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Open House Festival: The British Academy
September 15, 2024 @ 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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The London-wide Open House Festival celebrates the city’s most exciting architecture. The British Academy’s beautiful Grade I-listed, John Nash-designed townhouse will open its doors with historical, art, and architectural tours. Guided tours will be offered by Academy staff, and pre-booked tours with the prestigious Wright & Wright Architects, who have thoughtfully re-designed the space. Visitors can also explore the building at their own pace, using the new digital guide by Bloomberg Connects.
There will be a free digital photography exhibition, the first ever ‘British Academy Book Prize Photography Exhibition’, commissioned in response to last year’s British Academy Book Prize winner. Arko Datto, an award-winning photographer based in India, has been commissioned by Panos Pictures to visually interpret the 2023 Book Prize-winning book Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire by Nandini Das through a contemporary lens.
The British Academy’s sister academy for science, The Royal Society, located a stone’s throw from The British Academy, will also open its doors for the Open House Festival, allowing a unique opportunity to visit the historic headquarters of two centuries-old institutions of knowledge and research.
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