Museums at Night - The Prize for Illustration 2017

Get ready to party at the opening night of the new Prize for Illustration: Sounds of the City exhibition at London Transport Museum.

With bars, a DJ, talks, tours, a quiz and creative make-and-take workshops guests can enjoy a range of activities inspired by the exhibition. The 100 illustrations on display, which were chosen from over 2000 entries by a panel of independent experts, celebrate the variety of sounds associated with our cities: lyrics and language; hubbub and stillness; heritage and science; wildlife and nightlife; transport and sport.

Friday Late activities include:

Exhibition highlights tour – with Brian Webb, designer and Prize for Illustration judge

Craft workshop – using musical notation paper and decorative motifs, create a unique notebook to take home

Language in Motion – co-presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Word of Mouth and historical language expert Dr Laura Wright talks about the knock-on linguistic effects of the railway boom in the 1840s

Learn watercolour techniques with Emma Hockley – create an abstract soundscape postcard to take home

Cries of London – The Gentle Author of Spitalfields Life tells stories of the celebrated street traders of Covent Garden and reveals unexpected social realities of their lives

Adult face painting – Sit in the hot seat and give a nod to your musical heroes. Anyone for a Bowie zig zag?

The Lost Worlds of Sound – sound archivist Ian Rawes takes you back through time on an auditory journey into the past through soundscapes of London history from the 1950s to the 1880s

Unstructured mark making – respond to sounds through art in a creative workshop with illustrator Anna Hymas

Poetry inspired by the city – with John Canfield. Presented in partnership with the Poetry Society.