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 uncovers the intricacies of the NT’s architecture, exploring its complex composition and the layers of history that Denys Lasdun buried within it.  (Ending Soon Sat, 29th Sep)

The National Theatre
SE1 9PX
2018-09-25
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
2018-09-25
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
2018-09-25
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
2018-09-25
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
2018-09-25
The Great British Seaside celebrates six decades of our love affair with the beach.  (Ending Soon Sun, 30th Sep)

National Maritime Museum
SE10 9NF
2018-09-25
An exhibition about 4 formative years in the 1980s music scene. (Ending Soon Wed, 3rd Oct)

Barbican Centre
EC2Y 8DS
2018-09-25
A new commission which leads the visitor through deceptive murals, cunning architectural structures and a newly commissioned film to trace the lineage of perspective across centuries and technologies.  (Ending Soon Sat, 6th Oct)

Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
W1B 1AD
2018-09-25
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
2018-09-25
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
2018-09-25
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
2018-09-25
Discover one of America’s leading painters of the mid-19th century. (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Oct)

The National Gallery
WC2N 5DN
2018-09-25
Holloway Prison has been an important landmark in Islington for over 150 years. Thousands of women passed through its doors until it closed in 2016. This exhibition explores their stories. (Ending Soon Mon, 8th Oct)

Islington Museum
EC1V 4NB
2018-09-25
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
2018-09-25
For the first time, Tate Modern tells the intertwined stories of photography and abstract art (Ending Soon Sun, 14th Oct)

Tate Modern
SE1 9TG
2018-09-25
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
2018-09-25
An exhibition that shines a light on Kazakhstani contemporary art. (Ending Soon Tue, 16th Oct)

Wapping Hydraulic Power Station
E1W 3SG
2018-09-25
Focus Kazakhstan: Post-nomadic Mind
Digital Turn is a platform for those who dare to dream about how we can better imagine, create and build the spaces we live in. (Ending Soon Fri, 19th Oct)

The Building Centre
WC1E 7BT
2018-09-25
This exhibition explores the East London Federation of the Suffragettes (ELFS) campaign for the vote. (Ending Soon Fri, 19th Oct)

Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives
E1 4DQ
2018-09-25
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
2018-09-25
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
2018-09-25
The exhibition presents an illustration of how craftsmanship and small industry are embedded in tradition, embrace the new, and adapt in a changing society. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Oct)

Japan House
W8 5SA
2018-09-25
An award-winning exhibition exploring the endless ways in which colour shapes our world. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Oct)

Horniman Museum
SE23 3PQ
2018-09-25
Free  
A major exhibition about the burial and funeral rites of Roman London. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Oct)

Museum of London Docklands
E14 4AL
2018-09-25
Extreme training. Secret missions. Total dedication. Explore the hidden world of the Special Forces. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Oct)

National Army Museum
SW3 4HT
2018-09-25
Uncover the mathematics behind De Morgan’s exquisite work. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Oct)

Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater
EC2V 5AE
2018-09-25
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
2018-09-25
London's lost buildings – from coaching inns and horse markets to riverside mansions and gin palaces – are the focus of a this exhibition. (Ending Soon Wed, 31st Oct)

London Metropolitan Archives
EC1R 0HB
2018-09-25
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
2018-09-25
Explore an exclusive range of journals, logs and records that date back to the 1700s. (Ending Soon Sat, 3rd Nov)

The Royal Society of Medicine
W1G 0AE
2018-09-25
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
2018-09-25
£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
2018-09-25
An exhibition featuring items from LSE Library collections related to the UK’s relationship in and out of the EU. (Ending Soon Fri, 14th Dec)

LSE Library
WC2A 2HD
2018-09-25
Fans which reflect the troubadour style and a return to the chivalric principles of the past will be on display alongside fans commemorating Napoleon and the return of his ashes to France in 1840. (Ending Soon Sun, 30th Dec)

The Fan Museum
SE10 8ER
2018-09-25
The Romantic Age: European Fans 1810-1840
Discover this year’s top picks across fashion, architecture, digital, transport, product and graphic design.  (Ending Soon Sun, 6th Jan)

The Design Museum
W8 6AG
2018-09-25
Leave daylight behind and put your senses to the test in this illuminating exhibition. (Ending Soon Sun, 6th Jan)

Natural History Museum
SW7 5BD
2018-09-25
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
2018-09-25
An exhibition that reveals sunken, forgotten letters recently recovered from a shipwreck.  (Ending Soon Sun, 13th Jan)

The Postal Museum
WC1X 0DA
2018-09-25
These displays explore the controversy that has raged over female practitioners throughout the centuries. (Ending Soon Fri, 18th Jan)

Royal College Of Physicians
NW1 4LE
2018-09-25
This exhibition traces the development of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings through a selection of over forty masterpieces. (Ending Soon Sun, 20th Jan)

The National Gallery
WC2N 5DN
2018-09-25
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
2018-09-25
History, as somebody wise once said, is just one damned thing after another. But is it really? Who decides what is ‘history’? (Ending Soon Sun, 20th Jan)

The British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2018-09-25
Designed and curated in close collaboration with Piano himself, this is the first exhibition in London to put the spotlight on Piano in 30 years. (Ending Soon Sun, 20th Jan)

Royal Academy of Arts
W1J 0BD
2018-09-25
Renzo Piano - The Art of Making Buildings
This exhibition presents fifty original magazine covers from Time Out’s archive and explores the stories behind them. (Ending Soon Sun, 3rd Mar)

Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising
W11 1QT
2018-09-25
This multi-screen installation by artist John Akomfrah remembers the millions of African men and women who participated in the First World War (Ending Soon Thu, 21st Mar)

Imperial War Museum
SE1 6HZ
2018-09-25
Explore the extraordinary lives and deaths of Tsar Nicholas II and his family and go behind the scenes to uncover the science behind one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century. (Ending Soon Sun, 24th Mar)

Science Museum
SW7 2DD
2018-09-25
The Last Tsar: Blood and Revolution
An exhibition of dog photographs by Thomas Fall. (Ending Soon Fri, 29th Mar)

The Kennel Club
W1J 8AB
2018-09-25
Promoting the Pedigree through Photography: Thomas Fall
In this immersive sound installation, 32 people who fought and lived through the First World War share their personal stories of the Armistice. (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Mar)

Imperial War Museum
SE1 6HZ
2018-09-25
Through a rich collection of photographs, discover the innovation and resourcefulness that shaped the rebuilding and regeneration of the world post-war, revealing resilience and creativity in times of great change. (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Mar)

Imperial War Museum
SE1 6HZ
2018-09-25
Women were inspired to serve their country by Florence Nightingale's work. But in 1918, as WW1 approached its end, nothing could have prepared them for what was to come - the deadly Spanish Flu. (Ending Soon Sun, 16th Jun)

Florence Nightingale Museum
SE1 7EW
2018-09-25