{"title": "ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibition", "start": "2026-10-31T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-31T17:00:00Z", "place": "National Maritime Museum", "address": "Romney Road, SE10 9NF London", "price": "Adult £12 | Child £6 | Student £9", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "12.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.rmg.co.uk/webstore/shop/viewItems.aspx?cg=RMG&c=APY", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography", "science/astronomy"], "description": "An exhibition of the world's greatest space photography, shown at the National Maritime Museum. It presents the 100 photographs of ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year, an annual competition in which photographers from across the globe compete for the prestigious title. The images are displayed at their best on brilliant lightbox screens in the Photography Gallery. This year's winner is Ali Alobaidly with his photo of the Shark Nebula, titled The Quiet Predator.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/zwo-astronomy-photographer-of-the-year-exhibition-74480/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9ca146d858cfd491fa3c46cc9a8b132478297ba23387849cda7701e4a569c3dd-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-31T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-31T17:00:00Z", "place": "National Maritime Museum", "address": "Romney Road, SE10 9NF London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Wildlife Photographer of the Year", "start": "2026-10-16T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-07-11T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Natural History Museum", "address": "Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD London", "price": "From £17, Members: free", "price_from": "17.00", "price_to": "21.00", "tickets_url": "https://ticketing.nhm.ac.uk/events/EXH-WPY62", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography/nature-photography", "nature/animals"], "description": "Wildlife Photographer of the Year is an internationally acclaimed exhibition celebrating the very best in nature photography, with 100 award-winning images on display. It is held at the Natural History Museum in South Kensington. The photographs journey from polar landscapes to tropical rainforests and oceans to deserts, telling nature's most remarkable stories. Beyond their artistry, the images offer insights into the environmental challenges facing our planet and the people, places and species that need attention most.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-37298/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f608d5cc22772f18001c87274cbb257081a04963a2b2ad54ef1eefead07ea1e6-1200.webp"}, {"title": "British Wildlife Photography Awards", "start": "2026-07-17T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-02-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "Horniman Museum", "address": "London Road 100, SE23 3PQ London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.horniman.ac.uk/event/british-wildlife-photography-awards", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography/nature-photography", "nature/animals"], "description": "The British Wildlife Photography Awards is a free exhibition showcasing the best in British wildlife photography, celebrating the beauty and wonder of the natural world. Amateur and professional photographers competed in 11 adult categories, alongside a youth competition, Wildlife in HD Video and special awards, with winning images guided by detailed captions in the photographers' own words. The display includes Paul Hobson's Grand Prize Winner A Toad Swims Across Its Woodland Pond and Ben Lucas' Feathery Pillow, named The Young British Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026. Visitors should be aware that the exhibition includes distressing images and information about badger culling.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/british-wildlife-photography-awards-36552/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2c5dc9f4cd4a4a837d688f31dc30a04381fd6643ade55c571e33550c136be0e1-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Winston Taylor Photo Portrait Prize 2026", "start": "2026-11-05T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-01-17T00:00:00Z", "place": "National Portrait Gallery", "address": "WC2H 0HE London", "price": "£10 / £11 with donation (off peak: Mon–Thu); £12 / £13.20 with donation (peak: Fri–Sun); £5 for 25 a", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "12.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography/portrait-photography"], "description": "The Winston Taylor Photo Portrait Prize 2026 is an exhibition of contemporary photographic portraiture at the National Portrait Gallery. Formerly known as Taylor Wessing, the prize celebrates a diverse range of images, from formal commissioned portraits to spontaneous moments capturing friends and family, with many selected works on display for the first time. The shortlisted photographers are James Clifford Kent, Marcie Docherty, Katie Hitchcock-Smith and Max Pattenden, whose portraits range from a young fencer in Cuba to cowboy-themed pictures in Morocco and a village portrait in Devon. The winner of the prize will be announced on 3 November 2026.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/winston-taylor-photo-portrait-prize-2026-78925/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Astronomers Take Over", "start": "2026-10-31T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-31T17:00:00Z", "place": "National Maritime Museum", "address": "Romney Road, SE10 9NF London", "price": "Experience + planetarium: Adult: £18 | Child: £16 | Experience only: £8", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "18.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.rmg.co.uk/webstore/shop/viewItems.aspx?cg=MEMTIK&c=EXATOMEM#15727", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["science/astronomy"], "description": "Astronomers Take Over is a multi-zone, interactive, space-themed adventure for space fans aged 4 to 104. Visitors meet real astronomers from the Royal Observatory's team, learn about landing a Mars rover, use a starlight splitter, step inside a 'galaxy box', and join a cosmic scavenger hunt. While the Peter Harrison Planetarium is closed for refurbishment, an alternative planetarium experience with 30-minute shows hosted by expert astronomers is offered at the museum. During October half term, an hourly 15-minute talk, Weird Science Live, explores the stranger side of space.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/astronomers-take-over-74477/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/add85539d04b6e8154edb5d8b6712a425ad79de7f29e7e1e72029e605390ae98-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Capture Kingston 2026: Kingston By Night", "start": "2026-04-15T13:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-31T17:00:00Z", "place": "Kingston Heritage", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography"], "description": "A photography competition inviting people to capture the Kingston borough after dark, from sunrises and sunsets to the town centre's bright lights and quiet evenings elsewhere. It is run by Kingston Heritage, whose theme this year is 'Kingston By Night'; entries join the historical collection at Kingston History Centre, may appear in future exhibitions, and winners receive a cash prize at an awards evening.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/capture-kingston-2026-kingston-by-night-36788/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/dfcab87fabf5fddb817b32228fa402ed415e1dae9a193e3a3647f418b57c37df-600.webp"}, {"title": "NINAGAWA Mika: Captive Blooms", "start": "2026-06-19T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-06-01T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "The Photographers' Gallery", "address": "Ramillies Street 16-18, W1F 7LW London", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://thephotographersgallery.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173692530/events", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography"], "description": "A free outdoor exhibition showing works from NINAGAWA Mika's Captive Blooms in Soho Photography Quarter, just outside The Photographers' Gallery on Ramillies Street. The Japanese artist, also a maker of films, video and spatial installations, builds worlds bursting with colour and emotion: intensely coloured photographs of blooming flowers, shimmering goldfish, water, city nights and portraits that dissolve the boundary between the real and the imagined. Her images of domesticated aquatic life and of Japan's springtime cherry blossom, one of her most recognisable motifs, transform the quarter into a place of both spectacle and reflection, bridging art, fashion and pop culture.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/ninagawa-mika-captive-blooms-39558/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/584c32309066ea576af41118bf07f3546c8b8c7853cd185d76f5d38bd7e12be5-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Astronomy LEGO brick club", "start": "2026-11-06T14:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T16:30:00Z", "place": "National Maritime Museum", "address": "Romney Road, SE10 9NF London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["diy/lego", "science/astronomy"], "description": "Astronomy LEGO brick club is a drop-in LEGO and DUPLO building workshop at the National Maritime Museum, themed around the night sky. 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The show features camera clubs, magazines, photobooks, advertising, manuals, comics and toys, celebrating the creativity and distinctive perspectives of generations of young photographers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/snap-happy-how-children-became-photographers-39557/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/73d74101f25e31c037d37423b7c81b7589d583b66199825f6657e1ebf4239d12-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Human Nature", "start": "2026-08-25T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-05-30T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Gunnersbury Park Museum", "address": "", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography", "history/local-history"], "description": "Human Nature is a free exhibition of photographs at Gunnersbury Park Museum. It was created by the museum's Young Curators, a group of young people who took part in two photography sessions led by Narvir Singh, a poet, artist, filmmaker and photographer. Their pictures show them playing in Gunnersbury Park as part of its centenary celebrations, recreating childhood wonder through games like rolling down hills and making daisy chains. For these young people, nature is never mere scenery, but a place to be wild in, to wander through and to belong to.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/human-nature-36327/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1f8f98935b86d21310a6a1ceb5cd3e0f1dd268cd6f1dcd033f90edb7b18076be-2000.webp"}]}