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: Sunday, 21st January 2024?
Displayed in date order by how soon they close.
Explore the impact of telegraphy on the artistic imagination and wider social consciousness in the 19th century. (Ending Soon Sun, 22nd Jan)
A hypnotic light display based on Islamic geometry in the main foyer of the Barbican. (Ending Soon Wed, 25th Jan)
Barbican Centre
The exhibition showcases the intricate handmade archives, indexes and scrapbooks painstakingly recorded by filmgoers and cinema obsessives, (Ending Soon Fri, 27th Jan)
The Peltz Gallery
The Canary Wharf estate is being lit up throughout January by a lighting display comprising angels, glowing graffiti and floating poetry. (Ending Soon Fri, 27th Jan)
Meeting point to be confirmed
Two outstanding masterpieces by Spanish painter Maíno, on display in the UK for the first time (Ending Soon Sun, 29th Jan)
National Gallery
A rare display of the British Museum’s collection of shadow theatre puppets from Southeast Asia. (Ending Soon Sun, 29th Jan)
The British Museum
An exhibition that focuses on the wild variety of graphic art that emanated from an era of anti-establishment sentiment. (Ending Soon Sun, 29th Jan)
Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising
The artwork used for the print elements in the Harry Potter movies displayed by the original artists. (Ending Soon Sat, 4th Feb)
House of Minalima
Free
How do we look?
An exhibition, in which we consider the what, why and how of scientific imaging through the eyes and words of researchers. (Ending Soon Sat, 4th Feb)
The Francis Crick Institute
This exhibition is a rare opportunity to see an outstanding range of surviving examples in one place. (Ending Soon Sun, 5th Feb)
This major exhibition of over 80 works focuses on the artist’s portrayal of family, friends and lovers. (Ending Soon Sun, 5th Feb)
National Portrait Gallery
Clay dug up from underneath London Bridge railway station has been handed to local potters to turn into artworks. (Ending Soon Sun, 5th Feb)
Southwark Cathedral
The Vulgar is the first exhibition to explore the inherently challenging but utterly compelling territory of taste in fashion, (Ending Soon Sun, 5th Feb)
Barbican Centre
Free
Skating on Ice
This exhibition looks at the popular seasonal pastime of ice skating which, in London, dates back to at least the 12th century. (Ending Soon Wed, 8th Feb)
Museum of London
Free
Mise-en-abyme
An art and light installation made from materials recycled from a 2015 sculpture. (Ending Soon Fri, 10th Feb)
gallery@oxo
Celebrate some of the most popular entertainments of Victorian times (Ending Soon Sun, 12th Feb)
The British Library
Free
This Is The Spot
An exhibition of Soho's seedy adult art and film by the street artist, Shuby. (Ending Soon Sat, 18th Feb)
Lawrence Alkin Gallery
Free
Images of Nature
A display of botanical and zoological watercolours by natural history artists Franz and Ferdinand Bauer. (Ending Soon Sun, 26th Feb)
Natural History Museum
An opportunity to discover the work of 13 ceramicists in an exhibition spanning over 80 years of ceramic art. (Ending Soon Sun, 26th Feb)
Jewish Museum London
See Quentin Blake's original drawings for Beatrix Potter's newly re-discovered story The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots (Ending Soon Sun, 26th Feb)
House of Illustration
How have the finished and unfinished revolutions of the late 1960s changed the way we live today and think about the future? (Ending Soon Sun, 26th Feb)
This exhibition highlights the development of public health nursing and the roles nurses have played in improving public health. (Ending Soon Tue, 28th Feb)
Royal College of Nursing Library and Heritage Cent
This display steps inside the homes of 26 London teenagers to explore the meaning and significance of contemporary teenage bedrooms. (Ending Soon Tue, 28th Feb)
Material from the Laburnum Boat Club project has been redisplayed in this exhibition by London Canal Museum. (Ending Soon Tue, 28th Feb)
Canal Museum
An exhibition showing how maps changed how we look at the world, from Beck's tube map to spy maps. (Ending Soon Wed, 1st Mar)
Rembrant's Self-Portrait, Wearing a Feathered Bonnet is on display in London for the first time. (Ending Soon Sun, 5th Mar)
Free
Robert Adam's London
An exhibition of some of Sir John Soane’s Museum’s most beautiful and influential designs for Adam’s projects in London. (Ending Soon Sat, 11th Mar)
Sir John Soane's Museum
The exhibition contains theatre posters, handwritten scripts, and film stills. (Ending Soon Sat, 11th Mar)
Bourne Hall Museum
A major exhibition celebrating the master hairstylist’s remarkable 40 year career, from the late 1970s to the current day. (Ending Soon Sun, 12th Mar)
Somerset House
Discover the evolution of underwear design from the 18th-century to the present day. (Ending Soon Sun, 12th Mar)
An exhibition of rarely seen works documenting the role of British forces in Italy during the First World War. (Ending Soon Sun, 19th Mar)
Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art
An exhibition of traditional embroidered textiles from the lands of the Indus, Afghanistan, the Near East and Central Asia. (Ending Soon Sat, 25th Mar)
Brunei Gallery
This exhibition explores Impressionism in an Australian context – closely related to yet entirely distinct from its European counterparts. (Ending Soon Sun, 26th Mar)
National Gallery
See the shortlisted proposals for Trafalgar Square's 2018 and 2020 Fourth Plinth commissions (Ending Soon Sun, 26th Mar)
National Gallery
This exhibition shows 60 of the brothers’ original book and magazine illustrations, many seen in public for the first time. (Ending Soon Sun, 26th Mar)
Heath Robinson Museum
A display of the best of the political cartoons published in the newspapers during 2016 (Ending Soon Wed, 29th Mar)
The Political Cartoon Gallery
This exhibition sees Leighton’s most famous and celebrated work, Flaming June, return to the artist's house from Puerto Rico. (Ending Soon Sun, 2nd Apr)
Leighton House Museum
From ceramics and sculpture, find out more about Ovid’s magical stories and their influence in the display and gallery trail. (Ending Soon Sun, 2nd Apr)
Wallace Collection
An exhibition that marks the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act which legalised homosexuality in the UK. (Ending Soon Fri, 7th Apr)
LSE Library
The Library and Museum’s latest exhibition marks the centenary of the opening of the Royal Masonic Hospital. (Ending Soon Fri, 7th Apr)
The Library and Museum of Freemasonry
A special exhibition of original illustrations by John Kenney for the 1965 Ladybird life of Dickens. (Ending Soon Sun, 16th Apr)
Charles Dickens Museum
An exhibition about the woman in Admiral Horatio Nelson's life - Emma Hamilton. (Ending Soon Mon, 17th Apr)
£0
Fire! Fire!
An exhibition marking the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of 1666. (Ending Soon Mon, 17th Apr)
The first exhibition to focus on images of artists from within the Royal Collection. (Ending Soon Mon, 17th Apr)
£16.75
Adventures in Moominland
Explore the Moomins through the life of its author Tove Jansson (Ending Soon Sun, 23rd Apr)
Southbank Centre
An exhibition of board games from modern classics to 18th century historical games. (Ending Soon Sun, 23rd Apr)
V&A Museum of Childhood
Explore Chamberlin, Powell and Bon's endeavour to combine spaciousness with high density development. (Ending Soon Wed, 26th Apr)
Barbican Centre
Free
The William Charter
A chance to see the tiny charter document given by William the Conqueror to the City. (Ending Soon Thu, 27th Apr)
Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater
An exhibition that celebrates 250 years of the jigsaw puzzle, the largest of its kind ever shown. (Ending Soon Sun, 30th Apr)
Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising
The appeal of mutton chops, goatees and the most flamboyant of moustaches with a photographic exhibition. (Ending Soon Sun, 30th Apr)
Florence Nightingale Museum
Ethical taxidermist Jazmine Miles-Long challenges ideas and perceptions of this art and craft. (Ending Soon Mon, 1st May)
Horniman Museum
This exhibition shows off coins and other objects that were defaced, usually to condemn the memory of deceased Roman Emperors. (Ending Soon Sun, 7th May)
The British Museum
Sir Quentin Blake has drawn special portraits of some of the most celebrated characters from Dahl’s stories. (Ending Soon Sun, 21st May)
British Library
The biggest international competition of its kind, annually showcasing spectacular images shot by astrophotographers worldwide. (Ending Soon Sun, 25th Jun)
Free
Our Lives in Data
This exhibition investigates the rapidly evolving role of big data in all our lives and how it is being used to transform the world around us. (Ending Soon Fri, 1st Sep)
A substantial exhibition featuring around 200 original costumes, props, models, and pieces of artwork. (Ending Soon Sun, 3rd Sep)
O2 Arena / Millennium Dome
This exhibition remembers the centenary of this battle and the massive medical and human impact of the wounds sustained during and beyond WW1. (Ending Soon Mon, 15th Jan)
Science Museum
