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: Friday, 16th February 2024?
Displayed in date order by how soon they close.
An exhibition of models used by doctors to study the human body. (Ending Soon Sat, 20th Feb)
A display exploring the fascinating work of Charles Jamrach, one of Victorian London's leading exotic animals dealers. (Ending Soon Sun, 21st Feb)
Explore how London’s roads and streets have evolved over history and how they will need to adapt in the future. (Ending Soon Wed, 24th Feb)
Two generations gave voice to their experience in lengthy written memoirs, in diaries and letters, and most unusually in photographs and drawings. (Ending Soon Thu, 25th Feb)
The Strad magazine celebrates its 125th anniversary with a display of historical photos and articles. (Ending Soon Thu, 25th Feb)
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Blood
The exhibition reflects on how blood is an essential part of life as well as integral to rituals about food, sex, and circumcision. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Feb)
'Tibet’s Secret Temple’ explores Tibetan Buddhist yogic and meditational practice and their connections to physical and mental wellbeing. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Feb)
Exhibition about how Churchill’s fascination with science led to the scientific achievements that helped Britain win the Second World War. (Ending Soon Tue, 1st Mar)
A collection of mesmerising Natural History images by artist Jim Naughten, brought to three-dimensional life through stereoscopic photography. (Ending Soon Sun, 6th Mar)
An ever-changing projected animation at Granary Square (Ending Soon Thu, 10th Mar)
Granary Square
The highly-acclaimed Bob Mazzer photography exhibition of the London Underground in the 1970s/80s. (Ending Soon Fri, 11th Mar)
Leica Store City
Discover the dramatic story of how Russia turned the dream of space travel into a reality and became the first nation to explore space. (Ending Soon Sun, 13th Mar)
This exhibition examines the effect of the personal tragedy of his wife's death on Soane’s life and work. (Ending Soon Wed, 16th Mar)
This exhibition takes you on a journey through the life of the Company, from these historical beginnings, to its work in the present day, (Ending Soon Wed, 23rd Mar)
This exhibition takes you on a journey through the life of the Company, from these historical beginnings, to its work in the present day, (Ending Soon Wed, 23rd Mar)
This exhibition explores how industry played a major role in shaping the modern landscape of Barking and Dagenham. (Ending Soon Sat, 26th Mar)
Valence House Museum
An exhibition of around 200 objects from the world of Stuart London, from the execution of Charles I to the Glorious Revolution. (Ending Soon Mon, 28th Mar)
Free
Shakespeare’s Deed
See one of only six “authenticated” examples of Shakespeare’s signature. (Ending Soon Thu, 31st Mar)
The exhibition will focus on 13 vitrines filled with everyday objects related to the book/film of the same name. (Ending Soon Sun, 3rd Apr)
Free
Project Tobong
Project Tobong seeks to preserve and reinvigorate the ritual of historic storytelling and performance. (Ending Soon Sun, 10th Apr)
Never-before-seen-objects from the Metropolitan Police’s Crime Museum go on public display in a major new exhibition (Ending Soon Sun, 10th Apr)
The exhibition includes examples of his work from Private Eye, The Oldie and other publications. (Ending Soon Sat, 16th Apr)
The exhibition explores the varying and sometimes magical ways that cities and communities have been re-imagined in the aftermath of disasters. (Ending Soon Sun, 24th Apr)
Free
War in London
War in London reveals the effects of five conflicts on Londoners and their city, from the English Civil War to the Cold War. (Ending Soon Wed, 27th Apr)
This exhibition explores the ways in which designers have engaged with the subject of literature in posters commissioned by London Transport. (Ending Soon Fri, 29th Apr)
An exhibition of illustrations of characters in fiction who are orphaned, adopted, fostered or found. (Ending Soon Sun, 1st May)
This small display explores their service on the Western Front, in the Middle East and Italy. (Ending Soon Sat, 7th May)
Museum of London Docklands
Free
Tattoo London
Tattoo London, will offer insight into the history of professional tattooing in London as well as revealing life inside four tattoo studios. (Ending Soon Sun, 8th May)
The UK’s largest ever exhibition of the work of pioneering female comics artists (Ending Soon Sun, 15th May)
House of Illustration
One of the most renowned Norwegian artists, Astrup's work transforms the rugged Norwegian landscape into a mythical, living entity. (Ending Soon Sun, 15th May)
Free
Ice Age Ilford
Over 200,000 years ago, Ilford was home to mammoths, elephants, rhinoceros, giant deer, wild cattle and even lions. (Ending Soon Sat, 4th Jun)
Redbridge Museum
The exhibition brings to life the sheer scale of the work being done to deliver Crossrail. (Ending Soon Sun, 5th Jun)
A display of winning photographs from an annual astrophotographer competition. (Ending Soon Sun, 26th Jun)
A major exhibition revealing the fascinating life, times and lost library of Queen Elizabeth I’s most famous ‘conjurer’. (Ending Soon Fri, 29th Jul)
Come and experience 18th-century Rome through an astonishing series of watercolours not displayed together since 1805. (Ending Soon Sun, 14th Aug)
Discover a little-known chapter of Indian history through the largest surviving example of an Assamese devotional textile. (Ending Soon Mon, 15th Aug)
Delve into the world of plays, musicals and productions to explore the craft and collaboration that creates spectacular international theatre. (Ending Soon Wed, 31st Aug)
An exhibition of early aerial photography by a firm based on Nth London. (Ending Soon Sun, 4th Sep)
An exhibition showing off scale models of many of Leonardo da Vinci's inventions. (Ending Soon Sun, 4th Sep)
