What's on in London

Metropolitan Railway steam locomotive on display at the London Transport Museum

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London Transport Museum · Covent Garden

Digging Deeper

Now showingPermanent collection·Ticketed — see website

The story of tunnelling under London — from Brunel's troubled Thames Tunnel in the 1840s to the engineering feats behind the Tube's deep-level lines.

More in London

On now All of October 2026

Also at London Transport Museum

On now nearby

Salman Toor: Drawings

Courtauld Gallery

The Bar on East 13th by Salman Toor

Salman Toor: Someone Like You

Courtauld Gallery

Toy design – Shawl Dance by Winifred Gill, c.1914–16, Omega Workshops

Winifred Gill: A Bloomsbury Pioneer

Courtauld Gallery

All exhibitions in London this month Coming up in November

Nearby

The courtyard of Somerset House, home of the Courtauld Gallery

Courtauld Gallery

The National Portrait Gallery entrance on St Martin's Place

National Portrait Gallery

ArtFree7 min walk

The National Gallery overlooking Trafalgar Square

National Gallery

ArtFree7 min walk

The Georgian facade of Sir John Soane's Museum at Lincoln's Inn Fields

Sir John Soane's Museum

ArchitectureFree7 min walk

Image credits

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Digging DeeperLoz Pycock, CC BY-SA 2.0
Salman Toor: Someone Like You© Salman Toor; Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York, and Thomas Dane Gallery. Photo: Genevieve Hanson
Winifred Gill: A Bloomsbury Pioneer© Bodleian, Oxford
London Transport MuseumColin Park / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Courtauld GalleryAnthony O'Neil / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
National Portrait GalleryIstvánka / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
National GalleryCarlos Delgado / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Sir John Soane's MuseumSarah Smith / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

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