London Museum Reopenings
Updated: Sep 4, 2020
As the lockdown starts to ease, many museums and galleries are reopening their doors to the public. We've compiled this list of the opening dates of some of our favourite London museums, and we'll continue to update it as more announcements are made. The list is arranged in chronological order: tell us via Twitter (@CradlesnLabels) if we've missed any.
Vistors are advised to book online in advance and to wear face coverings. See each museum or gallery's website for further guidance, and enjoy your visits! It has been a long time waiting.

You will be able to see Hans Holbein's The Ambassadors at the National Gallery from 8 July.
29 June: Fulham Palace
The gardens and café only. There is a voluntary charge for the Walled Garden.
4 July: Dulwich Picture Gallery
The gardens, café and pop-up shop only.
4 July: Garden Museum
Book online. Paid entry. The new Derek Jarman exhibition is on until 20 September.
7 July: The National Army Museum
Book online. Free entry.

8 July: The National Gallery
Book online. Free entry to the Gallery. Paid entry to the Titian exhibition. The Artemisia exhibition opens on 3 October.
8 July: The Foundling Museum
Book online. Paid entry. The Portraying Pregnancy exhibition is on until 23 August.
9 July: Royal Academy of Arts
Open to Members from 9 July and the general public from 16 July. Book online. Paid entry to the Picasso on Paper exhibition (until 2 August).

13 July: Barbican Art Gallery
Book online.
15 July: The Wallace Collection
Book online. Free entry. The paid Forgotten Masters exhibition will be open from 29 July-13 September (tickets go on sale 22 July).

16 July: Somerset House
Book online. Free entry. The Mushrooms exhibition is on until 13 September.
23 July: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
Book online. The exhibition George IV: Art and Spectacle in on until 11 October.
25 July: Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret
Book online. Paid entry.
25 July: Charles Dickens Museum
Book online.

27 July: Tate Britain
Timed entry. Free entry with paid exhibitions.
27 July: Tate Modern
Timed entry. Free entry with paid exhibitions.
30 July: Horniman Museum and Gardens
Book online. Free entry with paid entry to the Permian Monsters exhibition until 3 January 2021. The gardens and café kiosks are already open and the main café will reopen on 30 July.

29 July: Design Museum
Open to members from 29 July and the general public from 31 July. The much-awaited exhibition Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers is on until 14 February 2021. Tickets go on sale 10 July.
1 August: Florence Nightingale Museum
Book online. Paid entry to the museum and the Nightingale in 200 Objects exhibition.
1 August: Imperial War Museum
Book online. Free entry.
1 August: Hayward Gallery
Book online. Paid entry to the gallery and the exhibition Among the Trees.

4 August: Serpentine Gallery
Book online from July to see Cao Fei: Blueprints. Free entry.
5 August: Natural History Museum
Book online. Free entry.

Fashionable brocade patterns of the Imperial Palace, woodblock print, made by Utagawa Kunisada, 1847-1852, Japan © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
6 August: V&A
Book online. Free entry. The exhibition Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk re-opens on 27 August.
6 August: Museum of London
Book online. Free entry.
6 August: Museum of London Docklands
Book online. Free entry.
10 August: National Maritime Museum
Book online for exhibitions. The galleries will re-open soon.
19 August: Science Museum
Book online. Free entry.

27 August: British Museum
Book online from 12 August. Free entry. Open Wednesday to Sunday only.
3 September: Saatchi Gallery
Pre-book tickets online to see the London Grads Now exhibition.
7 September: London Transport Museum
Timed tickets must be booked in advance online.
29 September: Serpentine Sackler Gallery
Book online from early September to see Formafantasma: Cambio. Free entry.
late September: Grant Museum of Zoology and Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
To reopen to the public on Saturdays and to UCL students and staff on Wednesdays.
1 October: Sir John Soane's Museum
7 October: Wellcome Collection

Marcus Gheeraerts II, Portrait of a Woman in Red, has been loaned by Tate to Portraying Pregnancy at the Foundling Museum
The Courtauld Collection is closed until spring 2021.
The Museum of Childhood is closed for 2 years from May 2020.
The National Portrait Gallery is closed until spring 2023.