City Adventurers had a few busy months of museum visits this year. We visited some new galleries and exhibitions at two of the top London Museums. First we went to two new galleries at the Science Museum. Then we visited Our Story with David Attenborough at the Natural History Museum plus the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition.
Museums are good for you
Visiting Museums is a good habit, as it turns out.
The Art Fund has reviewed recent research showing museums and galleries support both mental and physical wellbeing. Not from one big trip, but from going regularly, even just a few times a year. While improved wellbeing is not something I can promise, the possibility of it is a nice bonus to a good day out.
The Science Museum
At the Science Museum we saw two exhibitions.
Water, Pantanal, Fire
Water Pantanal Fire, a photography exhibition on the Pantanal, the world’s largest wetland. Sprawling across South America, it is home to jaguars, howler monkeys, and hundreds of species of fish and bird. A beautiful exhibition, and a sobering one, as drought and wildfire increasingly threaten the wetland, driven by deforestation and climate change.
Water Pantanal Fire closed 31 May 2026
Future of Food
Our second stop was Future of Food. This explored how our food gets from field to plate. It explained how food used to be produced and how advances in ecology and biotechnology might change what’s on our plates in future.
Future of Food is now extended until 1 September 2026.
We had plenty to talk about in the café afterwards.
The Natural History Museum
At the Natural History Museum, we experienced Our Story with David Attenborough and visited the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition.
Our Story with David Attenborough
Our Story with David Attenborough was an immersive presentation. The walls and floor burst into life around you as Sir David narrates the birth and evolution of life on our planet. Genuinely striking to be surrounded by it.
Our Story with David Attenborough must end August 2026.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition
We also spent a good while at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. The standard of photography is extraordinary every year.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year told the story of a planet under pressure. There were two Grand title winners 2025. The adult award went to Wim van den Heever (South Africa). Their winning entry was a photograph showing a haunting scene of a brown hyena among the skeletal remains of a long-abandoned diamond mining town. The Young Grand Title Winner was Andrea Dominizi (Italy). Their photograph of a longhorn beetle looking like a guard observing an intruder won the top spot.
While this particular Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition has closed. The sixty-second exhibition will open at the Natural History Museum in October 2026.
After all that sightseeing, we were ready for lunch.
Come along to the next one
A couple of the exhibitions have since closed, as exhibitions do. Others have been extended and one is booked to return later in the year. But that’s not really the point. A visit to a museum is a good excuse to get out, see something new, and spend the day with a friendly group of people.
And remember, there’ll be another interesting exhibition along soon.
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