Exhibition events

Two Centuries Here is a major, new multi-space exhibition in the heart of UCL’s historic central London campus. Open until 31 July 2027.

An exhibition of unseen memorabilia and memories of EM Forster and paintings by Jim Buckingham.

Portrait(s) of Camden a large-scale community quilt and participatory workshops at Holborn Library celebrating the people, creativity, and diversity of Camden

An exhibition of artwork exploring the relationship between housing, home and health created by award-winning multi-media artist, Lynn Dennison.

Please sit on our memorial bench, click on the QR code, and listen to everyday and extraordinary stories of those who've sat there before you.

A Guide to UCL Museums open during the Bloomsbury Festival 2026 - UCL's Grant Museum, Petrie Museum and Art Museum

2-31 Oct (click - See All Dates). An immersive oral history installation project distilling a century of nursing into one time-bending 24-hour shift.

A showcase exhibition of artworks from the Festival's New Wave Artists Claire-Ann Abi Ola, Ella Jackson, Emma Ogawa Todd, Hito Kanie and Meghan Salisbury.

Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Bloomsbury Festival through Stuart Keegan's photographs.

A photographic exhibition of intimate and powerful portraits exploring different experiences of menopause.

Outdoor street gallery display exploring Bloomsbury’s histories of childhood, care and green space from the Foundling Museum.

Visionary Landscapes explores the relationship between landscape, imagination and vision.

26 UCL Firsts is a creative contribution of writers’ organisation 26 in collaboration with University College London for Bloomsbury Festival 2026.

An outdoor exhibition about innovative research to improve eye health and transform the lives of those living with visual impairments.

Exhibition - 19-30 Oct (click - See All Dates). A project led by textile artist Mei Lock, showcasing placemats made by local residents.

The No Working Title art collective introduces an exploration of the power of textile to evoke mood, place and memory.

This exhibition explores the world of Dickens’s London and how inextricably linked the writer is with our perception of it.

Workshops - 23 + 28 Oct (click See All Dates). Workshops alongside the No Working Title art collective's exhibition Re-Tension exploring the power of textiles.