Museums & Attractions

Did this year's blockbusters come out on top? Time Out rounds up the best of 2008's museum exhibitions

Babylon versus Byzantium: Michael Hodges gives his verdict on two London blockbuster shows, at the British Museum and the Royal Academy exploring ancient civilisations

Skip boozy pre-Christmas parties – and morning-after hangovers. Instead, spend an enlightening evening at one of London’s excellent museums and attractions. Time Out rounds up the choicest after-hours offerings

New Year's Eve is not just about night-time antics. There's plenty of fun to be had during the daylight hours too

Peter Watts gets a sneak preview of ‘Babylon: Myth and Reality’ and selects his five favourite exhibits

With a hugely prolific career spanning four decades, Lord Norman Foster is one of the UK's most influential architects and an obvious choice for one of our 40th birthday heroes

Art historian extraordinaire who's directed the British Museum since 2002, Neil MacGregor is one of our 40th birthday heroes

The South Ken museums are a surefire hit with kids, but how do their summer shows compare? Time Out puts the Natural History’s ‘Amazing Butterflies’ and the Science Museum’s ‘Science of Survival’ to the traipse test