Welcome to the IanVisits alternative guide to London.
Lectures, talks, heritage events, organised walks and other random geeky miscellany.
Displayed in date order by how soon they close.
This is the first exhibition to celebrate the animals that found their way into the books and homes of Charles Dickens. (Ends on Sun, 12th Jan 2025)
Charles Dickens Museum
The exhibition is a joyful exploration of the body, drawing on the artist’s experience of becoming disabled as a child. (Ends on Sun, 12th Jan 2025)
Wellcome Collection
This exhibition will realise Monet’s unfulfilled ambition of showing this extraordinary group of paintings in London, and just 300 metres from the Savoy Hotel where most were painted. (Ends on Sun, 19th Jan 2025)
Courtauld Institute of Art
£18
Zanele Muholi
Over 300 photographs will be brought together to present the breadth of Muholi’s career to date, from their very first body of work to their latest and on-going series. (Ends on Sun, 26th Jan 2025)
Tate Modern
Discover the extraordinary story of popular music in London’s East End. (Ends on Fri, 21st Feb 2025)
Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives
Journey into the Barbie universe and discover over 250 remarkable objects, with rare, unique and innovative dolls dating from 1959 to the present day. (Ends on Sun, 23rd Feb 2025)
The Design Museum
£17
Silk Roads
This exhibition challenges and expands the modern popular concept of the ‘Silk Road’ as a simple history of trade between ‘East’ and ‘West’. (Ends on Sun, 23rd Feb 2025)
British Museum
Bringing together around 160 of these works by more than 80 artists, this exhibition explores how drawing became central to every stage of the creative process. (Ends on Sun, 9th Mar 2025)
The King's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
The National Gallery celebrates the first public display in a decade, following conservation, of a masterpiece of Italian Mannerism, Parmigianino’s Madonna and Child with Saints (Ends on Sun, 9th Mar 2025)
National Gallery
£18
NAOMI In Fashion
The first exhibition of its kind exploring the career of fashion model Naomi Campbell. (Ends on Sun, 6th Apr 2025)
Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum
Free
The Future of Money
Money and the way we use it has changed. This free exhibition responds directly to questions asked by the public about the future of money. (Ends on Fri, 29th Aug 2025)
Bank of England Museum