Gunnersbury Park Museum to Close for Refurbishment
Shutting for a month early next year ahead of centenary celebrations
The entrance to the museum at Gunnersbury Park. Picture: Gunnersbury Park CIC
December 19, 2025
Gunnersbury Park & Museum will close for a month in the New Year as refurbishment and conservation work gets underway ahead of the site’s 2026 centenary celebrations. The museum will be shut from 5 January to 3 February 2026, though the wider park will remain fully open throughout.
The temporary closure comes as Gunnersbury prepares to mark 100 years of public ownership, a milestone the park will celebrate with a full programme of events, exhibitions and community activities running throughout 2026.
Visitors will still have somewhere new to stop during the museum’s closure: Pure in the Park, a new café opening on 5 January near the museum entrance. The café’s launch coincides with the start of the refurbishment works and is expected to become a focal point for park users during the winter period.
Gunnersbury’s centenary programme will explore the park’s history and its role in the lives of local residents over the past century. Planned highlights include a community fête on 25 May, the first-ever Gunnersbury Family Dog Show on 21 June and series of exhibitions, talks and family-friendly events to be announced in the New Year
At the centre of the celebrations will be a major new exhibition inside the museum, charting the evolution of Gunnersbury Park since it was opened to the public in 1926. The exhibition will highlight the people who have shaped and cared for the park over the decades and examine how public parks continue to serve communities today.
While the museum undergoes conservation work, all outdoor areas of Gunnersbury Park will stay open as usual. The Gunnersbury Estate (2026) CIC, which manages the site, says the refurbishment is essential preparation for the centenary year and will ensure the museum is ready to host its expanded programme of events.
Full details of the 2026 centenary activities will be published on the Gunnersbury Park website early in the New Year.
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