John Akomfrah’s Arcadia: Five Screens Connect Nature and History
KEYWORD_WORLD · Culture · 4 November 2026 John Akomfrah’s Arcadia opens at London’s Natural History Museum on 6 November, bringing a five-screen film about nature, migration and colonial history into a science museum. The installation is free; the museum recommends booking free general admission in advance for guaranteed entry. The museum’s exhibition page places the work in the Jerwood Gallery at South Kensington. Its events listing gives the dates as 6 November 2026 to 3 May 2027. The exhibition is upcoming at the time of this article’s check. What is on the five screens? Rather than following one image on a single screen, viewers encounter a film installation: images play across several screens in the same space. The museum describes landscapes including deserts, ice, mountains and seas, interrupted by images of cargo, ships and disease. The sound includes nature recordings, opera and poetry, according to the museum. Its announcement says the film lasts just under an hour...