Natural History Museum - Grab your nature passport and join us this summer

 

Discover wonder, indoors and out Visiting Tring in the summer is packed full of exploration:    Enjoy spending time in our meadow, woodland and gardens   Use our free play equipment and games, including Giant Jenga and Connect 4  Become a Wildlife Hero with your kids  Explore our galleries to see creatures big and small  Learn about the fascinating stories behind our little museum So, grab your sunglasses and your adventurer cap and come enjoy a Tring summer! Hop, skip and jump in

Fly me away to Tring  Take flight with our new Nature Passports!   Our new activity booklet takes your family on an adventure across the world in a single day! From penguins and polar bears to lions and leopards, you’ll get to take a moment to appreciate the nature around you.   You can grab our Nature Passport onsite from Saturday 25 July.   Oh and did we mention you can get a complimentary magnet for completing most of the activities? Book your tickets to Tring   Step into an eccentric past From dressed fleas to giant southern elephant seals, discover the stories of our most beloved specimens and find out how they ended up here in Tring.   Join us for our Museum Highlights Tour. Explore the extraordinary   Specimen of the month Now extinct, the dodo was a flightless bird that once lived on the island of Mauritius, off the east coast of Africa. Dodos were fast runners with strong legs, and were very happy on their island home, that was until humans arrived!   Their arrival marked the end of the dodo through a combination of hunting and the introduction of animals that ate their eggs or competed with them for food. Now the only place you can see dodos is in museums like ours at Tring. Come see our dodo

This week at Opera Holland Park ☀️

 

This week at Opera Holland Park Un ballo in maschera opens this Saturday, and tickets are selling exceptionally fast.  Monday Rush tickets for opening night have already sold out, and with just five performances remaining after Saturday, we recommend booking now to avoid disappointment. The first revival of Rodula Gaitanou's acclaimed 2019 production, hailed as "spectacular", brings Verdi's gripping tale of forbidden love, political intrigue and betrayal back to the Holland Park stage, conducted by Michael Papadopoulos with Matteo Desole making his role debut as Gustavo. Then, on Sunday 26 July for one night only, step into the Golden Age of Broadway with soprano Anush Hovhannisyan and singer-pianist Sam Jewison. Accompanied by a dazzling 40-piece orchestra, they'll perform beloved songs from Oklahoma!, My Fair Lady, Guys and Dolls and more, alongside orchestral favourites including Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.

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Broadway Rhapsody

Step into the Golden Age of Broadway for one night only with Anush Hovhannisyan and Sam Jewison. Featuring highlights from Oklahoma!, My Fair Lady, Guys and Dolls, Show Boat, Porgy and Bess, Anything Goes, and many more, accompanied by a dazzling 40-piece orchestra. This extraordinary collaboration brings together two of the most exciting voices in the industry today, as they breathe new life into songs that have come to define a century of musical theatre. Such iconic hits as ‘People Will Say We’re in Love’, ‘Luck Be a Lady’, and ‘I Could Have Danced All Night’ take centre stage alongside the orchestral fireworks of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Richard Rodgers’ ‘The Carousel Waltz’. It is a masterclass in Manhattan brilliance – a celebration of Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Kern, and beyond – all set against the glorious, open-air backdrop of Opera Holland Park. When: Sunday 26 July, 7pm Tickets: from £25

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The party of the summer starts here. Johann Strauss II's sparkling comedy Die Fledermaus opens on Wednesday 29 July in a brand new production, bringing a whirlwind of mistaken identities, champagne-fuelled mischief and irresistible waltzes.  Starring tenor Thomas Atkins, fresh from performing at the opening night of this year's BBC Proms, it's the perfect summer evening of laughter, glamour and glorious music. Join us on opening night and Friday 31 July, when we'll be raising a glass with London CRU's award-winning English sparkling wine, available at a special discounted price. Celebrate the start of our newest production in style and make the most of a quintessential summer night at Opera Holland Park.

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Science Museum - Explore more. Discover more

 

SCIENCE KITS     SPACE     TOYS     GAMES & PUZZLES     WEAR

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Explore more. Discover more.

  From space exploration and engineering to playful toys, fun clothing and hands-on science kits, our collections celebrate the wonder of science in everyday life. Browse our favourites and discover something new to inspire curiosity from our exhbition collections.

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SCIENCE KITS

Our exciting range of STEM-led science kits.

SPACE

We have all kinds of space-related presents.

FASHION

 This is no ordinary clothing.

TOYS

Make playtime educational with this range.

HOMEWARE

All inspired by scientific principles.

ACCESSORIES

Bags, caps, socks & accessories.

Into astronomy prints?

  Create wall art that's as unique as your interests. Choose from more than 900 extraordinary images from the Science Museum Group's collections, professionally printed and framed to order by King & McGaw. With a range of sizes and framing options available, it's easy to find the perfect piece for your space.  

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Open City - Discover what's on at Open House Festival 2026 🔑

 

The latest news from Open City  Dear Open House Festival fans, Today's the day! We've just launched this year's London Open House Festival programme which returns for its 35th edition from 12 to 20 September 2026. You can now browse the first batch of 621 listings (more to be announced) with opportunities to get inside hundreds of London’s buildings that are normally closed to the public.  This year we're super proud to field some striking star buildings – The Lloyd's Building, the Zaha Hadid Foundation archive and, of course Downing Street which is perhaps (under new occupancy) set to be the Downing Street of the South?! We're thrilled that our free festival is shaping up to be the biggest yet. Already there are 143 places that are new to Open House Festival. Don't forget that some places require visitors to book tickets in advance – bookings opening at midday on 19 August. But the majority of the programme is open to spontaneous drop-in visitors. There are still many ways to explore London's architecture over the summer including our regular Open City tours. This Friday night we even have an evening boat tour. If you fancy getting out of London and perhaps learning more about the home town of the incoming PM, get a copy of our new pocket guide to Manchester.  I hope you enjoy browsing the programme and that if doing so inspires you to become a supporter of our work (it's pretty tough keeping everything free with rising costs,) we would love you to become a Friend, or to make a donation.   With love from London Open House Festival's number one fan, Celia Celia Mead is the Festival Director of London Open House Festival It's here! The Open House Festival 2026 programme  We're so excited to let you know what's in store at this year's Open House Festival, taking place 12 to 20 September. We've just revealed over 600 buildings that are taking part, with more to be announced over the coming weeks. The programme covers all types of places and spaces, from landmark sites to new developments, much-loved heritage, industry, infrastructure, places of work and homes, which will open for free to celebrate access for all, and the connection it brings. Take a look at our festival website now to check out the programme so far. 2026 festival highlights: The Lloyd’s Building (pictured) is an icon of London architecture. Designed by Richard Rogers and opened in 1986, it's in this year’s Open House Festival as part of its 40th birthday celebrations.  The Zaha Hadid Foundation archive which currently offers only limited access to the public, will be appearing in the festival programme for the first time this year. Ever popular tours of No 10 Downing Street, BT Tower and BBC Broadcasting House are back.  Punchdrunk Enrichment Stores (pictured) is a unique immersive theatre space in Wembley with is rarely open to the public and new to the festival. Coldershaw Road the home of Eric and Jessica Huntley, community activists and educators, the house is a Black British cultural archivist’s dream, filled with books, arts and craft and correspondence from the 1960s to the present day. St. George Villa a Studio Grieveson project that has transformed an unloved basement into a light filled, sustainable, calming home. West Ham Pumping Station also new to the programme, it was once powered the Westham Corporation Tramways. As a reminder, some places require visitors to book tickets in advance and bookings opening at midday on 19 August. But the majority of the programme is open to spontaneous drop-in visitors. Check out the programme for yourself including buildings, events and walking tours. The festival is FREE to attend and we welcome your donations to help us support Open City's commitment to making London accessible and equitable for all.  See the Festival programme Donate to Open City