Barbican Centre set to welcome back visitors from July 13

An entrance to the Barbican Centre in the City of London.
Barbican set to welcome back visitors from July 13 Credit: PA

The Barbican is set to reopen to visitors on July 13 with new social distancing measures in place.

Visitors will have to book tickets online for timed entry slots to the London arts venue, which will be operating at reduced capacity.

Restaurants, bars, cafes, cloakrooms and the main shop will remain closed.

The Barbican Art Gallery will feature the Masculinities: Liberation Through Photography exhibition featuring films and photographs related to the topic of masculinity when it reopens on July 13.

The Barbican Conservatory, which is home to more than 1,500 species of tropical plants and trees, will also allow visitors to return on the same date.

The move comes after Boris Johnson announced an easing of lockdown restrictions last week that mean venues including museums and galleries can welcome back visitors from July 4.

The Barbican Library will reopen in late July and The Curve gallery will welcome back visitors on August 11.