BLUE BADGE
GUIDES’ DIARY
SEPTEMBER 2019
LONDON
- TATE
- SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL
020 7367 6734 Permit required for photography 020 7367 6700 Mon-Sat 0800-1800 (le1730) Sun 1100-1700 (le 1630) Grps 10+ special rates depending on whether guided tour required. Grps : Ad £4.50, Conc £3.50, Ch 1-11 £2.00 Grps 020 7367 6734. Trade: Ad £3.50. Concs £3.00 Ch £1.75 (incl BBTGs – book direct)
Services: Mon-Sat. 0800 (0900 Sat), 0815 HC (0915 Sat), 1230, 1245HC 1730 Choral Evensong (1600 Sat) – said Mon/Wed
www.tate.org.uk 020 7887 8008 (rec. info) Main 7887 8888 TATE BRITAIN
Daily: 10.00-18.00.
To: 6/10: Mike Nelson: The Asset Strippers: Free 11/9-2/2: William Blake: The Artist:£18/£17 24/9-5/1: Mark Leckey: O’Magic Power of Bleakness:£13/£12
TATE MODERN
Sun-Thur: 10.00-18.00; Fri-Sat: 10.00-22.00
To:8/9: Natalia Goncharova:£16/£15 To: 27/10: Takis: £13
Sun 0845, 0900 HC, 1100 HC, 1500 Choral Evensong, 1830 ‘At Southwark’ Suns. 1st Trad Choral Eucharist, 2nd Service of Light,
ART GALLERIES
BARBICAN ART GALLERY www.barbican.org.uk 020 7638 4141
Sun-Wed 10.00-18.00 Thu-Sat 10.00-21.00. The Curve: Sat-Wed: 11.00-20.00 Thurs/Fri: 11.00-21.00
To: 1/9: Lee Krasner: Living Colour: £15/£11 26/9-16/2: Trevor Paglen: From ”Apple” to ”Anomoly” : Free
3rd Wholeness and Healing, 4th Compline/Eucharistic Devotion
Organ recital every Mon 1300, music recital everyTues 1515
Closures: No information available at time of going to press, check website
To 5/1: Olafur Eliasson:£18/£17 To:13/9: Magdalena Abkanowicz
WHITECHAPEL GALLERY www.whitechapelgallery.org 7522 7888
Tue-Sun 11.00-18.00; Thur 11.00-21.00; Adm Free.
To: 29/9: Artists’ Film International 5/9-9/9: London Art Book Fair 25/9- 12/1: Anna Maria Maiolino: Making Love Revolutionary
TEMPLE CHURCH www.templechurch.com 020 7353 3470
Ad £4 Sen/students £2 Under 18s free. Wed 13.15-13.45 Organ recital (free) Thurs 13.15 HC (said), Sunday HC 08.30 (said), Mattins 11.15 (choral)
DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY 020 8693 5254
Tu-Sun 10.00-17.00; closed Mon except BH when open 10-17.00 Ad: £8/£7
To: 29/9: Edward Alleyn’s Gift at Dulwich: 1619-2019:Free
WESTMINSTER ABBEY www.westminster-abbey.org 020 7222 5152
CHURCHES AND WORSHIP
BEVIS MARKS SYNAGOGUE
NO PHOTOGRAPHY: CLOSED FOR TOURISM SUNDAYS
REMEMBER ONLINE TICKETING IS ONLY FOR INDIVIDUAL ENTRY AND NOT FOR GROUPS. MAX GROUP SIZE 30
Mon-Fri Tickets from Chapter Office 20 Dean’s Yard, Sat North Door Mon-Fri 0930- 1500(le) for groups Sat 0900-1300 (le for gps 1230) Last entry for individuals on Weds 1700 (no guiding) No groups entry or in Nave area 1200-1300 M-Fri during service Cloisters 08.00-18.00 Chap Hse / Pyx / Museum 10.30-16.00 College Garden 10.00-18.00 Tues/Wed/Thurs Entry Charges: Ad £23.00 Conc £ 20.00 Ch 6 -16 £10.00. 5yrs & under free Fam 1 Ad 1 Ch £23.00 (includes Audio Guide) Each additional child £9 Grps: Ad £20.00, Concs £16.00 Child 6+ £8.00
HAYWARD GALLERY www.southbankcentre.co.uk 020 3879 9555
11.00-19.00 daily except Tues when gallery closed. Open til 21.00 Thurs
To: 8/9: Kiss My Genders:£14/£12.50 To: 6/10: Thabiso Sekgala: A free HENI Project Space exhibition exploring home, space etc
www.bevismarks.org.uk 020 7626 1274
Opening Hours: Mon, Wed, Thurs 1030-1400, Tues, Fri 1030-1300 Sun 1030-1230 Admission/Donation £5 adult, £4 concs £2.50 child
Closures: Mon 30th Jewish New Year
- NATIONAL GALLERY
- JOHN WESLEY’S CHAPEL
www.wesleyschapel.org.uk 020 7253 2262
Chapel Mon-Sat 1000-1600 House and Museum Mon-Sat 1000-1600 No formal charge, donations requested. Groups must be booked in advance even if only for short visit. Services: Sun 0945 (exc 1st Sun of month) & 1100 Tues Recitals 1245-1315 Wed Holy Comm 1245-1315 in Foundery Chapel. Thurs Service 1245-1315
www.nationalgallery.org.uk 020 7747 2885
Daily 10.00-18.00 Fri to 2100. [NB staff training Mon to 11.00 limited accesss]
To: 29/9: Bartolome Bermejo: Master of the Spanish Renaissance:Free
Verger Tours 90 mins £5.00 M-Sat 10.30 / 11.00 / 14.00 / 14.30 [Sat am only] Audio Tours: Eng, Fr, Ger, It, Sp, Jap, Russ, Mand, Polish, Portug, Hung. Services: Mon-Fr 0730 Matins, 0800 + 1230 HC, 1700 Evensong (said Wed)
Sat 0800 HC, 0900 Matins, 1500 Choral Evensong
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY www.npg.org.uk 020 7306 0055
Daily:10.00-18.00; FrIday:10.00-21.00
To: 20/10: BP Portrait Award 2019: Free To: 15/9 (Wolfson and Lerner Galleries): Cindy Sherman:£20/£17
ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL www.stpauls.co.uk 020 7236 4128
Recorded info: 020 7246 8348. Mon-Sat 0830-1600(le), Galls. 0930-1615, rec. last grp entry 1530 Ad £20 Sen/Stu £17.50 Ch age 6-17 £8.50 Fam. (2+3) £48.50 (1+3) £34 Group Rates 10+ Ad £17.00 Sen/St. £15.00, Ch £7.20 Super Tours usually available 1045, 1115, 1300, 1330, 1400 free Multimedia Hand Held Guides included with admission charge: Eng, Fr, Ger, It, Sp, Port, Rus, Polish, Korean, Jap & Man. Also BSL. Group Guiding System available at no extra charge.
Services: M-Sat 0730 Matins, 0800 and 1230 HC
Sun 0800 HC, 1000 Matins, 1115 Sung Eucharist, 1500 Choral Evensong, 1745 Org. OBE an Recital, 1830 Evening Service St Margaret’s Sun 1100 Eucharist
QUEEN’S GALLERY www.royalcollection.org.uk 020 7766 7301
Daily 10.00-17.30
To: 13/10: Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing: £13.50/£12.20/£10.80
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries
Entry is by timed ticket (15 min intervals), available only with Abbey entry ticket. Adult £5, child u16 free. No student or senior concessions. NO free admission for BBTGs, no guiding or admission for BBTGs with clients Tickets available online and also on the door.
ROYAL ACADEMY www.royalacademy.org.uk 020 7300 8000 Daily 10-18.00 Fri to 22.00
To: 29/9: Felix Vallotton: Painter of Disquiet:£14 To: 27/10: Helene Schjerfbeck:£12 21/9-3/12: Antony Gormley: work from his 45-year career:First & final 2
weeks: £22; all other dates: Mon-Tues: £18; We-Thurs: £20; Fri-Sun: £22
Events/closures:
Tue-Sat 1700 Choral Evensong, Mon 1700 Evening prayer (said) Sun. 0800 HC, 1130 Sung Eucharist, 1515 Choral Evensong, 1645 Organ Recital, 1800 Evening Service
OBE Chapel closed 1000-1200 & 1300-1500 Ambulatory closed 1045-1200 & 1345-1500
Sat 7th Tues 10th Closed all day for BB groups
Thanksgiving service for Lord Ashdown 1st Saturday of winter season (Gp entry 0900-1230)
SERPENTINE GALLERY
Sat 7th
www.serpentinegallery.org.uk 020 7402 6075
+ Serpentine Sackler Gallery, Tues-Sun : 10.00-18.00 ; closed Mondays except Bank Holidays
REMEMBER NO GROUP ENTRY BETWEEN 12.00 - 13.00 MON-FRIDAY AND GROUPS MUST BE CLEAR OF THE NAVE BY 12.00
Sat 14th OBE Chapel closed 0930-1200 & 1300-1500
Ambulatory closed 1345-1500
Tues 17th OBE Chapel & Wellington Chamber closed 1000-1200
Ambulatory closed 1045 – 1200 Memorial Service in OBE
Wed 25th Cathedral opens 1015 Staff Meeting Sat 28th OBE Chapel closed 1030-1200 & 1300-1500
Ambulatory closed 1345-1500
To: 20/10: Luchita Hurtado (Sackler Gallery) To: 8/9: Faith Ringgold (Serpentine gallery) To: 6/10: Serpentine Pavilion 2019: Japanese Architect Junya Ishigami
WESTMINSTER CATHEDRALwww.westminstercathedral.org.uk
020 7798 9055 Daily 0700-1900, closes 1730 on BHs
No formal charges, but Cathedral’s own tours £2.50 pp 020 7798 9055
SOMERSET HOUSE www.somerset-house.org.uk 020 7845 4600
Courtauld Gallery closed for 2 years for redevelopment Embankment Galls:M, Tu, Sa, Su: 10.00-18.00; W, Th, Fri: 11.00-20.00 Bank
To: 8/9: Kaleidoscope: Immigration and Modern Britain (Terrace Rooms):Free
MUSEUMS & MONUMENTS
QUEEN ELIZABETH OLYMPIC PARK [CONT.]
IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM 020 7416 5000 www.iwm.org.uk
10.00-18.00 (Le 17.30) Adm Free.
Free: every Sat and Sun - Object Conversations. To 5/1/20 Art in Exile : the evacuation of art during 2nd WW and « What Remains », part of the « culture under attack » season. Free Free until 29/9/19- Robert Capa : D Day in 35 mm
ArcelorMittal Orbit Slide + Skyline Views http://www.arcelmittalorbit.com Weekdays 11-16.00 (le 15.30); Weekends/school holidays 10-18, le 17.30 Ad £16.50, Ch £10.50 (min 1.3m/8yrs old for slide) Conc £13.50, Fam £52 Discount for grps 15+: 0333 800 8099 / email: [email protected]
Park boat tours 12-4 daily on the hour from Aquatics pontoon: Ad £9, < 16 £5, Fam £22 08451162012
BRITISH LIBRARY www.bl.uk 020 7412 7332
Mon-Thu 09.30-20:00. Fri 09:30-18:00. Sat 09:30-17:00 Sun/BH 11:00-17:00. All reading rooms closed on Sundays and Bank Holidays. For Tours see website or phone 01937 546546
To 9/9 Leonardo Da Vinci’s Notebooks: a mind in motion Ad £7.00, ch £4.00 To 8/12 D’Oyly Carte: Staging Gilbert and Sullivan. Free.
SCIENCE MUSEUM www.sciencemuseum.org.uk 020 7942 4000
Daily 10.00-18.00 (le 17.15).
KENSINGTON PALACE 020 3166 6000 www.hrp.org.uk
10.00-18.00 (le 17.00). Orangery closed for at least two years. [Pavilion open 10.00-18.00, but closed on 8/9/from 16.00 Online tickets - Ad £19.30 Conc £15.30 child £9.60
Queen’s State apartments and Council Chamber closed 2/9 until 31/3/20 “Victoria; a Royal Childhood. “Victoria: woman and crown” until 6/1/20 “Diana; designing for a Princess” – one piece from Diana’s wardrobe (by Catherine Walker), with complementary original sketches of the design process (David Sassoon).
BRITISH MUSEUM www.britishmuseum.org 020 7323 8000
Daily 10.00-17.30 incl. Sun. Fri selected galleries 20.30. Availability of free tours and talks limited on public holidays Great court and info desk open 9.00-18.00 (20.30 on Fridays.) Spotlight tours every Friday evening – 20 mins – check web site
til 1/9 Collecting Histories:Soloman Islands. Free
Adult ’Lates’: last Wed of month 18.45-22.00 (le 21.15) Museum free, but charges for Imax £11/£9/Fam from £23. Charges for motion rides/simulators. Book online, at desk or 0333 241 4000 Wonderlab: The Equinor Gallery, from £8, Fam discount Mathematics Gallery, free
To 23/2/20 Top Secret: from ciphers to cyber security, free. Booking req’d To 1/10/20 Driverless; who is in control? Special exhibition, free til 29/9 Playing with money:currency and games. Free
Coming 10/10 Inspired by the East: how the Islamic world influenced Western Art.
Coming 21/11 the B.P. exhibition”Troy - Myth and Reality”
LONDON DUNGEON 0871 423 2240
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE 020 7902 1500
On day prices: Ad £30.00, online from £21.00 www.shakespearesglobe.com
Open daily 20 July - 29 September 2019 Audio: Eng, Fr, Ger, Spa, Ital, Jap, Braz Port, Russ, Mand 09.30-18.30 (le 16.15) Ad: £25, Con: £ 22.80, U17 £14, U5 free, fam (2+3) £64 Grps (15+) Ad: £22.55, Con: £ 20.50, U17 £12.60, U5 free,
Check website for mo re details, holiday times, combi tickets & grp reductions. Standard Opening: Mon/Tues/Wed/Fri 10.00–16:00. Thurs 11.00-17:00. Sat 10.00-18:00 Sun 10.00 - 17.00
Tours: Mon 9.30 -17.00, Tues – Sat 9.30-12.30, Sun 9.30-11.30. Max 14: online Ad £17.00 Ch 5-15: £10 Sen £15.50. Stu £13.50, Fam £46 (£2.50 online booking charge; on door price + £2 on each category) Grps 15+ need to be booked in via on-line booking form Tours: every 30 mins; working theatre - times & availability may vary so check. + Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Bankside walking tours + Rose theatre tours
Often open until 19.00 every day during school holidays.
LONDON EYE 0870 781 3000 www.londoneye.com.
Online prices from Ad: £21.20 Ch 4-15yrs: £16.10 U4 free See website for full price list and packages. Opening times: 1/9/19 open 10-21.30, then all weekdays 11.00 to 18.00, Sat and Sundays 10.00-20.30
CABLE CAR www.emiratesairline.co.uk
TOWER OF LONDON www.hrp.org.uk 0844 482 7799
Sun & Mon 10.00-17.30 (le 17.00). Tues-Sat 9.00-17.30 (le 17.00). Ad £30.30 Ch (5-15) £14.50 Conc £23.70, Fam (2+3) £76.90 Prices incl vol donation. 15% discount if pre-book online Grps 15+ Adult £25.30, Child £12.00, Conc £19.80
Mon-Thur 7.00-21.00 Fri 7.00-23.00 Sat 8.00-23.00 Sun 9.00-21.00 Cash Single Fare: Ad £4.50 Ch £2.30 Round trip Ad: £9.00, Ch £4.60 With Contactless/Oyster/travelcard/online: Ad £3.50 Ch £1.70 Round trip Ad: £7.00, Ch £3.40 (multi journey discount available see website) “360” Round trip Discovery Experience also available
MME TUSSAUD’S EXPERIENCE www.madame-tussauds.co.uk
0871 894 3000 phone bookings 0871 222 0177
Check website for opening, usually Weekdays 09:30-17:30 (le). Weekends and school hols 08.30-18:00 (le) Full price Ad & sen: £34.00 Ch (4-15) £29.50 <5 free, up to 30% disc online Online group of 10+, 30% disc.
Group booking line: +44 (0)20 3166 6000 (booking not necessary)
£8.40 incl souvenir guide. Other offers see online
Groups: 20+ discount approx. 25%. Book on 020 3282 1030 After 19.00 with accompanying music and video.
TOWER BRIDGE www.towerbridge.org.uk 020 7403 3761
09.30-17.00 (le 17.00). Ad £9.80 Ch 5-15 £4.20 Ad Conc £6.80, Child Conc £3, Fam £15.30-£27. 10% discount if pre-book online. Grps 10+ Ad £8.60 Ch £3.70 Conc £6.00 Group booking: 020 7407 9191 Combined 7-day tix with The Monument: Ad £12.00, Conc £8.20, Ch £5.50
CHURCHILL WAR ROOMS www.iwm.org.uk/cabinet 020 7930 6961
Daily 09.30-18.00 (le 17.00) Timed entry tickets Tickets Ad: £22.00 conc: £17.60 Ch: £11.00 (under 15)
MUSEUM IN DOCKLANDS museum-london-docklands
020 7001 9844 Mon-Sun 10.00-18.00 (galleries close 17.40).
To 27/10 Secret Rivers, recommended for 5+, free To 15/9 Slavery, Culture & Collecting, free display, 9+
VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM www.vam.ac.uk 020 7942 2000
Daily 10.00-17.45 Fri 10.00-22.00 (after 17.30 selected galls only)
to 1/9 Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams,
Ad £20-24, Stu £19, < 11 free, Fam £43-£67 (many dates sold out!) To 16/2/20 Mary Quant, Ad £12, Stu/Conc/12-17 £10,<12 free, fam £22/34
To 20/10 Food: Bigger than the Plate, Ad £17, Stu/Conc £13, <12 free To 17/11 Exquisite Artistry: Victorian Jewellery Designs from the Firm of John Brogden
DESIGN MUSEUM www.designmuseum.org 020 3862 5900
224-238, Kensington High Street, W8 6NQ Daily 10.00-18.00 (le 17.00). First Friday lates - open til 20.00 (le19.00) Permanent display – Designer, Maker, User
To 17/9 Stanley Kubrick: the Exhibition
MUSEUM OF LONDON www.museumoflondon.org.uk 020 7001 9844
Mon-Sun 10.00-18.00 (le 17.30). Grps 10+ must pre-book on 0870 444 3850 To 5/01/20 Beasts of London, Ad £10, conc £9, <16 £5, <5 free, fam £20+, pre-booked timed slots
Adult £16.00 conc £12.00 Ring 0203 862 5937 or 5900 or buy online at [email protected] until 12/11/19 Made in 1989: 30 years of the Design Museum. Free Free- Material Innovation: Land Rover, sustainable textiles
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM www.nhm.ac.uk 020 7942 5000
Mon-Sun 10.00-17.50 (le 17.30). Last Fri of month to 22.00 (le 21.00) Darwin Centre – FOC, book time slots to Cocoon building.
To 4/9/20 Collecting Photography: from Daguerreotype to Digital, free
To 5/01/20 Museum of the Moon, art installation by Luke Jarram, free To 1/10 Expeditions and Endeavours, temporary display, free
WALLACE COLLECTION www.wallacecollection.org
020 7563 9500, Daily 10.00-17.00, free. Groups max 25. Book in advance
GUILDHALL AND GALLERY 020 7606 3030 www.cityoflondon.gov.uk
Free. Great Hall: Normal opening hours Mon-Sat 10.00-16.30, Sun 10-16.30 020 7332 1313, 020 7332 1313 for full and part closures Great Hall open 3,8,11,14-17,21,22 (open house weekend),29 and 30/9/19 Public morning tours on Court of Common Council days once a month Tours start 10.45 and last 75 mins - cost £8.00.
QUEEN ELIZABETH OLYMPIC PARK
www.toursof2012sites.com or www.londonolympicparktours.com Coach tours also available, book via website Currently no public BBG led walks in the park Aquatics centre: groups can be guided inside when no event taking place. To book a group: [email protected] cost £2pp. Velodrome: Groups can be guided inside when no event taking place. To book: Tom Bullen [email protected] and Rahan Begum, [email protected] Cost £1pp. Pay in advance or cash on day in reception. Cafe & seating area open to public when no event taking place
WIMBLEDON LAWN TENNIS MUSEUM AND TOUR
www.wimbledon.org/museum020 8879 5600
Museum Daily 10.00-17.30 (le 17.00). Ad: £13 Conc £11 Child £8. BBTG tours of grounds (1.5 hrs) Booking recommended online/phone Museum & Tour Ad: £25.00 Conc £21.00 Child (5-16yrs) £15 (1 free child for every full paying adult) Tours: 1-8th 10.30, 11.00, 11.30, 12.30, 13.00, 13.30, 14.30, 15.00, 15.30 9-30th 10.30, 11.30, 12.30, 13.30, 14.30, 15.30 1-8th Tour in Spanish 14.00 daily.
Next public tour 12/9/19, book online at [email protected]. For private tours, contact [email protected]
GUILDHALL ART GALLERY www.guildhall-art-gallery.org.uk.
020 7332 3700. Mon-Sat 10.00 -17.00 (le 16 :30) Sun 12.00-16.00 (le 15 :45), Adm Free. Free: Tues, Fri, Sat 45 mins tours at 12:15, 13:15, 14:15 + 15:15 New Exhibition:- 400 years of London architecture until 1/12/19 Adult £10.00, conc. £7.00 book online
