Welcome to the IanVisits alternative guide to London.
Lectures, talks, heritage events, organised walks and other random geeky miscellany.
This is quite an old listings page, did you want: Monday, 1st January 2024?
Displayed in date order by how soon they close.
See the remarkably atmospheric Dennis Severs' Georgian era home decorated as for Christmas. (Ending Soon Mon, 1st Jan)
Dennis Severs' House
Visit an enchanting world filled with seasonal cheer under tree canopies drenched in Christmas colour. The 2017 winter trail boasts over one million twinkling lights. (Ending Soon Mon, 1st Jan)
Kew Gardens
Free
The Forum of Rome
David Roberts’ painting The Forum, Rome forms the centrepiece of a new display which explores why the forum was so important in the Roman world, (Ending Soon Mon, 1st Jan)
Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater
This display explores the fascinating story of the Hall’s design through a variety of historic models, photographs and casts. (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Jan)
Victoria and Albert Museum
The first London exhibition of Spanish art from The Bowes Museum in County Durham, including works by Goya and El Greco. (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Jan)
Wallace Collection
An exhibition exploring the unsolved mystery of Sir John Franklin's fatal last journey into the Arctic. (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Jan)
National Maritime Museum
Free
John Akomfrah Purple
An immersive six-channel video installation addressing climate change, human communities and the wilderness. (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Jan)
Barbican Centre
Celebrate the golden era of toys and games, made in the borough by famous names such as Spears Games and Lesney Matchbox and played with by generations of local children. (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Jan)
Enfield Museum
An exhibition of over 100 photographs that showcase the beauty and diversity of wildlife in Britain. (Ending Soon Sun, 14th Jan)
Horniman Museum
Discover the forgotten history of the world's oldest continuously serving police force - the Thames River Police. (Ending Soon Sun, 14th Jan)
Museum of London Docklands
This exhibition remembers the centenary of this battle and the massive medical and human impact of the wounds sustained during and beyond WW1. (Ending Soon Mon, 15th Jan)
Science Museum
Free
(Un) Common Currency
Display exploring alternative currencies past and present – from 17th century trade tokens to today’s Brixton Pound. (Ending Soon Sun, 21st Jan)
Museum of London
An exhibition of portraits of service staff from the fashionable hotels and restaurants of Paris in the 1920s (Ending Soon Sun, 21st Jan)
The Courtauld Gallery
The first large-scale exhibition in the UK of the work of American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Jan)
Barbican Centre
The annual Beazley Designs of the Year exhibition returns, providing a snapshot of the very best in innovative design from the past year. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Jan)
The Design Museum
This exhibition uses art, archaeology, and modern material culture to explore how seduction, sensuality, and sex have been represented through time. (Ending Soon Tue, 30th Jan)
A.G. Leventis Gallery
The major exhibition brings together over 50 of Cézanne’s portraits from collections across the world, many visiting the UK for the first time. (Ending Soon Sun, 11th Feb)
National Portrait Gallery
Discover Jon Snow's unique and colourful collection of ties crafted by the UK's last silk-weaving factory. (Ending Soon Sun, 25th Feb)
The Design Museum
Explore the secrets behind Michael’s storytelling through his original drafts, adaptations, scripts and unpublished manuscripts. (Ending Soon Sun, 25th Feb)
V&A Museum of Childhood
Together the V&A and the Royal Opera House present a landmark exhibition exploring the vivid story of opera from its origins in late-Renaissance Italy to the present day (Ending Soon Sun, 25th Feb)
Victoria and Albert Museum
£11.50
Whales: Beneath the surface
More than 100 specimens from the Museum's collection will be on display together for the first time, (Ending Soon Wed, 28th Feb)
Natural History Museum
Free
The People's Forest
A major new contemporary visual art project which explores the history, politics, and people of London’s ancient woodland, Epping Forest. (Ending Soon Sun, 18th Mar)
Barbican Centre
Explore the history behind the creation of the open spaces, gardens, and conservatory that are found across the Barbican Estate and Arts Centre. (Ending Soon Tue, 20th Mar)
Barbican Centre
Take a journey through the remarkable history of Indian innovation and discovery. (Ending Soon Sat, 31st Mar)
Science Museum
An ambitious survey of the technological and artistic development of photography in India. (Ending Soon Sat, 31st Mar)
Science Museum
Dive into the unknown story of London’s lost canals created from the 1680s to the 1830s. (Ending Soon Sat, 31st Mar)
Canal Museum
£8
Nature Morte
Explore the transience of time and the problem of mortality as the 16th-century tradition of still life meets modern art. (Ending Soon Mon, 2nd Apr)
Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater
Original drawings of Winnie-the-Pooh have gone on display for the first time in nearly 40 years. (Ending Soon Sun, 8th Apr)
Victoria and Albert Museum
A major exhibition marking the 70th anniversary of Ferrari, celebrating one of the great adventures of the industrial age.A major exhibition marking the 70th anniversary of Ferrari, celebrating one of the great adventures of the industrial age. (Ending Soon Sun, 15th Apr)
The Design Museum
Free
Imagined Futures
Consider speculative London futures as depicted in fiction past and present. (Ending Soon Sun, 15th Apr)
Museum of London
A large exhibition devoted to the music sensation. (Ending Soon Sun, 29th Apr)
Southbank Centre
This exhibition shows the rich material world of Charles II's court and the role of the arts in the re-establishment of the Stuart monarchy. (Ending Soon Fri, 11th May)
The Queen's Gallery
This display examines the background to the first soldier of African descent to be awarded the Victoria Cross. (Ending Soon Sun, 13th May)
Museum of London Docklands
Enter the realm of venomous creatures in this eye-opening exhibition. (Ending Soon Sun, 13th May)
Natural History Museum
The UK’s first major exhibition of artists’ responses to war and conflict since the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001. (Ending Soon Mon, 28th May)
Imperial War Museum
A display of more than 200 original illustrations of the nature of the British Isles. (Ending Soon Fri, 2nd Nov)
Natural History Museum
