Exhibition Review

Westminster Abbey’s Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries

High up above the Nave of Westminster Abbey is a new exhibition space, with incidentally, what has often been described at the “the best view in Europe”.

Exhibition – from the League of Nations to Greenham Common

A modest sized, but informative exhibition looks at 20th century efforts to prevent war, and the protests that the campaigns engendered.

Staging magic – a magical book exhibition at Senate House

Up high in the imposing Senate House in Bloomsbury, a magical exhibition of conjuring history has recently opened.

Leonardo da Vinci defying death at UCL

Perpetual motion and the perpetuity of life are the topic of two very different exhibitions within yards of each other within UCL’s campus in central London.

Met Police’s Heritage Centre revamps for female police centenary

A little known heritage museum for the Metropolitan Police has had a revamp of its display to highlight 100 years of women in London’s police force.

New exhibition shows off the golden age of sea travel

A tantalizing preview of a huge collection of ocean liner documents has gone on display in the Guildhall Library in the City of London.

Cryptic book illustrations go on display in Freemasons’ Hall

An exhibition of old books has gone on display in Covent Garden that seeks to explain the often cryptic messages hidden within their illustrations.

Exhibition goes under the skin to reveal the secrets of the human body

For a few weeks, there’s an exhibition about what lies beneath the skin of the average human being.

Last chance to visit the Wellcome’s Medicine Now exhibition

The Wellcome Collection’s “Medicine Now” exhibition is a permanent display, that’s closing in April. So you have just a few weeks left to visit it.

Be a pirate at the Museum of Childhood

There’s an exhibition about pirates in East London at the moment, which I would describe as a pirate themed playground that happens to be in a museum.

Puss in books in the British Library

Long before cats appeared on the internet, they appeared in books, and their comic antics are currently the topic of an exhibition at the British Library.

Dinner with the Charles Dickens Museum

Christmas means food, drink and dickens, so the Charles Dickens Museum has decked the halls and put out the (artificial) food in a celebration of a Dickensian Christmas.

Disease X – the next London pandemic?

At some point in the future, London will be struck by a dread disease that will lay waste to swathes of society.

The Fan Museum, Greenwich

Some of the best museums can be the smallest, the one’s devoted to a single topic that few would otherwise think to collect.

Exhibition – Ribera: Art of Violence

Visitors to genteel Dulwich are in for a shock at the moment, as they are confronted with torture, blood, pain, and human skin — in the local gallery’s latest exhibition.

When plywood and plastic ruled — at the V&A

There’s a room in the V&A that’s filled with more than the usual abundance of nostalgia, looking at domestic design in the post-war years.

Art in the Age of Computers at the V&A Museum

Since they were created, people have wondered if computers could create art, and now the V&A has an exhibition of some of the results of that pondering.

50 years since the abolition of censorship in the theatres

This exhibition is a wake up call to everyone how precious our freedoms are — and needs to be seen by as many people as possible.

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Exhibition Review

Westminster Abbey’s Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries

Exhibition – from the League of Nations to Greenham Common

Staging magic – a magical book exhibition at Senate House

Leonardo da Vinci defying death at UCL

Met Police’s Heritage Centre revamps for female police centenary

New exhibition shows off the golden age of sea travel

Cryptic book illustrations go on display in Freemasons’ Hall

Exhibition goes under the skin to reveal the secrets of the human body

Last chance to visit the Wellcome’s Medicine Now exhibition

Be a pirate at the Museum of Childhood

Puss in books in the British Library

Dinner with the Charles Dickens Museum

Disease X – the next London pandemic?

The Fan Museum, Greenwich

Exhibition – Ribera: Art of Violence

When plywood and plastic ruled — at the V&A

Art in the Age of Computers at the V&A Museum

50 years since the abolition of censorship in the theatres

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