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Thursday August 24, 2017
What's On Brompton
Bart’s Bootlegging Barbecue
Join us this Bank Holiday Sunday at Barts for a whopping weekend ’bootlegging barbecue’. Enjoy a delicious welcome drink, followed by...
87 Sloane Avenue London
Sun 27 Aug
Open House London - Royal Hospital Chelsea
Open House London celebrates all that is best about the capital’s buildings, places and neighbourhoods. Every September, it gives a unique...
Royal Hospital Road
Sat 16 Sep and Sun 17 Sep
War Paint: Brushes with conflict
Explore why artists and soldiers have painted scenes of conflict, in our first temporary exhibition at the new museum. Artists and soldiers have...
Royal Hospital Rd, Chelsea,
Today to Mon 16 Oct
Refugees from the Partition of India
Are refugees’ experiences valuable to the story of India’s road to independence?
2017 is the 70th anniversary of the Partition of India. A time of...
National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Rd, Chelsea
Fri 25 Aug
India’s independence tour
Explore India’s journey to independence from British rule. Join us for a free 30-minute tour.
2017 is the 70th anniversary of the Partition of...
National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Rd, Chelsea
Fri 25 Aug
War Paint exhibition tour
Join us for a free 30-minute tour of our temporary exhibition War Paint. The tour takes place every other Sunday at 2.30pm.
Artists paint places of...
National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Rd, Chelsea
Sun 27 Aug, Sun 10 Sep, Sun 24 Sep
Book Club: The Great Partition
Join us once a month for an evening of discussion and debate about books relating to the British Army.
This month we will be discussing Yasmin...
National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Rd, Chelsea
Wed 30 Aug
Masculinity and the British Army officer
Dr Catriona Kennedy provides an insight into masculinity and the army at the turn of the 19th century.
During the 18th century, recurrent wars with...
National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Rd, Chelsea
Fri 1 Sep
Women soldiers tour
Explore 100 years of women in the army. Join us for a free 30-minute tour on the first Saturday of the month at 2.30pm.
In 1917 the Women’s Army...
National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Rd, Chelsea
Sat 2 Sep
The long road to India’s independence
Marking the 70th anniversary of the Partition of India, the National Army Museum is holding a conference to discuss the effect of Partition on the...
National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Rd, Chelsea
Sat 2 Sep
What the WAACs did next
Professor Alison Fell explores the lives of former members of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC).
For some members of the WAAC the end of their...
National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Rd, Chelsea
Fri 8 Sep
Masculinity late
At this late we’re exploring the concept of masculinity in the army.
What does it mean to be a man in the army? Are army men the epitome of...
National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Rd, Chelsea
Wed 13 Sep
Alcohol, drugs and lucky charms
Dr Fiona Reid explores the ways soldiers have dealt with the demands of conflict throughout the history of the army.
Napoleon’s troops took hashish...
National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Rd, Chelsea
Fri 15 Sep
Open House London
Discover how we designed and built the new National Army Museum at this weekend of talks and tours as part of the Open House London festival of...
National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Rd, Chelsea
Sat 16 Sep and Sun 17 Sep
War Paint guest tour: Anna Marazuela Kim
Art historian Anna Marazuela Kim leads a special tour of the War Paint exhibition.
Dr Anna Marazuela Kim is a visiting Research Fellow at the...
National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Rd, Chelsea
Wed 20 Sep
Open House London - Peter Jones
Open House London celebrates all that is best about the capital’s buildings, places and neighbourhoods. Every September, it gives a unique...
Sloane Square
Sat 16 Sep and Sun 17 Sep
Open House London - Royal Brompton Centre for Sleep
Open House London celebrates all that is best about the capital’s buildings, places and neighbourhoods. Every September, it gives a unique...
The Old Fire Station, South Parade
Sat 16 Sep
Open House London - Holy Trinity Church
Open House London celebrates all that is best about the capital’s buildings, places and neighbourhoods. Every September, it gives a unique...
146 Sloane Street (just off Sloane Square)
Sat 16 Sep and Sun 17 Sep
Grenfell Tower Benefit Concert
In the wake of the terrible fire at Grenfell Tower, the soprano Nazan Fikret decided to rally fellow performers and put together a concert to raise...
Cadogan Hall, Sloane Square
Sun 17 Sep
Open House London - The Ismaili Centre
Open House London celebrates all that is best about the capital’s buildings, places and neighbourhoods. Every September, it gives a unique...
1-7 Cromwell Gardens
Sun 17 Sep
Open House London - Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)
Open House London celebrates all that is best about the capital’s buildings, places and neighbourhoods. Every September, it gives a unique...
Cromwell Road
Sat 16 Sep and Sun 17 Sep
Open House London - Moravian Close
Open House London celebrates all that is best about the capital’s buildings, places and neighbourhoods. Every September, it gives a unique...
Moravian Close, 381 Kings Road
Sat 16 Sep and Sun 17 Sep
Open House London - Institut francais du Royaume-Uni
Open House London celebrates all that is best about the capital’s buildings, places and neighbourhoods. Every September, it gives a unique...
17 Queensberry Place
Sat 16 Sep and Sun 17 Sep
Open House London - St Barnabas Church
Open House London celebrates all that is best about the capital’s buildings, places and neighbourhoods. Every September, it gives a unique...
5 St Barnabas Street
Sat 16 Sep and Sun 17 Sep
Maggie’s Bank Holiday Retro Funfair
To kick off the bank holiday weekend true Maggie’s style we are hosting the return of the Retro Funfair! Head down for a night of circus fun,...
329 Fulham Road London
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