UCL Museums
UCL Museums open during the 2026 Bloomsbury Festival
Next Date
Friday, 2 October 2026
13:00 – 17:00
Tue – Sat, 2 – 31 Oct
Admission
Free
Just Turn UpPlease check UCL Museums for any updated opening times during the festival month. Saturday Opening Times (where relevant) from 11am to 5pm.
UCL Grant Museum of Zoology: Free entry. Booking is not required, unless attending for research or if you have a group larger than 10 people.
UCL’s Grant Museum of Zoology is home to 100,000 specimens from every continent, every ocean, and every animal group. The collection has been used in teaching and research since 1828 and continues to have huge impact on how we understand and learn from the natural world.
Opening hours:
Tuesday -Saturday 1pm-5pm
Rockefeller Building, University College London,
21 University Street , London WC1E 6DE
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/ucl-grant-museum-zoology
Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology: Booking is not required, unless attending for research or if you have a group larger than 8 people.
UCL’s Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology is home to one of the world's largest and most important collections of Egyptian and Sudanese archaeology, telling the stories of people who lived in the Nile Valley in the past.
Opening hours:
Tuesday -Saturday 1pm-5pm
University College London, Malet Place , London WC1E 6BT
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/petrie-museum-egyptian-and-sudanese-archaeology
UCL Art Museum:
Free entry. Booking is not required, unless attending for research. The UCL Art Collection is home to over 10,000 sculptures, paintings, prints and drawings from the 1490s to the present day. Explore the collection through a series of pop-up displays in UCL Art Museum's Prints & Drawings Room.
Opening hours:
Wednesday 1pm-5pm
Prints & Drawings Room, G17 South Wing, University College London, Gower Street WC1E 6BT
From Concept to Icon every Wednesday 1pm-5pm during the UCL Art Museum's Prints & Drawing Room's opening hours.
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