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Top events in London on Fri 24th Jan 2020
Members of the London Military Museums Network discuss the impact of the First World War on London through the stories of soldiers and civilians.
11:30am to :
Chelsea
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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
The Art of Innovation explores the relationship between science and art over the past 250 years, and how it has helped to interpret, study and explore the world around us.
10am to 6pm South Kensington
Closing soon Fri, 24th Jan
This display of selected clothes, accessories and memorabilia demonstrates Hartnell’s innovation and lasting effect on British design and craftsmanship.
11am to 6pm Southwark Closing soon Sat, 25th Jan
Canary Wharf will be transformed by over 25 spectacular installations, leaving the dark winter evenings aglow.
4pm to 10pm Poplar Closing soon Sat, 25th Jan
This comprehensive exhibition will explore five decades of the distinguished career of a British design legend.
11am to 6pm Southwark Closing soon Sat, 25th Jan
Spanning 70 years of Riley’s work, this exhibition offers visitors an unparalleled opportunity to experience powerful and engaging works by one of the most important artists of our time.
11am to 7pm Southwark Closes today
This exhibition features a large-scale installation and paintings that draw on the scientific concept known as string theory.
10am to 6pm Southwark Closes today
The first-ever exhibition devoted to the portraits of Paul Gauguin.
10am to 9pm Trafalgar Square Closes today
Charting the history of cultural and artistic interactions between East and West, this exhibition explores the impact the Islamic world has had on Western art for centuries.
10am to 8:30pm Russell Square Closes today
The Gallery becomes a painting studio, an imagined chapel and a room-sized experiment in this immersive exhibition that leads you through the mind of Leonardo da Vinci to explore his masterpiece, ‘The Virgin of the Rocks’.
10am to 9pm Trafalgar Square Closes today
See more than 50 paintings, prints and drawings in which this modern master of British art turns his unflinching eye firmly on himself.
10am to 10pm Picadilly Closes today
Walking tours of London on Friday 24th January 2020
Are you ready to learn about London’s grim and gruesome past? Then join us on a tour that tells the tale of crime and punishment, executions and excess.
11am to 12:45pm City of London
Travel through a thousand years of history, meeting kings, body snatchers, Charles Dickens, an eighteenth century ghost, and William Wallace (and learn how he was in no fit state to shout "Freeeedoooommmm!")
10:30am to 12:30pm Barbican
Discover more about this much-loved London hospital, whose history dates back nearly 900 years!
2pm to 3:30pm Barbican
Tower Bridge opening times
Tower Bridge is not due to open today. The next scheduled opening is on Mon 9th Mar at 06:30pm
