The ianVisits guide to cheap and free things to do in London on Thursday 17th May.


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Top events in London on Thu 17th May 2018

Discover the research carried out at the National Physical Laboratory Be amazed by the science and technology and how it benefits the UK
2018-05-17
2pm to 8pm
 
Teddington
Teddington
In this illustrated talk, Pete Smith will be raising a glass to London luxury – from Hatton Garden to Saville Row, and from understated elegance to downright vulgarity.
2018-05-17
2pm to 3pm
 
City of London
City of London
Visit the Museum after hours and discover the symbols of Freemasonry
2018-05-17
6pm to 8:30pm
 
Aldwych
Aldwych
Delve into the history of Royal consorts both official and unofficial- from Charles II's Nell Gwynn to the late Queen Mother.
2018-05-17
6pm to 8pm
 
Whitehall
Whitehall
This talk by Dr George Legg explores the technologies that made this system so advanced, while also examining the ways such security apparatuses have been represented and critiqued in visual art.
2018-05-17
6pm to 8pm
 
City of London
City of London
In this talk, Kristin Hussey will reflect on the long history of women in medicine, drawing out some of the different rationales behind the exclusion of female practitioners over the past five centuries.
2018-05-17
7:30pm to 9pm
 
Farringdon
Farringdon

 

Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon

This exhibition brings together, for the first time, the works of four of the most celebrated figures in art photography.
10am to 6pm
Soho
Closing soon Sun, 20th May
2018-03-01
2018-05-20
This exhibition is about the Neo-Romantic period in illustration after World War II.
11am to 4pm
Pinner
Closing soon Sun, 20th May
2018-02-24
2018-05-20
The only known self-portraits by Spanish master Murillo, reunited for the first time in over three hundred years.
10am to 6pm
Trafalgar Square
Closing soon Mon, 21st May
2018-02-28
2018-05-21
An exhibition of new work by Belfast-based street artist and printmaker Leo Boyd.
11am to 6pm
Stoke Newington
Closing soon Sat, 26th May
2018-05-05
2018-05-26
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.
All Day
Barbican
Closing soon Sun, 27th May
2018-02-28
2018-05-27
The UK’s first major exhibition of artists’ responses to war and conflict since the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001.
10am to 6pm
Southwark
Closing soon Mon, 28th May
2017-10-26
2018-05-28
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.
8am to 9am
City of London
Closing soon Mon, 28th May
2018-04-30
2018-05-28
Explore still life through the lens of Tacita Dean, one of the genre's leading contemporary practitioners
10am to 6pm
Trafalgar Square
Closing soon Mon, 28th May
2018-03-15
2018-05-28
Learn about global efforts made after the Holocaust to find Zuzana Knobloch and millions of others like her.
10am to 5pm
Russell Square
Closing soon Wed, 30th May
2018-02-22
2018-05-30
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.
10am to 6pm
South Kensington
Closing soon Thu, 31st May
2018-02-11
2018-05-31

Exhibitions opening soon


What's on in London

Walking tours of London on Thursday 17th May 2018

A 90-minute walking tour as you explore the Barbican and discover the fascinating history behind the building of the Centre and the surrounding estate.
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 Barbican
2018-05-17
2018-05-17
Join Henri for a fun and fascinating walking tour around London’s trendiest neighbourhood.
 2pm to 4pm
 
 Moorgate
2018-05-17
2018-05-17