If, like me, your favourite time to be out and about in London is the evening, you might want to keep a note of these late opening times for galleries and museums. Some of the following only apply when an exhibition is on, so you’ll need to do a bit of research first by clicking on the links.
First Thursdays
Late night openings of East End galleries organised by the Whitechapel Gallery.
Barbican Gallery
Thu and Fri 10am-8pm (last entry 7pm)
Whitechapel Gallery
Thursdays until 9pm
National Gallery
Fridays until 9pm
The Royal Academy of Arts
Fridays until 9pm
ICA
Tuesday to Sunday until 9pm
Photographers Gallery
Thursdays until 8pm (Free between 5pm-8pm)
Camden Arts Centre
Thursdays until 9pm
V&A Museum
Fridays until 10pm
British Museum
Fridays until 8.30pm
The Wellcome Collection
Thursdays until 8pm
National Portrait Gallery
Fridays and Saturdays until 9pm
Tate Modern and Tate Britain:
Occasional dates
Hayward Gallery
When exhibitions were last on: Wednesdays until 9pm / Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays until 7pm / Saturdays until 8pm