You're Never Too Young to Change the World

Come and meet Bagpuss, see the Soup Dragon and behold Noggin the Nog. Oliver Postgate’s voice and Peter Firmin’s puppets shaped the childhood memories of millions since they started collaborating in the 1950s

Ventura Wildlife Park is an interactive wildlife centre home to over 55 species of rare, beautiful and endangered animals from around the world. Located within approximately 3 acres of beautiful grounds on the outskirts of Ware in Hertfordshire this is one of the UK’s new wildlife parks and concentrates of delivering an interactive wildlife adventure for all ages and abilities to enjoy. Whether you want to spend a few hours, half a day or the whole day you will have fun discovering a variety of different animals including lemur, zebra, monkey, kangaroo, giant tortoise, crocodile, and kookaburra. Plus enjoy discovering rarely seen animals including the fossa, binturong, red-rumped agouti and the Cuban hutia.

Buy food, crafts, and more at this event. Celebrates the skills of Welsh companies.

Experience Amazing Cars, Mini-Tanks, Helicopters and more!

Explore the Museum!

London gets itself a new Lord Mayor (its 801st, no less) on Saturday, and marks the occasion with one of the most colourful and exuberant parades on the city’s calendar.

The Cartoon Museum re-launched at 63 Wells Street on 1st July 2019! The design vision for the museum was led by Sam Jacob Studio, who used the language of cartoons and comics as inspiration for the new architecture.

Artist Raju Rage brings their studio to Tate and invites you to explore everyday objects, sculpture and performance.

Get ready to discover works by household names and emerging artists at our annual celebration of art and creativity.

Free events and workshops for children, young people and families in your library.

SOHO FOOD FEAST is back again for its tenth year in 2020, working with some of London's top restaurants to raise money for Soho Parish primary school. This years event takes place over the weekend of Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th June.

Smriti Prasadam-Halls & Robert Starling: The Little Island

Walk through, over and under colourful aquatic worlds from the tropical to the Arctic at one of London’s busiest attractions It’s not every day that you see sharks and penguins in London, but on the South Bank you can. Almost literally, too, if it wasn’t for the fact that Sea Life London Aquarium is closed on Christmas day. Thousands of tourists and local alike visit this old council building daily, which has been home to a remarkable watery wonderland since 1997.

A nature garden for children and their carers to enjoy together. Picnic, pond dip, garden, cook or join in with workshops teaching woodwork, gardening, bush craft skills and more.

PLAN52 is one of our top-secret locations and a fortress for highly classified archives and data. However, something terrible has happened: four of our agents who were stationed there have vanished without a trace. We now have proof that this was the work of Professor BlackSheep who had help from a clueQuest insider.

Discover the story of the world’s greatest trading city.

Bring your little ones to our babies' session, perfect for ages 6 to 24 months.

Charlie Cockroach and Alex the snail invite you to come and meet them and their minibeasts friends at the library.

Squirrel, Badger, Owl and Rabbit all live in homes in the forest. They would love to meet you! Come along to help build their homes and listen to their stories.

It's January, the month of the new year's resolutions and, of course, the birthday of the king of comedy: Jim Carrey. To celebrate, we'll be screening a retrospective film series in ode to Jim's life on the big screen.

Our Natural History Gallery first opened in 1901, the design influenced by the Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau movements of the time. Many of the original showcases remain, packed full of taxidermy, skeletons and specimens preserved in fluid, giving the gallery a unique historic feel. Most of the specimens, including our taxidermy mount of a walrus were collected over 100 years ago during the Victorian and Edwardian periods. This was a time when naturalists and collectors were exploring the globe.

Fashion stations are go!

We have pottery classes for children and classes aimed at adults. The sessions are run on a drop in basis and there is no need to book.

The Grant Museum is a natural history collection covering the entire animal kingdom, including many rare and extinct specimens.