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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Robert Dex and Arts Correspondent

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Change in hours to get visitors back in galleries and museums - The Untold Story

London’s cultural leaders hope a return to work will also see more visitors return to the city’s galleries, theatres and museums and are changing their open hours and their offer accordingly.

The new London Museum, which opens in West Smithfield in 2026, has already said it will open late on Friday nights offering an alternative to the clubs which already pull in crowds to the area and plenty of museums already do something similar.

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