Open House Weekend 2010

• 10am – 4pm on 18 September 2010 – 19 September 2010
• at The Royal Society, London

On 18 and 19 September 2010, the Royal Society opens its doors to the public as part of Open House London, the capital's biggest architectural festival.

On Saturday 18 September and Sunday 19 September, visitors will be able to visit the Society and take an architectural tour of the building by pre-booking a guided tour through Open House.

It will also be possible to visit the building without pre-booking and to take a self-guided tour of the special 350th anniversary exhibition, The History of the Royal Society, 1660-2010.

Pre-booking will be available through Open House from 9 August 2010.

Open House weekend is a simple but powerful concept: hundreds of great buildings of all types and periods open up their doors to all, completely for free.

This unique opportunity to access and understand architecture is a challenge to look at everyday buildings anew, and communicates the value of a well-designed city to everybody who uses it.