Is there a London experience you’ve been wanting to do for a while, but somehow never made it? Summer Fever Days are back for four days this June with discounts up to 30% on the best experiences in London!
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Australian-born filmmaker, speculative architect and director, Liam Young, invites us to step into the future and imagine what humanity could look like. ‘In Other Worlds’takes us to an imaginary journey to experience six different possibilities.
[BLOG POST IN BIO] 🌏 What humanity could look like in the future? How the decisions we make today shape your future? 👩🚀 𝙄𝙣 𝙊𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙𝙨 𝙗𝙮 𝙇𝙞𝙖𝙢 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 at @Barbican Centre • Six immersive rooms • Six different visions 🗓️ When 21st May – 6th September 2026 📍Where Barbican Centre – The Curve | Silk St, Barbican, London EC2Y 8DS 🎟️ Tickets Standard adult ticket: £20.50 Kids (6 – 15): £7.50 Kids under 5: Free #barbican#future#humanity#liamyoung#CapCut
“Operating in the spaces between design, fiction and futures, these works immerse us in the consequences and opportunities of the decisions we make today. It is about stepping away from dystopia, asking: what if the future could actually be…hopeful?” – says the description of the exhibition at the Barbican Centre.
Having been described as “the man designing our futures” by BBC, Liam Young is best-known for his richly detailed moving image installations, world-building projects and architecture collaborations.
Six Immersive Rooms Predicting Six Different Futures
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There are six different rooms to explore, each predicting a different future for humanity.
One room imagining a monstrous city with 10 billion people and 7,000 different languages which is also a 24/7 party zone as annual celebrations, festivals and carnivals of different communities overlap.
In another imaginary world, a whale swims through the ruins of a flooded AI data centre, while in a 360 degree projection space, you’ll find yourself surrounded by a vast ocean from which a huge carbon capturing machine emerges.
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Huge scale projections, costumes, audio stories, film and soundscape help visitors fully soak up the alternative futures in each room.
‘In Other Worlds’ has been created with the collaboration of famous filmmakers, designers, actors and directors, including Maggie Aderin (host of BBC’s Sky at Night), Adam Young (Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power), Emmy-nominated costume designer Ane Crabtree (The Handmaid’s Tale, The Sopranos, Westworld), writer Lisa Joy (Westworld, Fallout) and Chen Qiufan (AI 2041), just to name a few.
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As the exhibition breaks new ground in terms of new ideas and experiences, it also takes visitors beyond the regular exhibition spaces. It ends at Barbican’s car park, suggesting there are no boundaries of imagination and ideas.
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“This show is a not collection of solutions, but rather it’s an attempt to re-orientate us around new visions for a future that operate at planetary scales. The crises we face, they’re no longer crises of technology, but rather they’re crisis of the imagination.” – says Young.
Ready for your next adventure? Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition has finally arrived in London. 34 reproduced frescoes are on display using a special technique that allows visitors to see every brushstroke! Licenced and approved by the Vatican Museum.
Book with FEVERand use discount code ADVENTURERLDN10 to get 10% OFF!
[MORE INFO IN BIO] Hidden Medieval Museum in London – Museum of the Order of St John 🏰⚔️ We’ve all heard of St John Ambulance. But did you know that it’s actually an ancient organisation that was established in the 11th century? The museum tells the story of that ancient military Order and how it became an international first aid charity ⛑️ • The museum is free to visit. No booking required. • You have to book a private tour (£15pp), however, to visit the crypt, the Priory Church, the Council Chamber and the Grand Chapel Hall 🏰 The beautiful Cloister Garden is open to the public 🌼🌳 📍Where St John’s Gate, 26 St John’s Ln, London EC1M 4DA (Nearest station is Farringdon) 🕰️ Opening times Mon, Tue, & Sun: CLOSED Wed – Sat: 9:30am – 5pm #hiddengems#hiddengemslondon#medievaltok#londonmuseum#knights
The Museum of the Order of St John tells the story of an ancient military Order from its origins when they cared for sick pilgrims and how it became an international first aid charity.
The museum has two parts: the gatehouse and the chapel. Visiting the gatehouse is completely free and no booking required. You can simply walk in from the street and visit the exhibition.
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You can only visit the chapel, however, if you book a guided tour which run twice a day three time a week.
The gatehouse museum’s unique collection guides you through the story of the Order from its beginning to the modern day St John Ambulance.
By 1080 a hospital was established by monks in Jerusalem under the guidance of Brotherhood Gerard. The purpose of the hospital was to care for travellers and pilgrims fallen ill during their travel regardless their religion, race or social status. The group of men and women volunteers were known as ‘hospitallers’.
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The story of the Order is interwoven with many historical characters, including Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Suleiman the Magnificent, Willam Shakespeare, Willam Hogarth and Dr Samuel Johnson.
A collection of medieval artefacts is on display, including intricately decorated armours, model ships, maps, ancient coins, apothecary, silverware, and medical instruments used by the members of the Order as well as ceremonial wear.
Guided Tours to Visit the Priory Church, the Crypt and the Historic Rooms in St John’s Gate
St John Priory Church
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Follow the footsteps of knight-monks, politicians, philanthropists and even William Shakespeare himself on the guided tour that discovers the many lives of St John’s Gate.
Council Chamber
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TIP: There are a number of different guided tours available. We recommend the ‘Knights, Revellers & Saviours: The Many Lives of St John’s Gate’ as it includes the Priory Church, the crypt and the historic rooms in St John’s Gate. The tour will last 60 minutes and it costs £15pp.
If you go for a guided tour, you have the rare opportunity to literally walk in the footsteps of Willam Shakespeare.
That spiral wooden staircase is the oldest Tudor staircase in London on which Shakespeare walked up to get his plays approved by the Master of the Revels.
Grand Chapel Hall
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Marvel at the beautiful architecture of the Grand Chapter Hall where numerous Royal portraits line on the walls, indicating Royal patronage throughout the centuries.
St John Priory Church
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The Church’s Priory gallery features an exhibition that let visitors get a glimpse into how life was in a medieval priory.
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The Church’s Cloister Garden today provides a tranquil place to the members of the public. In the medieval times, however, it functioned as a medicinal garden where the most different herbs would have been cultivated by Knights Hospitallers to cure illnesses.
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St John’s Gate and the Norman crypt have seen many turmoils throughout the centuries. It survived the odds of the history because the building served various purposes. It served as the English headquarters of the Order in the 12th century, an office of the Master of the Revels during the 16th century (thirty of Shakespeare’s plays were licensed here!), it was also a coffee house run by Richard Hogarth, father of artist William Hogarth and even used as a pub in the 18th century.
When it was a pub, it was called The Old Jerusalem pub and welcomed such visitors like Charles Dickens.
The modern Order of St John in England was granted by Queen Victoria in 1888. The modern Order recognised the need of First Aid and ambulance transport services as no such system existed in the newly industrialised England.
The Iconic Eight Pointed Star
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The white eight-pointed cross on a black background, the symbol of the Order, remained completely unaltered over the centuries.
Today it’s known as the logo of St John Ambulance, but it was also worn on the robes of the first Brother Knights in the hospital in Jerusalem in the 11th century.
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You can also see it on the floor inside the chapel. Black and white is also the colour of the Order’s uniform and you can also see black and white tiles covering the chapel’s floor.
The Crypt
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Under the black and white chapel, there is the crypt with beautiful arches and stained glass windows.
Make sure you spend a few quiet minutes here and absorb the history around you.
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The crypt contains a 16th century tomb effigy believed to be Castilian Knight Hospitaller, named Don Juan de Vergara.
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The stunning stain glasses above the chapel depict St John the Baptist, John Aimoner, St George, Andrew, Patrick and David as well as other knights and priors.
The Order of St John Today
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Today the Order of John is an international charity, providing first aid and healthcare services in over 40 countries.
It has over 25,000 members and 200,000 volunteers around the globe and volunteers from the rural Africa and to areas impacted by natural disasters in Asia.
How to become a volunteer or support the Order:
Want to become a volunteer or support the Order of St John? Click here to see how you can do that.
Venue Hire
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The historic buildings of the Priory Church, the galleries, the crypt and the garden are all available to hire for private events.
If you’re planning a medieval-themed wedding, looking for a hidden jewel for your next conference, lecture, or dinner, the historic rooms and the beautiful garden overflown with flowers during spring and summer are ideal places to celebrate, or host special events your guest will remember.
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To discover all the available venues, rooms and spaces and learn all the details on how to hire them, click here.
The gatehouse is free to visit. No booking required.
However, you do need to book a ticket for a guided tour to visit the Priory Church, the crypt and the historic rooms in St John’s Gate.
Tickets are £15 or £11.25 with a valid Art Pass or Blue Light Card
If you’re an Islington resident, you can visit any public guided tours for only £1!
Ready for your next adventure? Dating back to 1144, The Clink Prison Museum is one of the oldest prisons in England. Enter through the original site and descend to the dark side of history.
New interactive family-friendly experience opened at the National Maritime Museum Greenwich. ‘Astronomers Take Over’gives visitors a rare chance to meet real astronomers, ask their questions, see mind-blowing demonstrations and experience how the Universe really is.
[BLOG POST IN BIO] Astronomers Take Over at the National Maritime Museum Greenwich 🚀🪐✨🧑🏻🚀 ‘Astronomers Take Over’ gives visitors a rare chance to meet real astronomers, ask their questions, see mind-blowing demonstrations and experience how the Universe really is 🪐✨ What to expect: • Galaxy room: It’s a gorgeous infinity room. Perfect for that Instagram moment! • A giant telescope installation you can step inside • Scavenger hunt for kids • Star Huddle: Learn what it really means when we say we are all made of stardust • Moon room • Astronomers Lounge • Lots of interactive elements kids will love + Planetarium experience (that’s extra charge) 📍 Where National Maritime Museum Greenwich | 9NF Romney Rd, London SE10 🗓️ When 27th March – 29th June 2026 🎟️ Tickets Astronomers Take Over + Planetarium ticket: £16 Astronomers Take Over (without Planetarium show): £8 #astronomerstakeover#astronomer#spacethings#familytimefun#familydayout
‘Astronomers Take Over’ opened on the 27th March and is a temporary gallery offering playful hands-on experience for anyone interested in space and astronomy.
Here are the highlights of the experience:
Galaxy Box
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Galaxy Box is an awe-inspiring infinity room designed with Sir Brian May and visual artist and astrophotographer, J-P Metsävainio for visitors to experience how vast and beautiful the Universe really is.
Perfect for that Instagram moment!
Telescope
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Step inside a giant telescope and learn more about major space discoveries through the past 350 years connected to the Royal Observatory Greenwich.
Telescope is designed to inspire the next generation of astronomers who could be you!
Cosmic Quest
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Kids will love this very interactive experience where they are invited for a scavenger hunt.
The mission is to find weird hidden objects astronomers have taken into space. Think of a gorilla suit, Luke Skywalker’s light sabre and an espresso machine.
Star Huddle
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What does it really mean when we say we are all made of stardust?
Meet the Royal Observatory’s Head of Astronomy, Liz Avery and the team and take a closer look to the stars using a spectroscope.
Moon Room
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You’ve probably seen the out-of-this-world images of the dark side of the Moon; the crew of the Artemis II mission had taken.
In the Moon Room, you can learn more about how our planet and the Moon move and dance around each other through space.
Land a Mars Rover at a Martian Crater
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Join Professor Sanjeev Gupta and his team and work together on some of the humankind’s most amazing space missions.
Did you know that Mars rovers are operated from the Earth and you can even do that from a kitchen at home?
Well, here’s your chance to operate a Mars rover and try to land it at a Martian crater.
Astronomers’ Lounge
Are you following the Artemis II mission? Fascinated by the newest space discoveries?
Pull up your chair and discuss the latest space news with the Royal Observatory’s astronomy team. Here’s your chance to get your questions answered by real astronomers.
Planetarium Experience
Why not add a Planetarium experience to your ticket and enjoy a 30-minute awe-inspiring show about our solar system or an adorable film about ‘Animals in Space!’ perfect for younger visitors?
Coming Soon: Mirror Moon by Luke Jerram
Celebrating 350 years of studying the Moon, a giant Mirror Moon will arrive at the Royal Observatory this May.
The Mirror Moon is a 2m in diameter scale model of our Moon, designed and created by British artist, Luke Jerram, famous for his large scale art projects (Gaia, Mars, Sun, Moon).
Mirror Moon is a touchable installation created using highly accurate topographical NASA data of the lunar surface.
Feel free to run your fingers on craters, valleys, mountains and million years old lava fields.
How to visit Luke Jerram’s Mirror Moon?
Simply book a ticket to the Royal Observatory online. Your ticket includes the visit of the Mirror Moon.
NOTE:Astronomers Take Over is closed on most Tuesdays and Fridays.
It’s open on all other days from 10am – 5pm
Tickets
Book your ticket on the Royal Museums of Greenwich’s official website.
Astronomers Take Over + Planetarium ticket: £16
Astronomers Take Over (without Planetarium show): £8
Ready for your next adventure? Fairy Tales exhibition at the British Library. This magical exhibition is full of interactive elements kids will love. It explores the origins of fairy tales and how the stories have changed over time. Visit a gingerbread house, sit with the Three Bears, smell portions, look into a magic mirror and make a wish from Aladdin’s Genie.
Did you know that London has a secret underground mail rail and you can actually ride it? Mail Rail is 70ft (21m) under the ground and it transported letters across London for 75 years.
Did you know that London has a secret underground mail rail and you can actually ride it? 🚂📮@The Postal Museum Mail Rail is 70ft (21m) under the ground and it transported letters across London for 75 years 💌 It closed in 2003 and re-opened to the public as a visitor attraction in 2017. 💡As the Mail Rail is a popular attraction, we collected some tips to make the most out of your experience and avoid the crowd and school groups 🔗 LINK IN BIO #mailrail#postalmuseum#dayoutwiththekids#kidsactivities#hiddengem
Explore a hidden railway that once transported millions of letters across London every day.
The Mail Rail was originally established in 1927 to transport mail beneath London for a smoother and quicker service. It was operating for 75 years and moved 4 million letters daily. The tunnels closed in 2003 but opened to the public as a visitor attraction on the 4th September 2017.
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Today you can actually ride on the mini trains and discover the tunnels and platforms once people relied on to deliver their letters before the emails and Internet.
As the Mail Rail is a popular attraction, here are some tips to make the most out of your experience and avoid the crowd and school groups:
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A standard ticket to the Postal Museum gives you unlimited access to the museum’s permanent exhibition for a full year! Plus, one ride on the Mail Rail.
NOTE: The Mail Rail and the Postal Museum exhibitions are in two separate buildings on Phoenix Place. The buildings are just one 1-minute walk from one another connected by a zebra crossing.
2. Do the Mail Rail ride first and visit the exhibition in the other building later, so you’ll have enough time to see everything.
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3. During your Mail Rail ride, the train will regularly stop at stations where you can see projections on the tunnel walls. Sit in the middle of the train for the best view and use a sideway-facing seat if you can.
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4. Be prepared for having to leave you bag in a locker before boarding. There’s not much space on the mini train, so the staff will ask you to leave your bag (regardless of its size) in the locker. Don’t worry, your belongings are safe! The staff will lock the locker and members of staff are always right next to the locker to keep an eye on everything while you’re enjoying your ride.
5. Make sure you visit the Mail Rail exhibition after your ride. It’s in the same building and contains a lot of interactive elements kids will enjoy, including the moving travelling post office where they can race against the clock to sort mail and a full control panel where they experience what it takes to keep a 10km of line running.
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6. After your ride on the Mail Rail and visiting the Mail Rail exhibition, walk to The Postal Museum’s other building to visit their permanent exhibition. Remember, your ticket gives you access to the exhibition for a whole year, so if you don’t have time to do it today, you can come back any time for 12 months from the purchase of your ticket.
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7. Try all the fun, interactive panels and elements during your exhibition journey. You can write a secret message to a friend and sent it through the pneumatic mail system. You can also try on replica uniforms from the Post Masters wardrobe.
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8. Make sure you stop by at the museum café before leaving for a coffee and a sandwich or a cake and have a look around the shop because there are lots of exclusive gift ideas for kids and adults alike.
Mail Rail Venue Hire
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Did you know that you can even hire the Mail Rail venue for your events?
If you’re looking for a truly unique space for your next corporate event, award ceremony, product launch or presentation, look no further!
What could be more unique than the 100-year-old Mail Rail tunnels that served for over 75 years and was the world’s first driverless electric railway?
Your ticket gives you access to the museum’s permanent exhibition for a whole year and one ride on the Mail Rail.
Ready for your next adventure? The Chimney Experience at Battersea Power Stationgives you an epic view of London from 109 metres high. Complement your experience with a glass of themed cocktail and enjoy the interactive exhibition while waiting for your session to start.
MOCO Museum London opened a new exhibition showcasing late graffiti artist Keith Haring’s early works he drew on blacked-out advertising panels with chalk in various stations in the New York subway system. Voice of the Street: Keith Haring’s Subway Drawings is for an extremely limited run! 3 months only!
New Keith Haring exhibition at @Moco Museum 𝙑𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙩: 𝙆𝙚𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜’𝙨 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝘿𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 🚇 Before the world knew his name, Keith Haring sketched thousands of drawings on black paper advertising panels in many NYC subway stations 🚉 Be used nothing but white chalk, thus most of his artworks were erased within hours. However, some survived thanks to his fans who secretly tore the papers off the wall and brought them home. 30 of those chalk drawings are now exhibited at MOCO Museum London from 18th March for a limited 3-month run. The museum’s exhibition room is transformed into a New York subway station, so visitors can fully immerse into the 1980s vibes. #keithharing#graffitiart#graffitiartist#mocomusuemlondon#streetart
Voice of the Street: Keith Haring’s Subway Drawings
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We all know Keith Haring’s iconic drawings of radiant babies, barking dogs, and faceless figures.
Did you know, however, that his artistic career started in a very humble way in the New York subway system?
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Keith Haring created hundreds of chalk drawings in NYC subway stations between 1980 – 1985. As he often used the subway, he began drawing while waiting for his train on his way to work.
Armed with white chalks, Haring used black-out advertising panels to create his iconic faceless characters.
What initially started as a hobby, became a responsibility after a while. Although, many of his artworks were wiped out by the station staff, people loved them and often wished him good luck when they saw him drawing. Some even took one or two of Haring’s drawings down and brought them home.
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Over 40 years later, 30 of those original chalk drawings are on display in MOCO Museum London and visitors have the rare opportunity to see them for a strictly limited time.
MOCO Museum London Turned Into a NYC Subway Station
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To display the artworks in the most authentic way, MOCO Museum London turned one of their exhibition rooms into a NYC subway station to recreate the unique 1980s subway environment.
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Keith Haring’s bold drawings were not just artworks, but also social statements, and act of connections in a busy environment. The drawings created a universal visual language everybody could understand regardless of their language, culture or social background.
It was a backdrop against the 1980s social tension, political conservativism and AIDS crisis to which Haring responded with joy and defiance.
The Exhibition is Structured Around Five Core Themes
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Voice of the Street: Keith Haring’s Subway Drawings is celebrating the raw beginning of Haring’s career when he had to work fast relying on his muscle memory to create his early artworks.
Art without permission
Haring’s artworks were created in urgency and anonymity, and his drawings were uncommissioned and unprotected, often erased within hours after creation.
The subway as a stage
Haring chosen area was the NYC subway system where the city itself was the audience. “Art is for everybody” – this was Haring’s motto.
Universal language
Haring’s simple repeatable symbols created a unique universal language everybody could understand regardless their culture, language or social background while carrying complex social and political meaning.
Speed and intuition
Haring had to draw very fast and under pressure, meaning he had to rely on muscle memory and instincts to be able to draw faster than he thought.
Silent protest, joyful resistance
1980s New York was full of social tension, AIDS crisis and political conservatism, to which Haring chose to respond with joyful resistance.
Voice of the Street: Keith Haring’s Subway Drawings contextualises Keith Haring’s life and legacy highlighting his commitment to accessibility, public engagement and his belief in acts of care.
Your ticket also includes full access to MOCO Museum’s permanent exhibitions, featuring works of such contemporary artists like Banksy, Yayoi Kusama, KAWS and Andy Warhol.
Ready for your next adventure? Love contemporary art? You still have time to visit ‘New Contemporaries’at South London Gallery. The exhibition is completely free, featuring 26 selected artists as the most promising artists across the UK.
[MORE INFO IN BIO] 𝒥𝒶𝓃𝑒 𝒜𝓊𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓃 𝐸𝓍𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝑜𝓅𝑒𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝐿𝑜𝓃𝒹𝑜𝓃 📖 🪶 Jane Austen fans! Grab your bonnet and head to Oxford Street to visit London’s newest attraction, the Jane Austen Experience @The Jane Austen Experience 𝒲𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝑒𝓍𝓅𝑒𝒸𝓉? 🪶 • Dress up like your favourite Jane Austen character • Write a letter using quill and ink • Live actors • Learn more about Jane Austen’s family members and how they influenced the author’s novels • Try biscuits people enjoyed in the Regency period • Smell perfumes • Play games • Take a selfie with a Jane Austen wax figure • Shop beautiful limited-edition Jane Austen merch The live actors are very knowledgable! We had a lovely conversation about how people would have dressed for the different seasons in the Regency Period and how the original wallpaper was discovered in the drawing room in Jane Austen’s house. 📍 Where Jane Austen Experience London | 11 John Prince’s St, London W1G 0JR 🕰️ When Experience Opening Hours Mon – Sun: 9:45am – 5pm 🎟️ Tickets Book your ticket on the Jane Austen Experience’s official website. Adult: £19.50 Children (ages 6-16): £11.60 #janeaustenexperience#janeaustenlondon#janeausten#prideandprejudice#senseandsensibility
Brandish your invitation card and step into the world of Jane Austen.
Just a few minutes walk from Oxford Street, this new attraction is created by the Jane Austen Centre in Bath.
First the gift shop opened in November 2025, followed by the permanent experience this February.
What to Expect From the Jane Austen Experience
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The Jane Austen Experience is taken place in an elegant three-storey building, off Oxford Street on 11 John Prince’s Street and it will bring you all the charm, wit, elegance and romance of the Regency England.
Your journey starts in the very moment you step into the gift shop on the ground floor.
Actors and actresses greet you as you step in, all in costume portraying a Jane Austen character from one of her books, so you’ll instantly feel like you’ve been stepped into her world.
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You’ll be then invited to the waiting room on the third floor, where – while waiting – there are numerous activities to choose from.
You can create fun sentences in the style of the 18th-century England, using the worlds on a magnet board, or pick an activity sheet and test your knowledge about Jane Austen and her novels, do word search or colour a Jane Austen duck.
Shooting piano and violin music helps you immerse more into the Jane Austen universe.
Dress Like Your Favourite Jane Austen Character, Smell Perfumes, and Write a Letter with Quill
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When your session starts, you will be escorted to another room resembling to the inside of an 18th– century church.
You’ll sit on the wooden bench and one of the actors will talk about Jane Austen’s family and shares festinating stories about her family members. Some of the stories show great similarities to Jane’s novels.
You’ll learn about Jane’s relationship with her siblings (she was very close to her brother Henry and sister Cassandra).
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Next, you’ll be visiting the dressing room where you’ll have the opportunity to try Regency-style costumes. You can pick your dress or suit, your bonnet or top hat and fan or tie and you’re ready for a photo in front of Pemberley and gaze the freshly painted charming portrait of Colin Firth as Mr Darcy.
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There is information scattered around the room about how men and women dressed in the Regency period, what they wore during the different seasons and how to tie a Cravat (men’s neckband).
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Ladies can also learn the secret language of the fan.
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In the next room you can learn how to write with a real quill and ink and marvel at a replica of Jane Austen’s traveling writing desk.
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One of our hosts told me that the desk had a secret chamber where Jane often hid the pages of her novels she was writing at the time because the society very much frowned upon a woman using her imagination and writing fictional stories.
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I thought, writing with a quill would be very difficult, but to my surprise, I found it easy. Be prepared, however, because it can be really messy as the ink can easily drop everywhere if you don’t pay close attention. All my respect to Jane Austen who wrote all her novels with quill and ink!
How Did Jane Austen Really Look Like?
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Your next room is the wax room, where you can meet Jane herself.
Although, the appearance of Jane Austen is still speculated and debated (that’s the reason, there’s no wax figure of her at Madam Tussauds), this wax figure is probably the closest to how she would have looked like.
Our only clue is an unfinished portrait of Jane, drawn by her sister, Cassandra.
The wax figure standing here has been created with the help of Forensic artist, Melissa Drin, who trained in Washington with the FBI. Her sources were the unfinished portrait by Cassandra, a stipple engraving from 1870 and written descriptions of Jane Austen’s contemporaries. Melissa Drin also looked at the other members of Jane’s family, looking for facial features that were recurrent in each of them, especially their nose.
The statue is featuring Jane Austen in her mid-twenties or early thirties when she was living in Bath. The dress was made by costume designer, Andrea Galer who’s made costumes for film adaptations, including Mansfield Park and Persuasion. The hair and hair colour has been created by artist Nell Clark who previously worked for Madam Tussauds.
While in the room, stop for a second to admire the wallpaper because it’s the exact pattern, Jane had in her room in Chawton, Hampshire.
The wallpaper was preserved and later discovered by accident when Jane’s brother, Edward, bricked up a window in the family drawing room to provide more privacy from the street. Centuries later, the window was uncovered revealing the original wallpaper with that botanical motif featuring a burgundy vine and a warm yellow background.
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Now, time to try some biscuits and smell some perfume from the Regency period.
The biscuit didn’t have much taste and that’s because sugar was still a very expensive ingredient in the 18th century. It was something that only the wealthiest could afford, just like tea. Tea was so expensive, by the way, that the lady of the house often kept the key to the tea box on her necklace to prevent the servants from stealing.
Because it was so expensive, tea leaves were used many times until the tea tasted almost nothing but water. Then, the leaves were gifted to the servants.
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As personal hygiene was still pretty much an issue at the time, people used strong perfumes to mask the smell of their bodies. You can smell three different perfumes people used in the Regency period.
There also wooden games on the table you can try and play.
The map on the wall showcases all the places can be linked to Jane Austen, including Drury Lane theatre and London’s oldest tea shop, the Twinings’ that Jane often visited when in London.
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Although Jane Austen never lived in London, she often visited her beloved brother, Henry, who was living under 10 Henrietta Street at the time. During her stay in London, Jane loved exploring the city’s most fashionable districts, theatres, bookshops, and shops.
10 Henrietta Street
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The capital often appears in Jane Austen’s novels, although she often depicts it as a place of vanity, frivolity and vice. In real life though, Jane loved the city and enjoyed visiting very much.
Your experience ends on the ground floor at the gift shop where you can find everything Jane Austen related from beautiful special editions of her books to jewellery inspired by her characters, special Jane Austen 250th anniversary merch and more.
Book your ticket on the Jane Austen Experience’s official website.
Adult: £19.50
Children (ages 6-16): £11.60
Ready for your next adventure? Created by women for women. Magic, Mystics and Martyrs is not your ordinary historical walking tour in London. HERstorical Tours is specialised in women history-themed walking tours to talk about the lesser known stories of women in history, including witches, courtesans, rebellious martyrs, satanic noble women and more. Men are more than welcome– and highly encouraged – to join!
Following the huge success in Tokyo, Paris, San Francisco and Sydney, Ramses and the Pharaohs’ Gold: The Exhibition has finally arrived in London. The exhibition is showcasing over 180 artefacts, all of which original, made 3,000 years ago!
Book your ticket with Fever and use discount code: ADVENTURERLDN10 to get 10% OFF!
[BLOG POST IN BIO] 𝙍𝙖𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙤𝙝𝙨’ 𝙂𝙤𝙡𝙙: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙭𝙝𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 ⚱️ 👉 Book your ticket with @Fever and use discount code: ADVENTURERLDN10 to get 10% OFF! 𝙏𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩! The exhibition was created in collaboration with Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiques and the Egyptian Museum. What to expect? • Over 180 artefacts, all of which original, made 3,000 years ago. No replicas at all! • Never-before-seen objects • The original wooden coffin of Ramses II • The gold mask of King Amenemope • The solid silver coffin of Shoshenq II • Beautifully preserved animal mummies • A remarkable jewellery and amulet collection • Colossal sculptures and stone heads …and so much more! 📍Where NEON at Battersea Power Station | Cringle St, Nine Elms, London SW8 5BX 📆 When 28th February – 31st May 2026 Please, check available dates and time slots when booking #feverambassador#ramses#egyptianhistory#egypt#pharaoh
The exhibition is featuring original artefacts, only. No replicas or reconstructions.
The golden mask of King Amenemope
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In collaboration with Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiques and the Egyptian Museum, the Ramses and the Pharaohs’ Gold: The Exhibition is featuring over 180 original artefacts, including the original wooden coffin that once held Ramses II’s mummy, masterpieces form the royal tomb of Tanis, the gold mask of King Amenemope, beautifully preserved animal mummies, jewellery, amulets and colossal sculptures and stone heads.
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Many of the items have never seen in the UK before. These exquisite treasures and invaluable pieces seldom seen outside of Egypt.
Exhibition and Immersive Experience
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Ramses and the Pharaohs’ Gold: The Exhibition is a mixture of exhibition and immersive experience.
It’s a rare opportunity for visitors to witness the rise of a ruler who was pharaoh for nearly 70 years and known for his military strategy, diplomacy and extensive monument building to secure his immortality for millennia to come.
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Ramses II was also known as Ramses the Great. He built a vast dynasty with more than 100 children (maybe you’re his descendant too!) and 3,000 years later, he still remains one of the most iconic rulers in history.
Ramses and the Pharaohs’ Gold: The Exhibition – What to Expect
The coffin of Ramses II
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During your exhibition journey, you’ll walk among colossal sculptures and stone heads, visit immersive rooms, learn the story of the Battle of Kadesh, the largest battle under Ramses II, admire the golden mask of King Amenemope, embark on a virtual journey to visit the Temple of Abu Simbel and Queen Nefertari’s toms (the VR experience is addition charge), and – of course – get up close the original wooden coffin of Ramses II.
The coffin of Ramses II
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Ramses II’s coffin is a work of inestimable value. The king is represented as an Osiris (God of the afterlife), arms crossed on his chest, holding the two royal sceptres, the crook and the whip. He is wearing the nemes headdress (stripped, linen headcloth worn by Egyptian pharaohs as a symbol of power and royalty) decorated with an erect cobra and a false beard beneath his chin.
Animal mummies
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You’ll also see treasures found in the tombs of Tanis, including the solid silver coffin of Shoshenq II.
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Extremely well-preserved animal mummies and sacred amulets revealing spiritual belief and vision of afterlife are also on display.
Visitors can enhance their experience with a special audio guide, narrated by historian, author and broadcaster, Dan Snow.
Make the Most Out of Your Visit
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Why not elevate your experience with bespoke ticket bundles?
There are three bundles available when booking with FEVER.
The Pharaoh’ Bronze
Exhibition entry
Audio guide
Tea or coffee and a slice of cake from the café for takeaway
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The Pharaohs’ Silver
Exhibition entry
Skip-the-queue access
Audio guide
Souvenir brochure
Tea or coffee and a slice of cake from the café for takeaway
VR experience
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The Pharaohs’ Gold
Skip-the-queue exhibition entry
Guided tour of the exhibition
VR experience
Exhibition catalogue
Digital photo
Limited-edition Egyptain collectable
Your name printed in authentic hieroglyphs on papyrus
Tea or coffee and a slice of cake from the café for takeaway
Make sure you use discount code: ADVENTURERLDN10 to get 10% OFF!
Tickets selling fast!
Ready for your next adventure? If you love history, you’ll love British Museum’s new SAMURAI Exhibition. The exhibition is featuring full Samurai armours, weapons and other artefacts and explores how Samurai culture influenced not only the Japanese but also European culture and how Samurai still live with us today in video games, films, anime and manga.
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Aardman, Young V&A in Bethnal Green opened an interactive exhibition that not just lets you peek behind the scenes of stop motion animation, but shows the whole process from start to finish and teaches you how to create your own animation film at home.
[BLOG POST IN BIO] 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙢𝙖𝙣: 𝙒𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 & 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 It’s a family-friendly exhibition designed to spark creativity and inspire the next generation of storytellers, model-makers and animators 💡 What to expect: • Original puppets and props used in iconic films • Never-before-seen objects • Early character concepts and storyboards • The exhibition shows how to make stop motion animation films step by step • Touchable elements • Interactive panels • Photo ops • Shop with tons of Aardman merch 📍 Where Young V&A | Cambridge Heath Rd, Bethnal Green, London E2 9PA (Nearest station is Bethnal Green station) 📆 When 12th February – 15th November 2026 🕰️ Open daily between 10am – 5:45pm 🎟️ Tickets can be purchased on Young V&A’s official website 🥳 You can re-visit the exhibition with the same ticket as many times as you wish until 15th November 2026 @Aardman #aardmananimations#wallaceandgromit#stopmotionanimation#chickenrun
Inside Aardman: Wallace & Gromit and Friends exhibition is a family-friendly exhibition designed to spark creativity and showcase all the techniques one needs to create their own animation film with lovable characters to inspire the next generation of storytellers, model-makers and animators.
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The exhibition is full of iconic and inspiring items, including storyboards and early character sketches of well-loved characters like Gromit and Morph.
In these early sketches of Wallace and Gromit, Wallace was a postman wearing moustache and Gromit could talk. However, Nick Park realised that Gromit was actually more expressive as a silent character.
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Originally, Wallace had an oval face but that changed when Peter Sallis recorded his lines. They realised that when Peter said ‘Cheeeeeese’, his mouth stretched out, so the animators gave Wallace a big cheesy grin.
Did you know that some of the most famous Aardman characters come in duos? That’s because pairing together odd couples leads to all sorts of fun.
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There are over 150 items on display, including never-before-seen set pieces from your favourite films, including the sidecar from Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget and The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
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The mammoth puppet from Early Man (2018) is the largest and heaviest puppet Aardman have ever made. Hydraulics were built into its legs so that they could support the weight and the puppet was still able to move. That mammoth is also on display at the exhibition.
Stop-Motion Animation – Just How Aardman Do It!
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The exhibition is not just for the eyes, but also for the hands.
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There are touchable characters on display, interactive corners and workshops where anyone can learn how to draw characters, sketch storyboards, set the right lighting and move the characters in front of the camera.
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If you’re interested in stop-motion animation – or any particular part of the process – you can learn everything. Just how Aardman do it!
Aardman Studios started with some school friends experimenting with stop motion, literally, on the kitchen table.
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Even though Aardman is one of the most successful animation studios in the world, their films and characters still have that handcrafted feel. You can literally see fingerprints on the characters as the animators touched them and move them frame by frame. And that exactly that makes Aardman animation films unique and completely different from other stop motion animation films.
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Aardman films bring the clay into life and techniques can be easily learn and created at home with minimal resources.
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The exhibition also teaches that sometimes ordinary scenery, such as the street you grew up, can became the ideal scene for a film.
Nick Park, the creator of Wallace and Gromit was born in Preston, Lancashire and he took inspiration from the streets nearby and the community he grew up in.
You Can Go Back As Many Times As You Wish With Your Ticket
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Unlike other exhibitions where you have to do it all in one go, your ticket to the Inside Aardman: Wallace & Gromit and Friends exhibition allows you to come back any time you wish!
Did you like it so much, you wish you could visit again? Did you miss something and want to go to check it one more time? Are you working on your own project and need a reminder on how to do a specific thing?
Your ticket remains valid throughout the whole exhibition period until the 15th November 2026 to revisit the exhibition and do the activities any time and as many times you like.
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TIP: Make sure you visit the café downstairs before or after the exhibition and try their Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep cupcakes!
Aardman Merch
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Your exhibition journey ends at the shop where you can find a huge range of Aardman merch, including plushies, creative playsets, stationery, pin badges, mugs and so much more.
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Don’t miss the selfie corner right next to the shop! Sit on Wallace’s iconic sofa, grab a frame and take a fun selfie with your bestie, your kids or just yourself.
Adult ticket: £12.50 with donation | £11 without donation
3 years and under: FREE
Tickets selling fast!
You can re-visit the exhibition with the same ticket as many times as you wish until 15th November 2026!
Ready for your next adventure? Mundo PIXAR Experience is finally open! Expect 14 vibrant immersive rooms with your favourite characters from Toy Story, Coco, Cars, Inside Out and more. Plus, there is a special room designed just for the London audience. Tickets selling fast!
Chargé d’ Affaires ad interim Masaki Ikegami attended to the opening ceremony of the British Museum’s new major exhibition: ‘SAMURAI’ on 29th January.
The exhibition explores the evolution of the legendary Japanese warriors from the 12th century, discussing how they moved away from the battlefield to become an elite social class and how they have influenced pop culture not only in Japan, but also in Europe through film, anime, manga, video games and more.
SAMURAI – The Exhibition
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SAMURAI exhibition opened on the 3rd February at the British Museum and there are over 280 artefacts on display, including full Samurai armours, intricate helmets, swords and archery equipment, kimonos and other items, including erotic books, porcelain dishes and vases.
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The exhibition also showcases how Samurai appears in pop culture today. There is a life-size Darth Vader suit borrowed from the Lucas Museum of Narrative in LA, floor-to-ceiling videos of silhouetted soldiers in battle and a large display of Samurai video games, including the widely popular Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
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Kylo Ren’s (played by Adam Driver) iconic helmet in Star Wars sequel trilogy is also on display. Director J.J. Abrams wanted to give Ren’s costume visual resonances of Darth Vader. The helmet was designed with jagged red lines evoking the traditional repair technique of ‘kintsugi’.
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What is kintsugi?
Rather than hiding the damage, this technique highlights the fractures on the broken item, embracing its imperfections as parts of the object’s beauty, giving the object a whole new life.
About Samurai
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How do you imagine a Samurai? A fierce male warrior wearing armour, wielding a sword and motivated by unshakable loyalty and devotion to their lord?
Samurai – as we imagine them today – have been heavily shaped by films, anime, manga and video games.
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In reality, Samurai were not just warriors, they were also artists skilled in calligraphy, painting and literature. During peacetime when they didn’t have to fight on battlefield, many of the Samurai held important roles within the government or even acquired political powers.
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The exhibition is featuring a traditional business suit Samurai would wear in peace time.
Many Samurai monetised their hobbies and was selling their artworks for living.
Where does the Word ‘Samurai’ Come From?
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The word, ‘Samurai’ comes from the Japanese verb saburau meaning ‘to serve’.
Historically, terms musha, bushi and mononofu were used to describe the members of the warrior ruling class, but ‘Samurai’ is more commonly used in the Western countries.
Were There Female Samurai?
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Yes! The Samurai class included lot of female warriors who also held great power. One of them was Hōjō Masako (1157 – 1225), who married the first shogun, Minamoto Yoritomo (1147 – 1199) and acted as regent multiple times.
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An original painting of Minamoto Yoritomo is also part of the exhibition. The painting is featuring the shogun in a sitting position, wearing black robe and a high bun hairstyle. The painting was created by Fujiwara no Takanobu in the 12th or 13th century.
Women also had the important role of raising children and running the household, and sometimes they even commanded battalions at important battles.
What Training Did Samurai Do?
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Samurai had to be able to use various weapons. The level of training depended on the rank and location, but archery was an essential skill. They also needed to be highly trained in martial art.
Samurai were expected to learn painting, calligraphy and flower arranging and needed to be well versed in poetry. As alliances were essential for a Samurai, these skills were cultural codes and how they mastered them sometimes was a matter of life or death.
Do Samurai Exist Today?
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No. Following the collapse of the Tokugawa shogunate, Samurai status was abolished in 1869 and since then there have been no Samurai.
However, Samurai still live with us in popular culture, anime and as heroes in films and as video game characters.
Words associated with Samurai society still exist and widely used in Japan today. For example, an unemployed businessman is called rōnin (rōnin was used to describe unemployed Samurai or Samurai without a master).
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SAMURAI exhibition gives a rare insight into the lives of the mysterious Japanese warriors. The exhibition features lots of full Samurai armours, hand-written rolls, swords once belonged to real Samurai and tells the story of the shogunate, how the children of Samurai were trained from a very young age and what led to the complete abolishment of the Samurai class in the 19th century.
If you’re interested in Japanese history and culture or simply love anime and manga and want to learn more about what inspired your favourite series, make sure you don’t miss this truly amazing exhibition at the British Museum.
Shop
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Your exhibition journey ends at the shop where you’ll find a huge range of beautiful gifts and snacks.
Make sure you take a look around because the shop arrangements and decorations are very photogenic, really giving the vibe.
There are books, handmade origami Samurai postcards, Japanese sweet treats, tableware, jewellery, premium Japanese green tea and more!
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