Get creative, pick up a new skill or discover new worlds this summer, with free and low-cost activities.
Jadughar: House of Magic exhibition
Free interactive exhibition, curated by PAPRIKA Collective, exploring how museums make us feel and inviting visitors to be in touch – literally and imaginatively – with storytelling traditions.
Dates: Until Thursday 4 September
Location: Swiss Cottage Gallery, Swiss Cottage Library, 88 Avenue Road, NW3 3HA
Regent’s Park Estate Story Trail
Visit the new free public art trail on the Regent’s Park Estate. Artworks include murals, sculptures and an AI-powered talking tree.
Location: Regent’s Park Estate, NW1 3QJ (the trail begins by Bucklebury House on Stanhope Street)
Knitting groups at Camden libraries
Meet new people and learn new skills at a knitting group
Dates: Tuesdays, 1 to 3pm
Location: Queens Crescent Library, 165 Queens Crescent, NW5 4HH
Dates: Tuesdays, 1 to 3pm
Location: Highgate Library, Chester Road, N19 5DH
Dates: Mondays, 11am to 1pm
Location: West Hampstead Library, Dennington Park Road, NW6 1AU
Shared reading groups at Camden libraries
Adult residents can join our free shared reading groups:
Dates: Mondays, 11am to 12 noon
Location: Camden Town Library, 218 Eversholt Street, NW1 1BD
Dates: Wednesdays, 11am to 12.30pm
Location: Kilburn Library, 12-22 Kilburn High Road, NW6 5UH
Find out more about shared reading groups at Camden libraries
Community Thursdays at Latin American House
Free and inclusive space to get together, share and build connections. Every week there will be something different – arts and crafts, dance lessons, wellbeing workshops, or moments to relax and chat with others.
Dates: Every Thursday, 3 to 6pm. The first Thursday of the month is Textile Diaries, an arts and crafts session, and the second and fourth Thursday of the month is Latin dance lessons.
Location: Latin American House, 10 Kingsgate Place, NW6 4TA
Find out more about Community Thursdays at Latin American House
Castlehaven Community Cinema
Join for a free evening of film from around the world, showcased on the Community Cinema’s state-of-the-art cinema screen. Booking needed.
Dates: First Thursday of every month, 6 to 9pm
Location: Clarence Hall, NW1 8RN
Unearthed: The Power of Gardening display
Free display exploring how gardening can bring people together and shape our relationship with the natural world, touring libraries in partnership with the British Library’s Living Knowledge Network.
Dates: Until Saturday 30 August
Location: Highgate Library, Chester Road, N19 5DH
Find out more about Unearthed: The Power of Gardening display
20 Years of UK Black Pride exhibition
Exhibition at the UK’s first and only permanent LGBT+ museum. Admission is by ‘pay what you can’ donation.
Dates: Until Sunday 31 August
Location: Queer Britain, 2 Granary Square, N1C 4BH
Talking Textures exhibition
Free outdoor exhibition that celebrates people’s natural, textured hair.
Dates: Until Sunday 7 September
Location: Lightboxes along Lower Stable Street, N1C 4DQ
Swiss at 60 exhibition
Free exhibition on the history of Swiss Cottage Library.
Dates: Until Saturday 20 September
Location: Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre, 2nd floor, Holborn Library, 32-38 Theobalds Road, WC1X 8PA
Wellcome Photography Prize 2025 exhibition
Free exhibition bringing together stories of health, science and human experience.
Dates: Until Saturday 18 October
Location: The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, NW1 1AT
Find out more about the Wellcome Photography Prize 2025 exhibition
Thirst: In Search of Freshwater exhibition
Free exhibition exploring humanity’s vital connection with freshwater as an essential source of life and pillar of good health.
Dates: Until Sunday 1 February 2026
Location: Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, NW1 2BE
Find out more about Thirst: In Search of Fresh Water exhibition
1880 THAT exhibition
Free exhibition exploring sign language and the right to communicate.
Dates: Until Sunday 16 November
Location: Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, NW1 2BE
King’s Cross Story exhibition
Free exhibition about the history and transformation of King’s Cross over the last 2,000 years.
Dates: Daily, from 9am to 8pm
Location: Coal Drops Yard (opposite 4 Stable Street), N1C 4DQ
Exhibitions at Burgh House
New free galleries on Hampstead artists, residents and history, with a current focus on women artists and migration stories. Spotlight temporary exhibitions on Helen Oxenbury (‘Illustrating the Land of Childhood’) until December, and Kate Greenaway and Helen Allingham (‘Victorian Idylls’) September to December 2025.
Location: Burgh House, New End Square, NW3 1LT
World of Wasps exhibition
Free exhibition showcasing the diversity of wasp species and nest architecture, a large-scale paper sculpture of a wasp’s nest and virtual reality experience.
Dates: Until Saturday 24 January 2026
Location: UCL Grant Museum of Zoology, Rockefeller Building, University College London, 21 University Street, WC1E 6DE
Broken, Burnt, Buried: Ritual Lives of Objects in Ancient Egypt display
Free display exploring what the practice of breaking everyday objects tells us about the life of ordinary people in ancient Egypt.
Dates: Until Saturday 16 May 2026
Location: UCL Petrie Museum, University College London, Malet Place, WC1 6BT
