Welcome to the IanVisits alternative guide to London.
Lectures, talks, heritage events, organised walks and other random geeky miscellany.

 

 

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Displayed in date order by how soon they close.

The Charles Dickens Museum explores the creation of the story that may just be the most loved of the author’s tales. (Ending Soon Sun, 25th Feb)

Charles Dickens Museum
WC1N 2LX
2018-02-12
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
W8 6AG
2018-02-12
Explore the secrets behind Michael’s storytelling through his original drafts, adaptations, scripts and unpublished manuscripts.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
E2 9PA
2018-02-12
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
SW7 2RL
2018-02-12
The exhibition showcases a display of wizarding books, manuscripts and magical objects. (Ending Soon Wed, 28th Feb)

The British Library
NW1 2DB
2018-02-12
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
SW7 5BD
2018-02-12
The nursing workforce is diverse, with healthcare workers representing a huge variety of backgrounds and experiences. This exhibition celebrates the contributions of some of the people whose work and lives have too often been overlooked. (Ending Soon Sat, 10th Mar)

Royal College of Nursing Library & Heritage Centre
W1G 0RN
2018-02-12
A celebration of Thailand's vibrant plant life and culture at Kew's Orchids Festival. (Ending Soon Sun, 11th Mar)

Kew Gardens
TW9 3AE
2018-02-12
A display of rarely-seen records, players and recorders, exploring how technology has transformed our listening experience. (Ending Soon Sun, 11th Mar)

The British Library
NW1 2DB
2018-02-12
A fashion and photography exhibition resulting from an unconventional research trip around the Czech Republic.  (Ending Soon Sun, 18th Mar)

Czech Centre London
W84QY
2018-02-12
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
EC2Y 8DS
2018-02-12
This display looks at the changing roles of currency and exchange in communist states in the century since the 1917 Russian Revolution. (Ending Soon Sun, 18th Mar)

The British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2018-02-12
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
EC2Y 8DS
2018-02-12
The office of 2035: what will it look like and how will it support the way we will work?  (Ending Soon Wed, 21st Mar)

Foyles
WC2H 0DT
2018-02-12
This exhibition features rare Soviet scores, texts and vinyl, and tells stories of Soviet composers’ complex negotiations with political power (Ending Soon Tue, 27th Mar)

Barbican Music Library
EC2Y 8DS
2018-02-12
Creating sculptures and installations from caul fat and other animal organs, artist Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva draws attention to parts of the body we would sometimes rather forget. (Ending Soon Wed, 28th Mar)

Grant Museum of Zoology
WC1E 6DE
2018-02-12
This exhibition explores the past, present and future of transport and streets in The City. (Ending Soon Fri, 30th Mar)

The City Centre
EC2V 5AR
2018-02-12
Take a journey through the remarkable history of Indian innovation and discovery. (Ending Soon Sat, 31st Mar)

Science Museum
SW7 2DD
2018-02-12
An ambitious survey of the technological and artistic development of photography in India. (Ending Soon Sat, 31st Mar)

Science Museum
SW7 2DD
2018-02-12
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
EC2V 5AE
2018-02-12
Discover how van Eyck’s 'Arnolfini Portrait' was one of the beacons by which the Pre-Raphaelites forged a radical new style of painting  (Ending Soon Mon, 2nd Apr)

The National Gallery
WC2N 5DN
2018-02-12
This exhibition includes objects of belief from societies around the world and through time. (Ending Soon Sun, 8th Apr)

The British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2018-02-12
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
SW7 2RL
2018-02-12
An exhibition marking the 75th anniversary of the Beveridge report, which laid the foundation for the modern welfare state. (Ending Soon Fri, 13th Apr)

LSE Library
WC2A 2HD
2018-02-12
Discover how much of the most iconic British design was produced by immigrants to this country. (Ending Soon Sun, 15th Apr)

Jewish Museum London
NW1 7NB
2018-02-12
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
W8 6AG
2018-02-12
A new exhibition surveying the variety of postcards from all periods relating to Fulham Palace and exploring what they reveal about its history. (Ending Soon Sun, 15th Apr)

Fulham Palace
SW6 6EA
2018-02-12
Consider speculative London futures as depicted in fiction past and present. (Ending Soon Sun, 15th Apr)

Museum of London
EC2Y 5HN
2018-02-12
Fantastical realities seen through the eyes of artists, architects and designers. (Ending Soon Sun, 15th Apr)

Museum of London
EC2Y 5HN
2018-02-12
Fathoming flow in the body, the sewer, the river and the city – a new work by Somerset House Studios artist Eloise Hawser. (Ending Soon Sun, 22nd Apr)

Somerset House
WC2R 1LA
2018-02-12
An exhibition that explores the impact that jazz had on Britons from 1918. (Ending Soon Sun, 22nd Apr)

Two Temple Place
WC2R 3BD
2018-02-12
A large exhibition devoted to the music sensation. (Ending Soon Sun, 29th Apr)

Southbank Centre
SE1 8XX
2018-02-12
A rare opportunity to see stunning paintings, pastels, and drawings by leading French Impressionist Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas. (Ending Soon Mon, 7th May)

The National Gallery
WC2N 5DN
2018-02-12
This exhibition presents captivating works by Monet, Tissot, Pissarro and their compatriots. (Ending Soon Mon, 7th May)

Tate Britain
SW1P 4RG
2018-02-12
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
SW1A 1AA
2018-02-12
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
E14 4AL
2018-02-12
Enter the realm of venomous creatures in this eye-opening exhibition. (Ending Soon Sun, 13th May)

Natural History Museum
SW7 5BD
2018-02-12
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
SE1 6HZ
2018-02-12
This exhibition commemorates the centenary of this momentous battle and the huge medical and human impact of wounding during and beyond the First World War. (Ending Soon Thu, 31st May)

Science Museum
SW7 2DD
2018-02-12
Free  
A display of the last remaining parts of the Whitechapel fatberg. (Ending Soon Sun, 1st Jul)

The Museum of London
EC2Y 5HN
2018-02-12
This exhibition places William Harvey where he truly belongs: at the heart of the history of medicine, science and our modern understanding of the human body and life itself.  (Ending Soon Thu, 26th Jul)

Royal College Of Physicians
NW1 4LE
2018-02-12
Animatronic dinosaurs come to North Greenwich (Ending Soon Tue, 31st Jul)

The O2
SE10 0DX
2018-02-12
Discover the history of Bridge House Estates, the organisation that oversaw the entire construction of Tower Bridge over a century ago and continues to maintain it to this day. (Ending Soon Sat, 1st Sep)

Tower Bridge Exhibition
SE1 2UP
2018-02-12
An award-winning exhibition exploring the endless ways in which colour shapes our world. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Oct)

Horniman Museum
SE23 3PQ
2018-02-12
A display of more than 200 original illustrations of the nature of the British Isles. (Ending Soon Fri, 2nd Nov)

Natural History Museum
SW7 5BD
2018-02-12
Free  
An exhibition which explores dreams, the unconscious and an imaginary world between sleep and wakefulness. (Ending Soon Sun, 20th Jan)

V&A Museum of Childhood
E2 9PA
2018-02-12