What's on in London on Wednesday 17th April 2019

The ianVisits guide to cheap and free things to do in London on Wednesday 17th April.

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Top events in London on Wed 17th Apr 2019

Free The ups and downs of Theme Park engineering

A talk by a structural engineer on the design of theme park rides.

6pm to 7:30pm

Clerkenwell

The ups and downs of Theme Park engineering

£4.00 Gap Year Travel Safety

Whether you’re a young person setting off for the first time, or a silver traveller heading out on your next adventure; international security expert, Lloyd Figgins, provides practical and cost effective advice on how to stay safe.

7pm to 8:15pm

Soho

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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon

Free Giving Peace a Chance: from the League of Nations to Greenham Common

An exhibition that looks at how the world has tried (and often failed) to secure peace in the 20th century.

9am to 7pm

Holborn

Closing soon Wed, 17th Apr

Free Fantabuloso!

Villain’s stunning graphic and print work celebrates Polari, whilst playfully subverting Pop Art and the comic book and superhero genre, and asks us to imagine a past where homosexuality was never criminalised.

11am to 6pm

Stoke Newington

Closing soon Sat, 20th Apr

£9.50 Food Glorious Food: Dinner with Dickens

The Charles Dickens Museum explores the pivotal role of food in the author’s life and novels and give new insights into the experience of dining with Dickens.

10am to 5pm

Clerkenwell

Closing soon Sun, 21st Apr

Free A Pirate’s Life for Me

This is the V&A Museum of Childhood’s first major exhibition to focus on fictional pirates and their influence in popular culture.

10am to 5:45pm

Bethnal Green

Closing soon Mon, 22nd Apr

Free John Ruskin - The Power of Seeing

The exhibition showcases significant objects from Sheffield’s Guild of St George Ruskin Collection whilst also drawing on the collections of museums and galleries.

10am to 9pm

Strand

Closing soon Mon, 22nd Apr

Free Painting the Hamlets

A display of paintings which depict landscapes, river views and street scenes in Tower Hamlets.

9am to 5pm

Whitechapel

Closing soon Thu, 25th Apr

Free The Anatomy of Melancholy

The exhibition is an exploration of how the proposed causes and cures are represented within the art collection of Bethlem Museum of the Mind.

10am to 5pm

Beckenham

Closing soon Fri, 26th Apr

Free The Peculiar Photographic Revelations of a Victorian Eccentric

An display of photographs by a Victorian eccentric -- very "steampunk".

11am to 6:30pm

Mayfair

Closing soon Fri, 26th Apr

£12 Russia, Royalty & the Romanovs

Portraits, sculpture, photographs, archival documents and miniature masterpieces by Fabergé illustrate historic events and family meetings between the rulers of the two nations.