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: Saturday, 10th February 2024?
Displayed in date order by how soon they close.
Over 60 artists and designers have been invited to recreate the sights, sounds, tastes and smells of the 1930s, (Ending Soon Sun, 16th Feb)
Traces 2014
An exhibition of cartoon caricatures. (Ending Soon Sun, 23rd Feb)
A major new exhibition by Jewish Museum London exploring the untold story of Jews and football. (Ending Soon Sun, 23rd Feb)
Free
Music Hall in London
An exhibition documenting the rise and decline of London’s wonderful Music Hall tradition. (Ending Soon Thu, 27th Feb)
Barbican Music Library
Free
War Games
An exhibition that explores the relationship between conflict and children's play, and the ways toys have been influenced by warfare from 1800s (Ending Soon Sun, 9th Mar)
V&A Museum of Childhood
Discover the Georgians as they really were, through the objects that tell the stories of their lives. (Ending Soon Tue, 11th Mar)
A display of architectural forms inspired by designs found in nature. (Ending Soon Sat, 15th Mar)
The Architecture Foundation
An exhibition about the myths of El Dorado in South America (Ending Soon Sun, 23rd Mar)
View 100 of the winning images from this year's competition, dramatically displayed on back-lit installations. (Ending Soon Sun, 23rd Mar)
Two exhibitions -- the drawings by Castiglione, and modern art by current members of the Royal Academy (Ending Soon Wed, 26th Mar)
This exhibition marks the 350th anniversary of the Worshipful Company of Needlemakers' Royal Charter from Charles II. (Ending Soon Fri, 28th Mar)
This small display at the Museum of London Docklands includes a varied collection of original keepsakes from the 1814 frost fair, (Ending Soon Sun, 30th Mar)
Museum of London Docklands
Featuring B&W interiors and exteriors of industrial structures, the exhibition exudes his cinematic style through dark and brooding images (Ending Soon Sun, 30th Mar)
A signature exhibition commemorating and celebrating the national institution that is Airfix. (Ending Soon Thu, 3rd Apr)
Throw yourself into Turner’s dramatic depictions of sunsets, storms and shipwrecks, (Ending Soon Mon, 21st Apr)
Displayed for the first time ever, a huge collection of early 17th century jewellery discovered in 1912 (Ending Soon Sun, 27th Apr)
Free
Architecture of War
Through IWM’s art collection, Architecture of War presents artists’ responses to the impact of warfare on landscape and environments. (Ending Soon Mon, 5th May)
£0
Collider
This immersive exhibition blends theatre, video and sound art with real artefacts from CERN, recreating a visit to the particle physics lab. (Ending Soon Tue, 6th May)
The exhibition explores what Speakers’ Corner means to those who speak, heckle and listen there. (Ending Soon Mon, 19th May)
Showcasing built and unbuilt projects, it looks the many faces of British architecture around the world. (Ending Soon Sun, 15th Jun)
From the ‘Gin Craze’ in the 1700s to minimum unit pricing in 2013, this exhibition will tell stories of drinking: consumption and regulation, (Ending Soon Fri, 27th Jun)
A special exhibition to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the First World War. (Ending Soon Mon, 30th Jun)
Valence House
