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: Thursday, 9th May 2024?
Displayed in date order by how soon they close.
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
Rose Uniacke explores the enduring fascination with gold and the applications of this rare and incorruptible metal, with an in-store exploration of the art of gilding. (Ending Soon Sat, 12th May)
Rose Uniacke Interiors
American-born artist Nancy Fouts is best known for her distinctive sculptural works, which reconfigure commonplace objects and materials with a characteristically playful and provocative humour. (Ending Soon Sat, 12th May)
Flowers Gallery
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
Taking the theme of botanicals and drink, bespoke artworks by 15 of the UK’s foremost letter carvers form a unique exhibition in the verdant surroundings of this historic garden. (Ending Soon Sun, 13th May)
Chelsea Physic Garden
Makers of leather costumes for Hollywood movies open their London studios to the public for the first time. (Ending Soon Sun, 13th May)
The Garden Studio
Paul Catherall showcases the breadth of his work across two decades of printmaking in a major solo show of his linocuts- his ode to an ever-changing London skyline. (Ending Soon Sun, 13th May)
gallery@oxo
Enter the realm of venomous creatures in this eye-opening exhibition. (Ending Soon Sun, 13th May)
Natural History Museum
See a unique series of watercolours of the interior and precincts of the Abbey church by the artist Alexander Cresswell. (Ending Soon Wed, 16th May)
Westminster Abbey
Free
Under the Microscope
This exhibition and art installation brings together a variety of media and archival material, from biological slides and scientific papers to photogr (Ending Soon Wed, 16th May)
Guildhall Library
This exhibition brings together, for the first time, the works of four of the most celebrated figures in art photography. (Ending Soon Sun, 20th May)
National Portrait Gallery
The only known self-portraits by Spanish master Murillo, reunited for the first time in over three hundred years. (Ending Soon Mon, 21st May)
The National Gallery
An exhibition of new work by Belfast-based street artist and printmaker Leo Boyd. (Ending Soon Sat, 26th May)
Atom Gallery
Touching on themes of countercultures, subcultures and minorities of all kinds, the show features the work of 20 photographers from the 1950s to the present day. (Ending Soon Sun, 27th May)
Barbican Centre
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
Explore still life through the lens of Tacita Dean, one of the genre's leading contemporary practitioners (Ending Soon Mon, 28th May)
The National Gallery
Large landscape images explore the theme of reconciliation by capturing how time and nature have eased the scars of war on the battlefields of the Western Front. (Ending Soon Mon, 28th May)
Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater
Learn about global efforts made after the Holocaust to find Zuzana Knobloch and millions of others like her. (Ending Soon Wed, 30th May)
Wiener Library
This exhibition commemorates the centenary of this momentous battle and the huge medical and human impact of wounding during and beyond the First World War. (Ending Soon Thu, 31st May)
Science Museum
Photographs have been selected to illustrate the impact, diversity and quality of work by AOP members since 1968. (Ending Soon Fri, 1st Jun)
One Canada Square
The works are inspired by their exploration of both the content of the papyrus stories and the conservation and collections care of papyrus materials in museums. (Ending Soon Sat, 2nd Jun)
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Free
Just Type
A typography based exhibition featuring new works from 6 artists who have a long connection with letters in various forms and colours. (Ending Soon Sat, 9th Jun)
Hanbury Hall
This group exhibition brings together artworks by seven international artists that address how our world might look and feel in the future. (Ending Soon Mon, 11th Jun)
Hayward Gallery
First London exhibition devoted to the Scottish photographer John Thomson (1837-1921) and his photography in Asia. (Ending Soon Sat, 23rd Jun)
Brunei Gallery
Free
Fatberg!
A display of the last remaining parts of the Whitechapel fatberg. (Ending Soon Sun, 1st Jul)
The Museum of London
Explore the world's best nature photography, highlighting the incredible range of life on Earth. (Ending Soon Sun, 1st Jul)
Natural History Museum
An exhibition about the 150th anniversary of the railway at Elstree. (Ending Soon Sat, 21st Jul)
Elstree & Borehamwood Museum
This exhibition places William Harvey where he truly belongs: at the heart of the history of medicine, science and our modern understanding of the human body and life itself. (Ending Soon Thu, 26th Jul)
Royal College Of Physicians
One exhibition featuring Monet’s paintings and nothing else? That’s a rare thing. (Ending Soon Sun, 29th Jul)
The National Gallery
£25.50
Dinosaurs In The Wild
Animatronic dinosaurs come to North Greenwich (Ending Soon Tue, 31st Jul)
The O2
Discover how graphic design has played a pivotal role in dictating and reacting to the major political moments of our times. (Ending Soon Sun, 12th Aug)
The Design Museum
Free
Somewhere in Between
This exhibition considers how artists can give shape to the human experience, provoking ideas about our senses, our sexual health, our bodies’ limitations and reflections on our food chain. (Ending Soon Sun, 26th Aug)
Wellcome Collection
This exhibition tells the story of Captain James Cook’s three world-changing voyages through original documents, many of which were produced by the artists, scientists and sailors on board the ships. (Ending Soon Tue, 28th Aug)
The British Library
This exhibition concentrates on the last (and often bitter) years of the long campaign of the struggle for women's right to vote from 1908 - 1914. (Ending Soon Fri, 31st Aug)
LSE Library
This exhibition explores Pell’s art, life, identity and search for sanctuary. (Ending Soon Fri, 31st Aug)
Bethlem Museum of the Mind
Discover the history of Bridge House Estates, the organisation that oversaw the entire construction of Tower Bridge over a century ago and continues to maintain it to this day. (Ending Soon Sat, 1st Sep)
Tower Bridge Exhibition
The 20th century’s most iconic and influential Nordic designs for children, from BRIO to LEGO, Marimekko and the Moomins have been brought together for the first time in this new exhibition. (Ending Soon Sun, 2nd Sep)
V&A Museum of Childhood
£5.85
Sensational Butterflies
See hundreds of live butterflies and moths up-close in a tropical butterfly house. (Ending Soon Sun, 16th Sep)
Natural History Museum
£10.35
The Great British Seaside
The Great British Seaside celebrates six decades of our love affair with the beach. (Ending Soon Sun, 30th Sep)
National Maritime Museum
An award-winning exhibition exploring the endless ways in which colour shapes our world. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Oct)
Horniman Museum
A display of more than 200 original illustrations of the nature of the British Isles. (Ending Soon Fri, 2nd Nov)
Natural History Museum
£8.80
100 Years of Air Defence
Explore the origins of the Dowding System and its legacy in later years. (Ending Soon Sat, 10th Nov)
Bentley Priory Museum
Free
Votes for Women
A display featuring iconic objects from the museum’s vast Suffragette collection, including Emmeline Pankhurst’s hunger strike medal. (Ending Soon Sun, 6th Jan)
The Museum of London
An exhibition that reveals sunken, forgotten letters recently recovered from a shipwreck. (Ending Soon Sun, 13th Jan)
The Postal Museum
Free
Dream On
An exhibition which explores dreams, the unconscious and an imaginary world between sleep and wakefulness. (Ending Soon Sun, 20th Jan)
V&A Museum of Childhood
