Upcoming events

The Gentle Author’s Tour of Whitechapel

26 Jul 2026 - 9 Aug 2026

walkwalkwalk, nightwalk midsummer, 2006, photo Barnaby Hewlett

walkwalkwalk, a night walk with Clare Qualmann and Gail Burton

30 Jul 2026

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To Re-Cite: What Do We Inherit Through Sound?

30 Jul 2026

Rezia Wahid Studio

Mark a milestone with Rezia Wahid MBE

2 Aug 2026

Saira Niazi Image for Whitechapel workshop

Create your own Neighbourhood Walking Tour, with Saira Niazi

5 Aug 2026

Alisa Saira Morag walk

Finding stories in Whitechapel, a walk with Morag Rose, Saira Niazi and Alisa Oleva

6 Aug 2026

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Backyard Biennial Neighbourhood Party

8 Aug 2026

Lydia Newman. Photo by Jane Lam

Lydia Newman: Sand Suit 4.0

East London Art Prize x Backyard Biennial

13 Aug 2026

Kuda Mushangi. Photo by Sandra Lam

Walking tour exploring art & architecture at Whitechapel with Kuda Mushangi

East London Art Prize x Backyard Biennial

15 Aug 2026

Listening to the Archive Credit Paul Samuel White

Listening to the Xeedho Archive

15 Aug 2026

Credit Anisah Yaminah (1)

Make a yarn winding artwork with Anisah Yaminah

15 Aug 2026

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A Song for the Xeedho: LATE

20 Aug 2026

Our Hands, Our Eyes (2026) – artwork and image credit Jannat Hussain 1

A Bead for Remembering with Jannat Hussain

22 Aug 2026

Aldgate Edition 1

Yannick Portmann: Imagine the Future of East London

27 Aug 2026

Image Source – Digitally modified found image. Courtesy of Puer Deorum

The Bigger Picture with Puer Deorum

27 Aug 2026

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28 Aug 2026

How to Build a Body

1 Sep 2026

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Demolition Project, by Alisa Oleva and Debbie Kent

2 Sep 2026

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Conviviality as Resistance

2 Sep 2026

FALL ROBE. Credit: Holly Revell

Nando Messias: TransMigration

3 Sep 2026 - 4 Sep 2026

Photo by Kai Hendry under a Creative Commons licence

Remembering St. Clement’s Hospital

Memorialising and counter-memorialising inpatient mental health care in the East End

5 Sep 2026

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Imagining Animals

6 Sep 2026

Archive

The Gentle Author’s Tour of Whitechapel

26 Jul 2026 - 9 Aug 2026

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Disrupt! Reflect! Reconnect

On the role of photography and art in shifting narratives and prioritising hope in divisive, binary times

25 Jul 2026

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Lydia Newman: Tangle/Untangle

East London Art Prize x Backyard Biennial

25 Jul 2026 - 26 Jul 2026

Weaving a mini tapestry with Rukia Begum

25 Jul 2026

Walking Scores for Mile End Park

25 Jul 2026

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City within a city: traces and layer. Walk with Manal Massalha and Clare Qualmann

23 Jul 2026

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The Feminist Art of Walking in Whitechapel, with Morag Rose

22 Jul 2026

East End Voices- Community, activism and identity

East End Voices: Community, Activism and Identity

22 Jul 2026

Credit Elliot Baxter @elliotbphotography (1)

Wearing Our Stories: Stitching Identity Through Football

Workshop with Nicole Chui and the Migration Museum

18 Jul 2026

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Whose Streets? Our Streets: A Migration Walking Tour of the East End

18 Jul 2026

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Finding Home by Walking, a walk with Alisa Oleva

16 Jul 2026

©Jewish Museum London

Radicals to Revolutionaries: People Power in Whitechapel

16 Jul 2026

©Jewish Museum London

Shared Histories: Jewish Objects and Stories

16 Jul 2026

Fozia Ismail Camel Milk Cultures – Wellcome Collection

Fozia Ismail In Conversation

16 Jul 2026

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The Bench Project in Angel Alley, with Morag Rose

15 Jul 2026 - 21 Jul 2026