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 striking presentation of three works by the internationally-renowned artist, Emily Allchurch. (Ending Soon Sun, 26th Aug)

Sir John Soane's Museum
WC2A 3BP
2018-08-26
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
NW1 2BE
2018-08-26
The exhibition focuses on the early, 'radical moment' of Postmodernism, which it reveals to be one of the most inventive periods in British architectural history (Ending Soon Sun, 26th Aug)

Sir John Soane's Museum
WC2A 3BP
2018-08-26
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
NW1 2DB
2018-08-26
£19.99  
Using a plastination process that keeps the specimens perfectly preserved, the exhibition reveals not only what lies beneath the waves, but also beneath fur, skin and scales. (Ending Soon Thu, 30th Aug)

The Royal Horticultural Halls
SW1P 2QD
2018-08-26
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
WC2A 2HD
2018-08-26
This exhibition features photos drawn from a collection of around 9000 B&W photos taken in the 1960s. (Ending Soon Sat, 1st Sep)

Southwark Cathedral
SE1 9DA
2018-08-26
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
SE1 2UP
2018-08-26
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
E2 9PA
2018-08-26
This mini exhibition aims to narrate the stories of the children who populated Hamstead. (Ending Soon Sun, 2nd Sep)

Burgh House and Hampstead Museum
NW3 1LT
2018-08-26
British artist Jodie Carey creates three new site-responsive installations. (Ending Soon Sun, 2nd Sep)

Foundling Museum
WC1N 1AZ
2018-08-26
Fifty years since the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia quashed the Prague Spring we look at how cartoonists in the Czech and British press interpreted the politics of the time through humour. (Ending Soon Sun, 2nd Sep)

Vitrínka - Czech Centre Gallery
W84QY
2018-08-26
£16.50  
A major retrospective of work by the celebrated British artist and designer, Edward Bawden RA CBE (1903-89). (Ending Soon Sun, 9th Sep)

Dulwich Picture Gallery
SE21 7AD
2018-08-26
This display explores the changing image of the West India Regiments from their creation at the end of the 18th century up to the First World War.  (Ending Soon Sun, 9th Sep)

Museum of London Docklands
E14 4AL
2018-08-26
This is the first ever solo Pablo Picasso exhibition at Tate Modern. (Ending Soon Sun, 9th Sep)

Tate Modern
SE1 9TG
2018-08-26
See hundreds of live butterflies and moths up-close in a tropical butterfly house. (Ending Soon Sun, 16th Sep)

Natural History Museum
SW7 5BD
2018-08-26
Free  
From folk remedies and tooth fairies to barber-surgeons and professional dentists, Teeth tells the tale of our pursuit of a pain-free mouth and the perfect smile. (Ending Soon Sun, 16th Sep)

Wellcome Collection
NW1 2BE
2018-08-26
Exploring the impact of World War One on British, German and French art (Ending Soon Sun, 23rd Sep)

Tate Britain
SW1P 4RG
2018-08-26
An exhibition of feather fans from around the world. (Ending Soon Sun, 23rd Sep)

The Fan Museum
SE10 8ER
2018-08-26
Over 100 dazzling artworks and objects tells the story of a cosmopolitan empire that almost ended British rule in India (Ending Soon Sun, 23rd Sep)

Brunei Gallery
WC1H 0XG
2018-08-26
René Goscinny’s story is brought to life through rare original scripts, storyboards, photographs, films, sketches, dressing up stations, games, and more than a little wild boar. (Ending Soon Sun, 30th Sep)

Jewish Museum London
NW1 7NB
2018-08-26
This display explains the project, and showcases highlights of its work across the country so far. (Ending Soon Sun, 30th Sep)

The British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2018-08-26
The summer opening of Buckingham Palace, with an art display curated by the Prince of Wales. (Ending Soon Sun, 30th Sep)

Buckingham Palace
SW1A 1AA
2018-08-26
A celebratory show that will explore the past, present and future of ice cream. (Ending Soon Sun, 30th Sep)

British Museum of Food
N1C 4BX
2018-08-26
The Great British Seaside celebrates six decades of our love affair with the beach.  (Ending Soon Sun, 30th Sep)

National Maritime Museum
SE10 9NF
2018-08-26
This exhibition delves into the history behind the School’s creation, its iconic uniform, historic practices, and charitable benefactors. (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Oct)

Museum of London
EC2Y 5HN
2018-08-26
See Ed Ruscha's modern take on the cyclical nature of civilisation, evocative of Thomas Cole's series of the same name (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Oct)

The National Gallery
WC2N 5DN
2018-08-26
An open air exhibition featuring works by 25 contemporary and modern artists presented by world-leading galleries.  (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Oct)

The Regents Park
NW1 4NR
2018-08-26
Discover one of America’s leading painters of the mid-19th century. (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Oct)

The National Gallery
WC2N 5DN
2018-08-26
An exhibition exploring the first 30 years of the Building Centre through its archive collection.From material libraries and the Blitz, to seminal exhibitions of women architects, Spanish modernism and le Corbusier. (Ending Soon Fri, 12th Oct)

The Building Centre
WC1E 7BT
2018-08-26
For the first time, Tate Modern tells the intertwined stories of photography and abstract art (Ending Soon Sun, 14th Oct)

Tate Modern
SE1 9TG
2018-08-26
An exhibition of radical self-portraiture from the 1960s to the present day. (Ending Soon Sun, 14th Oct)

Hayward Gallery
SE1 8XX
2018-08-26
The works of art on display span a geographical expanse from Kashmir to Kerala and a period of more than 400 years. (Ending Soon Sun, 14th Oct)

The Queen's Gallery
SW1A 1AA
2018-08-26
This exhibition explores the influence of Michael Jackson on some of the leading names in contemporary art, (Ending Soon Sun, 21st Oct)

National Portrait Gallery
WC2H 0HE
2018-08-26
Revisit 1948 and explore how the Windrush story is much more than the dawn of British multiculturalism it has come to represent.  (Ending Soon Sun, 21st Oct)

The British Library
NW1 2DB
2018-08-26
An award-winning exhibition exploring the endless ways in which colour shapes our world. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Oct)

Horniman Museum
SE23 3PQ
2018-08-26
Free  
A major exhibition about the burial and funeral rites of Roman London. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Oct)

Museum of London Docklands
E14 4AL
2018-08-26
Extreme training. Secret missions. Total dedication. Explore the hidden world of the Special Forces. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Oct)

National Army Museum
SW3 4HT
2018-08-26
Uncover the mathematics behind De Morgan’s exquisite work. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Oct)

Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater
EC2V 5AE
2018-08-26
Explore the remarkable story of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) from the opposition and immense challenges faced by early pioneers to the latest research today. (Ending Soon Wed, 31st Oct)

Science Museum
SW7 2DD
2018-08-26
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
2018-08-26
This exhibition investigates and reveals Dickens’s deep and influential interest in medicine, chemistry, geology, the energy of the Earth and the ability of science to drive change. (Ending Soon Sun, 11th Nov)

Charles Dickens Museum
WC1N 2LX
2018-08-26
£12.50  
Discover the city at night through the eyes of photographers from the late 19th century to the present day. (Ending Soon Sun, 11th Nov)

Museum of London
EC2Y 5HN
2018-08-26
This exhibition features two very talented Edwardian female illustrators whose work has been largely forgotten.  (Ending Soon Sun, 18th Nov)

Heath Robinson Museum
HA5 1AE
2018-08-26
Leave daylight behind and put your senses to the test in this illuminating exhibition. (Ending Soon Sun, 6th Jan)

Natural History Museum
SW7 5BD
2018-08-26
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
EC2Y 5HN
2018-08-26
An exhibition that reveals sunken, forgotten letters recently recovered from a shipwreck.  (Ending Soon Sun, 13th Jan)

The Postal Museum
WC1X 0DA
2018-08-26
Free  
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
E2 9PA
2018-08-26