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Late openings at museums are nothing new, but this Friday’s extravaganza (24 September) at the NHM promises a diplodocus-sized helping of entertainment and enlightenment. The adults-only event will involve more talks, tours and demonstrations than you could shake an early hominid thigh bone at, with …

The Deep opens at the Natural History Museum on Friday. Image © Senckenberg / Frankfurt Full marks, first of all, for concept. An exhibition about the mysteries of the deep is always going to be alluring, but the moody blue lighting and tinkling piano soundtrack …

From today, visitors to the South Kensington museum have a whole new annexe to explore. The Darwin Centre Phase II is an architectural world away from Alfred Waterhouse’s beautiful Victorian original, which looms over Cromwell Road with its turrets, towers and terracotta animals. The new …

From tomorrow, visitors to the Natural History Museum can inspect this stunning piece of permanent artwork by Tania Kovats. The arborous ceiling adorns a first-floor gallery, up above the main hall. Kovats won the recent Darwin’s Canopy competition, beating off Turner Prize winners like Mark …

Wot no Fan Museum? Some of London’s top museums and galleries are working together on a cultural social networking website (yes, yes, we know. Yawn. But keep reading, there are some jokes in a bit, honest). The National Museums Online Learning project launches this week, …

“Oh, the flesh-eating beetles are in there,” shrugs our guide, pointing to a locked door. This is the Darwin Centre, where a gruesome surprise lurks around every corner. The annexe to the Natural History Museum holds some 22 million biological specimens bottled up in jars …