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.

This exhibition celebrates outstanding women in medicine, past and present. (Ending Soon Fri, 19th Jan)

Royal College of Physicians Museum
NW1 4LE
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
The first major exhibition of production designs by celebrated political cartoonist Gerald Scarfe (Ending Soon Sun, 21st Jan)

House of Illustration
N1C 4BH
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
An exhibition of light installations and interactive art throughout Canary Wharf. (Ending Soon Sat, 27th Jan)

Canary Wharf Station
E14 4JB
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
A temporary exhibition showcasing sculptures created by wounded, sick and injured service personnel and their families. (Ending Soon Fri, 23rd Feb)

Bethlem Museum of the Mind
BR3 3BX
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
The exhibition explores Starley’s developments, still reflected in bicycles today, and celebrates his legacy. (Ending Soon Sun, 25th Feb)

Vestry House Museum
E17 9NH
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
The exhibition showcases a display of wizarding books, manuscripts and magical objects. (Ending Soon Wed, 28th Feb)

The British Library
NW1 2DB
2018-01-18
An exhibition dedicated to Cornwall’s most magical Museum. (Ending Soon Wed, 28th Feb)

The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities
E8 4RP
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
This exhibition features rare Soviet scores, texts and vinyl, and tells stories of Soviet composers’ complex negotiations with political power (Ending Soon Tue, 27th Mar)

Barbican Music Library
EC2Y 8DS
2018-01-18
Creating sculptures and installations from caul fat and other animal organs, artist Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva draws attention to parts of the body we would sometimes rather forget. (Ending Soon Wed, 28th Mar)

Grant Museum of Zoology
WC1E 6DE
2018-01-18
Take a journey through the remarkable history of Indian innovation and discovery. (Ending Soon Sat, 31st Mar)

Science Museum
SW7 2DD
2018-01-18
An ambitious survey of the technological and artistic development of photography in India. (Ending Soon Sat, 31st Mar)

Science Museum
SW7 2DD
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
This exhibition showcases an exquisite range of material, including Sanskrit, Persian and Tibetan manuscripts. (Ending Soon Sun, 8th Apr)

Wellcome Collection
NW1 2BE
2018-01-18
This exhibition includes objects of belief from societies around the world and through time. (Ending Soon Sun, 8th Apr)

The British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
An exhibition marking the 75th anniversary of the Beveridge report, which laid the foundation for the modern welfare state. (Ending Soon Fri, 13th Apr)

LSE Library
WC2A 2HD
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
An exhibition revealing the story behind the Museum’s most treasured possession. (Ending Soon Sun, 15th Apr)

Sir John Soane's Museum
WC2A 3BP
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
Consider speculative London futures as depicted in fiction past and present. (Ending Soon Sun, 15th Apr)

Museum of London
EC2Y 5HN
2018-01-18
A large exhibition devoted to the music sensation. (Ending Soon Sun, 29th Apr)

Southbank Centre
SE1 8XX
2018-01-18
This exhibition brings together more than ninety works in oil and watercolour, never-before-exhibited photographs and drawings by the artist. (Ending Soon Sun, 6th May)

Dulwich Picture Gallery
SE21 7AD
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
Enter the realm of venomous creatures in this eye-opening exhibition. (Ending Soon Sun, 13th May)

Natural History Museum
SW7 5BD
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18
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
2018-01-18