Best photography exhibitions to see in 2025

One of the best ways to gain inspiration for your photography and exploring different styles is by experiencing and viewing the work of other photographers and artists. We’ve put together a selection of the best exhibitions on around the UK during 2025 to see photography; including exhibitions that present photographs alongside other disciplines. If you’re feeling inspired, make sure you enter some photography competitions!

Below, you’ll find the information you need including dates, location and ticket details to plan your trips. We will be updating this page with the latest information regularly, so be sure to check back! Have some suggestions? Drop us an email at ap.ed@kelsey.co.uk

Interested in other photography events and larger shows taking place around the UK and abroad? Check out our best photography events and festivals article.

Best Photography Exhibitions to see in 2025

The Wartime Photography of Võ An Khánh, Mangrove Theatre
Poisoned Futures?, Hundred Heroines Museum
Astronomy Photographer of the Year, National Maritime Museum
Bird Photographer of the Year, touring
RPS Landscape Group Members’ Outdoor Exhibition, touring
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 61, Natural History Museum
Dennis Morris: Music + Life, The Photographers’ Gallery
Lee Miller, Tate Britain
Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2025, National Portrait Gallery

The Wartime Photography of Võ An Khánh

Mangrove Theatre, Bristol

Open until 21 September 2025
6 West Street, St. Phillips, Bristol, BS2 0BH
Open daily 12pm – 5pm

The Wartime Photography of Võ An Khánh at Mangrove Theatre

Poisoned Futures?

Hundred Heroines Museum, Gloucestershire

Open until 28 September 2025
Unit 19, Nailsworth Mills, Avening Road, Nailsworth, Glos. GL6 0BS
Thursday- Saturday 11am-4pm

Poisoned Futures? – Hundred Heroines

Astronomy Photographer of the Year 17

National Maritime Museum, London

Open from 12 September 2025
Park Row, London, England SE10 9NF
Open daily 10am – 5pm
Tickets: £12 adults, £6 concessions

Astronomy Photographer of the Year is an annual exhibition showcasing the world’s greatest space photography.

The exhibition at the National Maritime Museum will feature over 100 photographs including this year’s winning images alongside a series of shortlisted photographs on brilliant lightbox displays.

Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibition

Distorted Shadows of the Moon’s Surface Created by an Annular Eclipse © Ryan Imperio (USA) astronomy photographer of the year winner — Distorted Shadows of the Moon’s Surface Created by an Annular Eclipse © Ryan Imperio (USA). Taken with a Nikon D810 camera, iOptron SkyGuider Pro mount, Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary lens, 600 mm f/8, ISO 640, multiple 1/1,000-second exposures. Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2024

Bird Photographer of the Year 2024

Gallery Oldham – Manchester (UK) – 14th June 2025 to 6th September 2025
Astley Hall – Chorley (UK) – 13th September to 25th October 2025

Bird Photographer of the Year 2025

Abroad:

Forte di Bard – Aosta Valley (Italy) – 24th October 2025 – 1st March 2026
South Carolina State Museum – South Carolina (USA) – 1st February 2026 to 30th July 2026

Bird Photographer of the Year 2026

Rugby Art Gallery – Rugby (UK) – 27th February 2027 – 5th June 2027

An exhibition of 70-80 of the winning images will go on an international tour.

More dates and venues to be confirmed.

Bird Photographer of the Year

RPS Landscape Group Members’ Outdoor Exhibition

Various, touring

6 – 21 September 2025: Yorkshire Museum / Dame Judi Dench Walk, York
4-26 October 2025: Chester Cathedral, Chester
8 – 23 November 2025: Crow Park, Keswick (National Trust)
2 – 17 May 2026: WASPS, Inverness
Winter & Spring 2026: Dates to be announced

The RPS Landscape Group is holding its second outdoor exhibition of members’ work across 8+ locations in 2025/26 with 80 landscape images in a run of almost 30 metres: Land & Sea, Urban & Rural, Colour & Mono.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 61

Natural History Museum, London

Opens 17 October 2025 to 12 July 2026
Monday – Sunday, 10am-5:50pm
Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD
Tickets: from £15.50

Discover the natural world in all its wonder and diversity at the newly redesigned Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, where 100 remarkable photographs illustrate the precious beauty of our planet.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Dennis Morris: Music + Life

The Photographers’ Gallery

27 June – 28 September 2025
16-18 Ramillies Street, London W1F7LW
Monday – Wednesday 10am–6pm, Thursday & Friday 10am–8pm, Saturday 10am-6pm, Sunday 11am-6pm
£10, concessions available

This major retrospective celebrates the work of British-Jamaican photographer Dennis Morris. Renowned for his intimate portraits of cultural icons such as Bob Marley, the Sex Pistols and Marianne Faithfull, Morris’s images are a vivid exploration of music, identity and social change.