Exclusive events for members

Enjoy access to exclusive events with your Design Museum membership. Book your place for upcoming member events or take a look at our future programme.

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Upcoming events

Get access to this season's exclusive members events, and be the first to see our latest design exhibitions during dedicated members viewing hours. Check out our upcoming members events below.

Please note for Member Previews, you will be asked for your Membership ID as part of the checkout process.

Members Preview: The World of Tim Burton

Be first to discover this major exhibition which will invite visitors into his world through an exploration of the design of Tim Burton's unique aesthetic.

Booking for this event opens in Autumn 2024. Keep an eye on your members bi-weekly newsletter for further details.

Members Christmas Shopping Event

Join us on Friday 6 December to enjoy a one day only 20% members discount on all our in store items, just in time for Christmas.

Future programme

Future programme

Excited for more members events? Check out the programme here and keep an eye on your members bi-weekly email for your invitations.

Members Preview: Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style

Be first to discover this major exhibition celebrating our century-long love affair with swimming and the influence of design on everything from swimwear to art deco architecture. Booking for this event opens in 2025. Keep an eye on your members bi-weekly newsletter for further details.

Members Preview: More than Human

Be first to discover this exciting exhibition bringing together art, science and radical thinking to ask how design can help our planet thrive by shifting its focus beyond human needs. Booking for this event opens in 2025. Keep an eye on your members bi-weekly newsletter for further details.

Members Preview: Blitz: the club that shaped the 80s

Delve into the music, fashion, and design stories that shaped Blitz – the club, the people, and the movement that transformed 1980s London style with our upcoming members preview. Booking for this event opens in 2025. Keep an eye on your members bi-weekly newsletter for further details.

Members Preview: Wes Anderson: The Exhibition

Be first in line to discover the first retrospective exhibition of the work of film director Wes Anderson will follow the evolution of his films from his first experiments in the 1990s, right up to his most recent, Oscar-winning frescoes. Booking for this event opens in 2025. Keep an eye on your members bi-weekly newsletter for further details.

Future exhibitions

Get excited for the year ahead with our diverse and wide-ranging group of upcoming exhibitions and displays

Past events

Members Preview: Barbie®: The Exhibition

Join us on Thursday 4 July 2024 from 11:00 for an exclusive members preview of Barbie®: The Exhibition.

Members Preview: Enzo Mari

Be the first to explore this major retrospective of one of the most significant Italian designers of the 20th century, Enzo Mari.

Members Private View: Enzo Mari and SKATEBOARD

Explore our members evening private view of SKATEBOARD and Enzo Mari curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist with Francesca Giacomelli.

Members Christmas Shopping Event

Join us for a whole day of shopping with an increased 25% discount to pick up the perfect gift for Christmas.

There's no need to book on - simply drop in when you like throughout the day and enjoy the discount whilst picking up the perfect present.

Members Preview: SKATEBOARD

Join us on Thursday 19 October from 13:00-17:00, last entry at 16:00, for your exclusive Members Afternoon Preview of our upcoming exhibition Skateboard in partnership with Converse

Members Preview: REBEL: 30 Years of London Fashion

Join us on Friday 15 September from 14:00 for your exclusive Members Afternoon Preview of our upcoming exhibition REBEL: 30 Years of London Fashion sponsored by Alexander McQueen.

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