Welcome to the IanVisits alternative guide to London.
Lectures, talks, heritage events, organised walks and other random geeky miscellany.

 

 

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Displayed in date order by how soon they close.

A free exhibition of photos and memorabilia covering Sir Simon Rattle’s musical life to date. (Ending Soon Fri, 22nd Dec)

Barbican Music Library
EC2Y 8DS
2017-12-19
After-dark opening of the Palace grounds with the park illuminated with lanterns. (Ending Soon Sat, 23rd Dec)

Eltham Palace
SE9 5QE
2017-12-19
Alan’s exhibition features paintings that were executed directly in front of his subjects, usually at the beginning or at the end of the day. (Ending Soon Wed, 27th Dec)

Barbican Centre
EC2Y 8DS
2017-12-19
Falling Shawls is a floating textile installation that artist Outi Pieski describes as a ‘drawing in air’. (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Dec)

Southbank Centre
SE1 8XX
2017-12-19
An exhibition dedicated to Russian protest art over the past 25 years. (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Dec)

Duke of York's HQ
SW3 4RY
2017-12-19
An international cast of street artists have teamed up with fan maker extraordinaire, Sylvain Le Guen in a bid to reinvigorate the craft of fan making. (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Dec)

The Fan Museum
SE10 8ER
2017-12-19
Visit an enchanting world filled with seasonal cheer under tree canopies drenched in Christmas colour. The 2017 winter trail boasts over one million twinkling lights. (Ending Soon Mon, 1st Jan)

Kew Gardens
TW9 3AE
2017-12-19
David Roberts’ painting The Forum, Rome forms the centrepiece of a new display which explores why the forum was so important in the Roman world,  (Ending Soon Mon, 1st Jan)

Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater
EC2V 5AE
2017-12-19
An exploration of the social and architectural history of concrete architecture and engineering over the past 70 years. (Ending Soon Wed, 3rd Jan)

The Building Centre
WC1E 7BT
2017-12-19
This display explores the fascinating story of the Hall’s design through a variety of historic models, photographs and casts. (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Jan)

Victoria and Albert Museum
SW7 2RL
2017-12-19
Annual display of the museum's rooms as they would have looked during Christmas's past. (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Jan)

Geffrye Museum
E2 8EA
2017-12-19
The first London exhibition of Spanish art from The Bowes Museum in County Durham, including works by Goya and El Greco. (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Jan)

Wallace Collection
W1U 3BN
2017-12-19
An exhibition exploring the unsolved mystery of Sir John Franklin's fatal last journey into the Arctic. (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Jan)

National Maritime Museum
SE10 9NF
2017-12-19
An immersive six-channel video installation addressing climate change, human communities and the wilderness. (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Jan)

Barbican Centre
EC2Y 8DS
2017-12-19
Celebrate the golden era of toys and games, made in the borough by famous names such as Spears Games and Lesney Matchbox and played with by generations of local children. (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Jan)

Enfield Museum
EN2 6DS
2017-12-19
An exhibition that looks at how policy and development help support Londoners to live and work across a multi-centred city. (Ending Soon Thu, 11th Jan)

The Building Centre
WC1E 7BT
2017-12-19
An exhibition of over 100 photographs that showcase the beauty and diversity of wildlife in Britain. (Ending Soon Sun, 14th Jan)

Horniman Museum
SE23 3PQ
2017-12-19
Comprising of over 200 objects, this exhibition considers the role of graphic design in constructing and communicating healthcare messages. (Ending Soon Sun, 14th Jan)

Wellcome Collection
NW1 2BE
2017-12-19
This exhibition explores the story of the Scythians – nomadic tribes and masters of mounted warfare, who flourished between 900 and 200 BC. (Ending Soon Sun, 14th Jan)

The British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2017-12-19
Discover the forgotten history of the world's oldest continuously serving police force - the Thames River Police. (Ending Soon Sun, 14th Jan)

Museum of London Docklands
E14 4AL
2017-12-19
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
SW7 2DD
2017-12-19
This exhibition celebrates outstanding women in medicine, past and present. (Ending Soon Fri, 19th Jan)

Royal College of Physicians Museum
NW1 4LE
2017-12-19
Display exploring alternative currencies past and present – from 17th century trade tokens to today’s Brixton Pound. (Ending Soon Sun, 21st Jan)

Museum of London
EC2Y 5HN
2017-12-19
The first major exhibition of production designs by celebrated political cartoonist Gerald Scarfe (Ending Soon Sun, 21st Jan)

House of Illustration
N1C 4BH
2017-12-19
An exhibition of portraits of service staff from the fashionable hotels and restaurants of Paris in the 1920s (Ending Soon Sun, 21st Jan)

The Courtauld Gallery
WC2R 0RN
2017-12-19
The first large-scale exhibition in the UK of the work of American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Jan)

Barbican Centre
EC2Y 8DS
2017-12-19
The annual Beazley Designs of the Year exhibition returns, providing a snapshot of the very best in innovative design from the past year. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Jan)

The Design Museum
W8 6AG
2017-12-19
An exhibition showing off the wide range of works by an artist more famous for inventing the Moomins. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Jan)

Dulwich Picture Gallery
SE21 7AD
2017-12-19
This exhibition uses art, archaeology, and modern material culture to explore how seduction, sensuality, and sex have been represented through time. (Ending Soon Tue, 30th Jan)

A.G. Leventis Gallery
WC1H 0PY
2017-12-19
A new temporary exhibition at The Wiener Library exploring the topic of Nazi occupation in the Channel Islands (Ending Soon Fri, 9th Feb)

Wiener Library
WC1B 5DP
2017-12-19
Fifty new drawings of contemporary buildings – constructed during the second half of the 20th century but in an ostensibly 'Georgian' style - will be on display for the first time. (Ending Soon Sun, 11th Feb)

Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
W1B 1AD
2017-12-19
The major exhibition brings together over 50 of Cézanne’s portraits from collections across the world, many visiting the UK for the first time. (Ending Soon Sun, 11th Feb)

National Portrait Gallery
WC2H 0HE
2017-12-19
The Charles Dickens Museum explores the creation of the story that may just be the most loved of the author’s tales. (Ending Soon Sun, 25th Feb)

Charles Dickens Museum
WC1N 2LX
2017-12-19
Discover Jon Snow's unique and colourful collection of ties crafted by the UK's last silk-weaving factory.  (Ending Soon Sun, 25th Feb)

The Design Museum
W8 6AG
2017-12-19
Explore the secrets behind Michael’s storytelling through his original drafts, adaptations, scripts and unpublished manuscripts. (Ending Soon Sun, 25th Feb)

V&A Museum of Childhood
E2 9PA
2017-12-19
Together the V&A and the Royal Opera House present a landmark exhibition exploring the vivid story of opera from its origins in late-Renaissance Italy to the present day  (Ending Soon Sun, 25th Feb)

Victoria and Albert Museum
SW7 2RL
2017-12-19
The exhibition showcases a display of wizarding books, manuscripts and magical objects. (Ending Soon Wed, 28th Feb)

The British Library
NW1 2DB
2017-12-19
More than 100 specimens from the Museum's collection will be on display together for the first time, (Ending Soon Wed, 28th Feb)

Natural History Museum
SW7 5BD
2017-12-19
The nursing workforce is diverse, with healthcare workers representing a huge variety of backgrounds and experiences. This exhibition celebrates the contributions of some of the people whose work and lives have too often been overlooked. (Ending Soon Sat, 10th Mar)

Royal College of Nursing Library & Heritage Centre
W1G 0RN
2017-12-19
A display of rarely-seen records, players and recorders, exploring how technology has transformed our listening experience. (Ending Soon Sun, 11th Mar)

The British Library
NW1 2DB
2017-12-19
A major new contemporary visual art project which explores the history, politics, and people of London’s ancient woodland, Epping Forest.  (Ending Soon Sun, 18th Mar)

Barbican Centre
EC2Y 8DS
2017-12-19
This display looks at the changing roles of currency and exchange in communist states in the century since the 1917 Russian Revolution. (Ending Soon Sun, 18th Mar)

The British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2017-12-19
Explore the history behind the creation of the open spaces, gardens, and conservatory that are found across the Barbican Estate and Arts Centre. (Ending Soon Tue, 20th Mar)

Barbican Centre
EC2Y 8DS
2017-12-19
Take a journey through the remarkable history of Indian innovation and discovery. (Ending Soon Sat, 31st Mar)

Science Museum
SW7 2DD
2017-12-19
An ambitious survey of the technological and artistic development of photography in India. (Ending Soon Sat, 31st Mar)

Science Museum
SW7 2DD
2017-12-19
Dive into the unknown story of London’s lost canals created from the 1680s to the 1830s. (Ending Soon Sat, 31st Mar)

Canal Museum
N1 9RT
2017-12-19
Explore the transience of time and the problem of mortality as the 16th-century tradition of still life meets modern art. (Ending Soon Mon, 2nd Apr)

Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater
EC2V 5AE
2017-12-19
Discover how van Eyck’s 'Arnolfini Portrait' was one of the beacons by which the Pre-Raphaelites forged a radical new style of painting  (Ending Soon Mon, 2nd Apr)

The National Gallery
WC2N 5DN
2017-12-19
This exhibition showcases an exquisite range of material, including Sanskrit, Persian and Tibetan manuscripts. (Ending Soon Sun, 8th Apr)

Wellcome Collection
NW1 2BE
2017-12-19
This exhibition includes objects of belief from societies around the world and through time. (Ending Soon Sun, 8th Apr)

The British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2017-12-19
Original drawings of Winnie-the-Pooh have gone on display for the first time in nearly 40 years. (Ending Soon Sun, 8th Apr)

Victoria and Albert Museum
SW7 2RL
2017-12-19
Discover how much of the most iconic British design was produced by immigrants to this country. (Ending Soon Sun, 15th Apr)

Jewish Museum London
NW1 7NB
2017-12-19
A major exhibition marking the 70th anniversary of Ferrari, celebrating one of the great adventures of the industrial age.A major exhibition marking the 70th anniversary of Ferrari, celebrating one of the great adventures of the industrial age. (Ending Soon Sun, 15th Apr)

The Design Museum
W8 6AG
2017-12-19
A new exhibition surveying the variety of postcards from all periods relating to Fulham Palace and exploring what they reveal about its history. (Ending Soon Sun, 15th Apr)

Fulham Palace
SW6 6EA
2017-12-19
Consider speculative London futures as depicted in fiction past and present. (Ending Soon Sun, 15th Apr)

Museum of London
EC2Y 5HN
2017-12-19
A large exhibition devoted to the music sensation. (Ending Soon Sun, 29th Apr)

Southbank Centre
SE1 8XX
2017-12-19
A rare opportunity to see stunning paintings, pastels, and drawings by leading French Impressionist Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas. (Ending Soon Mon, 7th May)

The National Gallery
WC2N 5DN
2017-12-19
This exhibition shows the rich material world of Charles II's court and the role of the arts in the re-establishment of the Stuart monarchy. (Ending Soon Fri, 11th May)

The Queen's Gallery
SW1A 1AA
2017-12-19
This display examines the background to the first soldier of African descent to be awarded the Victoria Cross. (Ending Soon Sun, 13th May)

Museum of London Docklands
E14 4AL
2017-12-19
Enter the realm of venomous creatures in this eye-opening exhibition. (Ending Soon Sun, 13th May)

Natural History Museum
SW7 5BD
2017-12-19
The UK’s first major exhibition of artists’ responses to war and conflict since the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001. (Ending Soon Mon, 28th May)

Imperial War Museum
SE1 6HZ
2017-12-19
A display of more than 200 original illustrations of the nature of the British Isles. (Ending Soon Fri, 2nd Nov)

Natural History Museum
SW7 5BD
2017-12-19