection with its Hands on Armour volunteers, showing that showing off was just as important as protection and introducing the decorative styles on display. Places are limited and allocated first-come, first-served on the day; it is for ages 5 and up, and children must be accompanied by a supervising adult.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/hands-on-armour-paint-your-power-39903/", "official_url": "https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/events/hands-on-armour-paint-your-power/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c03f4e7fd852b6cbc0e64bfa21393bb3fe8135938964a86da037d6dadc015654-1200.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": "Sunday Drop-In Tours", "start": "2026-11-08T11:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Foundling Museum", "address": "Brunswick Square 40, WC1N 1AZ London", "price": "Included with Museum admission (adult ticket £14.50, £13.50 online)", "price_from": "14.50", "price_to": "14.50", "tickets_url": "https://shop.foundlingmuseum.org.uk/products/general-admission", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/painting", "history/social-history"], "description": "Sunday Drop-In Tours are short 20-minute taster tours offering a more in-depth look at the Foundling Hospital and the paintings within the Foundling Museum. They are led by the Museum's knowledgeable volunteer guides, with two choices of tour exploring different areas: one on the history of the Foundling Hospital, and one on the paintings in the Picture Gallery and Court Room or on Handel and the Gerald Coke Handel Collection. Each group is limited to a maximum of 10 people and places are offered on a first come, first served basis, so pre-booking an admission ticket cannot guarantee a place. 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Kids can find out what the docks were used for and what life was like for sailors years ago, driving a DLR train in the soft play area, moving ships along the docks on the water play station and helping workers move cargo with wheelbarrows. Each 45-minute session ends with a bell rung five minutes before tidying-up time.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/mudlarks-family-gallery-37067/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/07c3773f438adcea796a64cd1d6469bd542b02435ac6f0b403736ed36c836b41-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Big Draw: Drawn Together", "start": "2026-10-31T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Wallace Collection", "address": "Manchester Square, W1U 3BN London", "price": "Free (limited places, allocated first-come, first-served on the day)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://wallacecollection.digitickets.co.uk/tickets", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/drawing"], "description": "A drop-in drawing event where visitors add their own designs to a collaborative landscape in the Great Gallery, experimenting with pattern making alongside an artist. It is led by artist Grace Holliday and is part of this year's Big Draw. 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Palaeontologist Dr Cassius Morrison leads the walk, which explores how Crystal Palace Park became the global birthplace of DinoMania in the 1850s and the stories behind the famous sculptures, once known as monsters. Along the way, the tour looks at whether seasons existed during the Age of the Dinosaurs and how winters and autumn leaves immortalised the dinosaurs' world, also covering the fossil record, biodiversity, extinction and the recent completed restoration of the sculptures. The walk lasts up to 1.5 hours, follows paths around the lake, is suitable for ages 10 and up with younger children welcome, and under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/meet-the-monsters-family-tour-35498/", "official_url": "https://www.crystalpalacepark.org.uk/whats-on/meet-the-monsters-family-tour-r2f7", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d02c1754a5325a5b44651e1ed508680b7c4ca9425e5e8a5c316dda404f50609a-1200.webp"}]}