Exhibition about Islington’s lost Music HallsThere’s a rather fun exhibition on at the moment about the pre-television era of mass entertainment, the music halls and the people who they turned into later television stars.
Stolen Moments – Namibian music history untold (1950-80s)There’s an exhibition on for a few weeks that’s surprisingly exciting to visit – about the lost pop music revival of Namibia.
Pay a visit to St Bartholomew’s Hospital MuseumEasy to walk past without noticing, but under the old gatehouse to Barts Hospital is a museum to its 900 odd years of history.
Visit Greenwich’s Painted HallApart from the park, the observatory and the “replica” sailing ship, Greenwich is home to one of the grandest painted halls in the world.
Visit the Freemason’s MuseumFor a building that looks imposing and full of secrets, Freemason’s Hall is actually open to the public, and free to go in.
A lunar exhibition of moon rocks and art in GreenwichOn this anniversary year of the moon landings, one of the many exhibitions that are opening is in London, and looks not just at the moon landing, but at the moon entire.
Local Museums – Redbridge MuseumThe town of Illford has a local museum that’s not called Ilford Museum, but named after the much larger borough that it’s within – welcome to Redbridge Museum.
325 object to mark 325 years of the Bank of EnglandThe Old Lady of Threadneedle Street is of the sort of age that you should never mention about a lady, but she’s dug out an object for every year of her life.
Driverless: Who is in control?Self driving cars may seem like a modern invention, but they’re much older than you might realise.
The year St Paul’s Cathedral nearly lost its domeIt’s Christmas Eve 1924 and while people are preparing for the festivities, the City of London is busy preparing an urgent notice – they plan to close St Paul’s Cathedral.
The Museum of the Moon at the Natural History MuseumDeep within the Natural History Museum is a huge cavernous space filled with a giant floating replica of the moon.
See spies and spooks at the Science MuseumA new exhibition that is less James Bond and more Q looks at the history of how British spies kept their secrets safe from enemies.
Sir Thomas Gresham: Tudor, Trader, Shipper, SpyA man who can serve four Tudor monarchs without losing his head, while becoming fantastically rich at the same time is bound to be an enigmatic figure.
You wont see most of this new science exhibitionAn exhibition about the 95% of the universe that can’t be seen is a challenging topic for any gallery to take on.
Postcards as art and politics at the British MuseumAt a time when art seems to be getting ever larger and less able to fit into private homes, there’s an exhibition of the opposite end of the spectrum, of postcards as art.
Transport Museum looks at how Thameslink untangled the tracksA new exhibition is looking at the recent substantial works to upgrade the Thameslink lines so that a mainline railway can, in places offer tube-train like services.
Secret Rivers at the Docklands MuseumLost plastic toys, medieval toilets, swords, pots, modern relics, giant crosses, bones, skulls, and books galore — all highlight how the rivers of London have captured our imagination and preserved our history.
Money in board games — a British Museum exhibitionMonopoly is the famous money obsessed board game, but an exhibition now open looks at the much wider appearance of money in games, boards and otherwise.
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