What’s on
Injecting Hope: The Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine
Injecting Hope is a new, free exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland that presents the science behind the COVID-19 vaccine.
This exhibition details the rapid research, development and delivery of the vaccine. Learn the science behind the creation of the vaccine, and understand the logistics behind its global roll-out.
The Goldsmiths’ Company is proud to support Injecting Hope through the loan of Junko Mori’s Hope in Balance.
Goldsmiths' Hall Tour - 10:30, Monday 28 April 2025
Your chance to experience the palatial grandeur of our grade one listed building on a 60-minute guided tour of its principal rooms with our Librarians and Archivists, and to see some of the treasures from our collection under the guidance of our Curators.
A rare opportunity to step inside one of the City of London’s hidden treasures that is not regularly open to the public, on a site that has been home to the Goldsmiths’ Company for seven centuries!
Goldsmiths' Hall Tour - 12:30, Monday 28 April 2025
Your chance to experience the palatial grandeur of our grade one listed building on a 60-minute guided tour of its principal rooms with our Librarians and Archivists, and to see some of the treasures from our collection under the guidance of our Curators.
A rare opportunity to step inside one of the City of London’s hidden treasures that is not regularly open to the public, on a site that has been home to the Goldsmiths’ Company for seven centuries!
Goldsmiths' Hall Tour - 15:00, Monday 28 April 2025 (Groups Tour)
Your chance to experience the palatial grandeur of our grade one listed building on a 60-minute guided tour of its principal rooms with our Librarians and Archivists, and to see some of the treasures from our collection under the guidance of our Curators.
A rare opportunity to step inside one of the City of London’s hidden treasures that is not regularly open to the public, on a site that has been home to the Goldsmiths’ Company for seven centuries!
Archive Experience: The Trial of The Pyx - Session One (11:30am)
How much do you trust the coins in your pocket? In an age of digital finance coins are still reassuringly solid. This trust has been hard-won, thanks in no small part to the Trial of the Pyx – the annual test of the coins produced by the Royal Mint by the Goldsmiths’ Company and the London Assay Office.
Join the Goldsmiths’ Company’s Library and Archive team on Wednesday 7 May 2025, to learn about the ceremony and the science behind this ancient procedure through objects and documents in their collections, during this exclusive Archive Experience at Goldsmiths’ Hall, in the City of London.
Archive Experience: The Trial of The Pyx - Session Two (2:30pm)
How much do you trust the coins in your pocket? In an age of digital finance coins are still reassuringly solid. This trust has been hard-won, thanks in no small part to the Trial of the Pyx – the annual test of the coins produced by the Royal Mint by the Goldsmiths’ Company and the London Assay Office.
Join the Goldsmiths’ Company’s Library and Archive team on Wednesday 7 May 2025, to learn about the ceremony and the science behind this ancient procedure through objects and documents in their collections, during this exclusive Archive Experience at Goldsmiths’ Hall, in the City of London.
The 2025 Goldsmiths’ Company Lecture: The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle - Living in history and the here and now
The Goldsmiths’ Company is honoured to welcome The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle KCVO MBE FSA, 39th Dean of Westminster, to deliver the 2025 Goldsmiths’ Company Lecture - Living in history and the here and now.
The Pearson Silver Collection at Court Barn Museum
As part of the 2025 Broadway Arts Festival a selection of some of the 900 pieces made by approximately 300 silversmiths that form The Pearson Collection - the largest privately owned collection dedicated to post-war and contemporary British silver design in the world - will be exhibited at The Court Barn Museum in Chipping Campden from 17 May to 14 June 2025.
The Goldsmiths’ Company is proud to support Silver Day at the 2025 Broadway Arts Festival.
Goldsmiths' Hall Tour - 10:30, Monday 19 May 2025
Your chance to experience the palatial grandeur of our grade one listed building on a 60-minute guided tour of its principal rooms with our Librarians and Archivists, and to see some of the treasures from our collection under the guidance of our Curators.
A rare opportunity to step inside one of the City of London’s hidden treasures that is not regularly open to the public, on a site that has been home to the Goldsmiths’ Company for seven centuries!
Goldsmiths' Hall Tour - 12:30, Monday 19 May 2025
Your chance to experience the palatial grandeur of our grade one listed building on a 60-minute guided tour of its principal rooms with our Librarians and Archivists, and to see some of the treasures from our collection under the guidance of our Curators.
A rare opportunity to step inside one of the City of London’s hidden treasures that is not regularly open to the public, on a site that has been home to the Goldsmiths’ Company for seven centuries!
Goldsmiths' Hall Tour - 15:00, Monday 19 May 2025 (Groups Tour)
Your chance to experience the palatial grandeur of our grade one listed building on a 60-minute guided tour of its principal rooms with our Librarians and Archivists, and to see some of the treasures from our collection under the guidance of our Curators.
A rare opportunity to step inside one of the City of London’s hidden treasures that is not regularly open to the public, on a site that has been home to the Goldsmiths’ Company for seven centuries!
A Sterling Renaissance – British silver design from the 1950’s to date
As part of the 2025 Broadway Arts Festival’s ‘Silver Day’, join Silver Historian John Andrew for “A Sterling Renaissance – British silver design from the 1950’s to date” a fascinating talk on contemporary silver design!
The story of the Renaissance is unbelievable – a grumpy king, the controller of London Transport, civil servants galore, the Royal Navy’s Camouflage Directorate, an unemployed old Etonian, an architect, a fine painter, an Earl’s daughter, an American socialite and of course silversmiths. If you like a good true story and beautiful handmade objects – this is definitely for you!
The Goldsmiths’ Company is proud to support Silver Day at the 2025 Broadway Arts Festival.
Robert Welch – Crafting a Design Legacy
As part of the 2025 Broadway Arts Festival’s ‘Silver Day’, join archivist of Robert Welch Designs, Charlotte Booth for “Robert Welch - Crafting a Design Legacy”, a talk which will trace the evolution of design at Robert Welch and capture the essence of a legacy which continue to inspire in its 70th year!
The Goldsmiths’ Company is proud to support Silver Day at the 2025 Broadway Arts Festival.
Marks of deception: tackling fakes & forgeries in antique British silver
Hallmarking is one of the world's oldest forms of consumer protection – a guarantee to those buying and selling items made of precious metals that they have been expertly tested, and that the marks they bear truthfully reveal their composition – a proud responsibility of the Goldsmiths’ Company since 1327.
But where you have systems designed to protect buyers and sellers, you will also find those intent on acts of deception - cunning artificers, who create fakes and forgeries, not just of the objects, but of the hallmarks themselves.
Explore the world of fakes and forgeries in antique British Silver, and get hands-on experience with objects from the London Assay Office’s Fakes & Forgeries Collection under the expert guidance of GHAC members.
Fully Booked - Goldsmiths' Hall Tour - 15:00, Monday 17 March 2025 (Groups Tour)
Your chance to experience the palatial grandeur of our grade one listed building on a 60-minute guided tour of its principal rooms with our Librarians and Archivists, and to see some of the treasures from our collection under the guidance of our Curators.
A rare opportunity to step inside one of the City of London’s hidden treasures that is not regularly open to the public, on a site that has been home to the Goldsmiths’ Company for seven centuries!
Goldsmiths' Hall Tour - 12:30, Monday 17 March 2025
Your chance to experience the palatial grandeur of our grade one listed building on a 60-minute guided tour of its principal rooms with our Librarians and Archivists, and to see some of the treasures from our collection under the guidance of our Curators.
A rare opportunity to step inside one of the City of London’s hidden treasures that is not regularly open to the public, on a site that has been home to the Goldsmiths’ Company for seven centuries!
Fully Booked - Goldsmiths' Hall Tour - 10:30, Monday 17 March 2025
Your chance to experience the palatial grandeur of our grade one listed building on a 60-minute guided tour of its principal rooms with our Librarians and Archivists, and to see some of the treasures from our collection under the guidance of our Curators.
A rare opportunity to step inside one of the City of London’s hidden treasures that is not regularly open to the public, on a site that has been home to the Goldsmiths’ Company for seven centuries!
The Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council Awards Exhibition 2025
Explore a curated selection of this year’s awe-inspiring, award-winning work from the Goldsmiths' Craft & Design Council Awards 2025.
This free-to-attend exhibition features work from a selection of emerging and established UK-based jewellers, silversmiths, and craftspeople. Visitors will discover handcrafted fine jewellery, contemporary silversmithing, and objet d’art, alongside detailed enamel work, creative lapidary, and avant-garde conceptual jeweller
Goldsmiths' Fair at Collect 2025
Goldsmiths’ Fair has been selected to show at Collect 2025 alongside artist-makers and galleries from around the world.
Presented by Crafts Council, Collect is the leading international art fair for contemporary craft and design. In the impressive setting of Somerset House, London, galleries and makers from around the world come together to showcase the best craft being made today, spanning disciplines including ceramics, glass, lacquer, textiles, paper, jewellery and metalwork.
Fully Booked: Goldsmiths' Hall Tour - 14:30, Monday 13 January 2025 (Groups Tour)
Your chance to experience the palatial grandeur of our grade one listed building on a 60-minute guided tour of its principal rooms with our Librarians and Archivists, and to see some of the treasures from our collection under the guidance of our Curators.
A rare opportunity to step inside one of the City of London’s hidden treasures that is not regularly open to the public, on a site that has been home to the Goldsmiths’ Company for seven centuries!
Fully Booked: Goldsmiths' Hall Tour - 12:00, Monday 13 January 2025
Your chance to experience the palatial grandeur of our grade one listed building on a 60-minute guided tour of its principal rooms with our Librarians and Archivists, and to see some of the treasures from our collection under the guidance of our Curators.
A rare opportunity to step inside one of the City of London’s hidden treasures that is not regularly open to the public, on a site that has been home to the Goldsmiths’ Company for seven centuries!
Fully Booked: Goldsmiths' Hall Tour - 10:00, Monday 13 January 2025
Your chance to experience the palatial grandeur of our grade one listed building on a 60-minute guided tour of its principal rooms with our Librarians and Archivists, and to see some of the treasures from our collection under the guidance of our Curators.
A rare opportunity to step inside one of the City of London’s hidden treasures that is not regularly open to the public, on a site that has been home to the Goldsmiths’ Company for seven centuries!
Interwoven: Jewellery Meets Textiles
Interwoven: Jewellery Meets Textiles is a Goldsmiths’ Centre exhibition exploring the creative connections between contemporary jewellery and textiles. This free exhibition invites you to discover the innovative ways jewellers are engaging with textile techniques, materials, and aesthetics.
The 2024 Goldsmiths' Company Lecture: Dr Gus Casely-Hayford – Children of the Great Whale: The story of gold and goldsmithing in Ghana
The Goldsmiths’ Company is honoured to welcome curator and cultural historian, Dr Gus Casely-Hayford OBE, to deliver the 2024 Goldsmiths’ Company Lecture - Children of the Great Whale: The story of gold and goldsmithing in Ghana.