{"title": "Private Tour: First World War", "start": "2026-04-01T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-04-02T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "IWM London", "address": "", "price": "£235–£300 per group depending on time", "price_from": "235.00", "price_to": "300.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/world-war/world-war-i"], "description": "A one-hour private tour of the First World War Galleries at IWM London, booked for a date to suit you. Expert IWM guides lead visitors through the museum's collections, revealing the stories behind objects such as artillery guns, uniforms, love letters and art. Highlights include a recreated trench with a Sopwith Camel fighter plane overhead and a Mark V tank. 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It is run by Imperial War Museums, whose expert guides have an unprecedented knowledge of the museum and bring its historic objects to life. The tour covers the origins and implementation of the 'Final Solution', showing how persecution turned to mass extermination, and highlights stories of people caught up in these events. 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It takes in compelling objects spanning more than 350 years, from the British Civil Wars to modern-day conflicts, including the slashed portrait of Oliver Cromwell, the skeleton of Marengo, Napoleon's favourite horse, and the robes worn by Lawrence of Arabia during the First World War. The tour reveals the historical significance of these items while exploring the human stories behind them. 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Expert guides lead visitors across the main deck, from the quarterdeck to the torpedo room, galley and sickbay. The tour tells the stories of the sailors, marines and airmen who lived and worked on board through the Arctic convoys, D-Day and the Korean War. The ticket also includes entry to explore the rest of the ship at your own pace.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/guided-tour-sailors-stories-83090/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/faee9dcdaab20bc6dd7c7e09fcf83b2ba1ee0628db44c02dece5894845135cad-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Vulcan and Cold War Experience", "start": "2026-03-18T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-24T00:00:00Z", "place": "RAF Museum", "address": "", "price": "£50", "price_from": "50.00", "price_to": "50.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/cold-war"], "description": "The Vulcan and Cold War Experience is a guided visit at the RAF Museum in London that lets one adult at a time get close to Cold War aircraft and climb into their cockpits. Run by the museum with its team of Aircraft Access Volunteers, it offers exclusive access to the Avro Vulcan B2 and the McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR2, letting you sit in the Vulcan's cockpit and the Phantom's pilot seat. The ticket also includes a behind-the-barriers ground tour of other significant Cold War aircraft, such as the BAC Lightning F6, the Handley Page Victor K2 and the English Electric Canberra PR3, with real-life stories of the people who flew them. Each session lasts around one hour and fifteen minutes, and visitors must be over 16, physically able to climb ladders, and wear flat shoes and trousers or shorts.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-vulcan-and-cold-war-experience-97912/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b3fc08d53427857d26d4929d5dc1850d8f4c084815c5356131046967d64d041a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Historic Hendon – Youth Panel Exhibition", "start": "2026-08-10T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-07-04T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "RAF Museum", "address": "", "price": "FREE", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/local-history"], "description": "Historic Hendon – Youth Panel Exhibition is a free temporary display in Hangar 1 of the RAF Museum in London. It was created by the museum's London Youth Panel and traces the site's history from its beginnings as the London Aerodrome to the RAF Museum of today. Visitors can discover the local area's story, including aviation firsts and links to the Suffrage movement. The exhibition stands by the Sunderland Flying Boat and remains on show until July 2027.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/historic-hendon-youth-panel-exhibition-97916/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/dff94f21f85584a8ec105a8bf8180350d6ef477b249dae6c4cbd99e6cb6d361e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Guided Tour: The Second World War", "start": "2026-09-05T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-31T00:00:00Z", "place": "HMS Belfast", "address": "The Queen's Walk, SE1 2JH London", "price": "Adults from £36.80 | Members £10", "price_from": "36.80", "price_to": null, "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/wwii"], "description": "A guided tour aboard HMS Belfast that explores the warship's Second World War story. Led by Imperial War Museums' expert guides, it follows the ship and its crew chronologically through the war, told through the crew's oral histories. The tour covers HMS Belfast's convoy escort duties in the Arctic, its part in the Battle of North Cape and the D-Day landings, and its final journey toward East Asia. It begins on the Quarterdeck and includes admission to the ship.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/guided-tour-the-second-world-war-80685/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/72b4b599c5979dbefdc79d7e7067a65bc30b857f1bf40042b30c319aff31743b-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Art, Poetry and the Great War", "start": "2026-11-11T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Guildhall Library", "address": "Aldermanbury, EC2V 7HH London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/world-war/world-war-i", "art"], "description": "Art, Poetry and the Great War is a talk at Guildhall Library. Tate Lecturer Val Woodgate explores how artists with direct experience of the First World War depicted the conflict in powerful and often deeply disturbing works, despite strict official censorship. The talk also looks at how each side attempted to come to terms with the aftermath of war in the years following the Armistice. It lasts one hour and can be attended in person or online via YouTube.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/art-poetry-and-the-great-war-90460/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1596a24439c7b6b06790d1904dde2d5df8ded38cf637c9712c789b07adc7884d-600.webp"}, {"title": "London Museum Docklands highlights tour", "start": "2026-11-07T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-28T00:00:00Z", "place": "London Museum Docklands", "address": "No. 1 Warehouse, West India Quay, E14 4AL London", "price": "from £11.00", "price_from": "11.00", "price_to": null, "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/london"], "description": "A guided gallery tour through London Museum Docklands, taking in the museum's highlights. Run by the museum, it covers the history of London's docks, the East End and the people who have lived and worked there for over two centuries. Walking through the historic warehouse building, visitors learn how unused marshland was transformed into towering Canary Wharf. The guide shares the grim details of dock work, the ins and outs of the 'sailortowns' and the heroic efforts of those defending the docks during the war.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/london-museum-docklands-highlights-tour-63339/", "official_url": "https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/welcome-to-docklands/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e0cb969730f37b534ba5796b0f70a4dc816b8fdcdabad001de6a75796a8f5d56-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Uxbridge at War: A Walking Tour", "start": "2026-11-11T11:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "", "address": "", "price": "Free with an optional £10 donation to the Royal British Legion.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/military"], "description": "A guided walking tour through Uxbridge's military history. It is run by Hillingdon Council together with the Royal British Legion and starts at the Battle of Britain Bunker, with a refreshment stop at the Hillingdon Museum and Archives before finishing at Uxbridge Tube Station. It is open to people aged 16 and over.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/uxbridge-at-war-a-walking-tour-78791/", "official_url": "https://pre.hillingdon.gov.uk/events/event/400/uxbridge-at-war-a-walking-tour", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d62a074ed1ea8f0d512d38f9232313c470bdcb0b1f4b4f5a60a7455945075ed6-600.webp"}]}