Welcome to the IanVisits alternative guide to London.
Lectures, talks, heritage events, organised walks and other random geeky miscellany.
This is quite an old listings page, did you want: Sunday, 28th April 2024?
Displayed in date order by how soon they close.
Through mural and graphic work -- a visual exploration of fostering and adoption in popular culture. (Ending Soon Thu, 30th Apr)
An exhibition about the history of the post office pillar box. (Ending Soon Sat, 2nd May)
An exhibition about Freemasons during WW1, those fighting on the Western Front and elsewhere and on freemasons held as prisoners of war. (Ending Soon Fri, 15th May)
Freemasons' Hall
The first display in a series exploring the architecture and design of the Barbican. (Ending Soon Sun, 17th May)
This exhibition looks at many of the people involved in the women’s suffrage movement. (Ending Soon Thu, 21st May)
A rare display of Goya's private drawings never intended for public display. (Ending Soon Mon, 25th May)
Art thing as a kayak navigates a 90-metre long gallery as if moving through a canal. (Ending Soon Sun, 31st May)
This is the first exhibition in Britain devoted to salted paper prints, one of the earliest forms of photography. (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Jun)
An exhibition that focuses on the development of anaesthesia during the First World War. (Ending Soon Tue, 30th Jun)
The Anaesthesia Heritage Centre
Experience the brilliance and diversity of ancient Greek art in this major exhibition focusing on the human body. (Ending Soon Sun, 5th Jul)
This exhibition tells the story of this 'other' London, exploring the places the poor inhabited. (Ending Soon Sun, 12th Jul)
Geffrye Museum
An exhibition about the history of cooperation between the two military forces. (Ending Soon Tue, 14th Jul)
War Games throws light on the boxed pastimes that Britons played while their loved ones were fighting at the front. (Ending Soon Fri, 17th Jul)
Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising
Discover the hidden healing depths of the Royal College of Physicians' remarkable medicinal garden. (Ending Soon Fri, 31st Jul)
The first and largest retrospective of McQueen's work to be presented in Europe. (Ending Soon Sun, 2nd Aug)
The exhibition features more than 100 images exhibited on sleek back-lit photographic panels, creating a uniquely cinematic effect. (Ending Soon Sun, 30th Aug)
An exhibition about Sir Alan Cobham, a pioneering long distance aviator and technical innovator who became famous for his exploits. (Ending Soon Fri, 11th Sep)
An exhibition about the influence of early scientific photography on modern and contemporary art. (Ending Soon Sun, 13th Sep)
A candid exploration of the most publicly discussed of private acts. (Ending Soon Sun, 20th Sep)
This display highlights how this office project became the test-bed of ideas for the group’s design. (Ending Soon Sun, 4th Oct)
Painting Paradise: The Art of the Garden will explore the changing character of the garden in art from the 16th to the early 20th century. (Ending Soon Sun, 11th Oct)
An exhibition of the music culture that dominated during WW1 (Ending Soon Sat, 31st Oct)
Royal Academy of Music Museum
This display brings twelve of Tate’s Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite works face to face with a rare collection of their three-dimensional doubles. (Ending Soon Sun, 1st Nov)
A temporary exhibition which looks at how the Battle of Waterloo was fought and won. (Ending Soon Sat, 28th Nov)
The Guards Museum
Exhibition about how Churchill’s fascination with science led to the scientific achievements that helped Britain win the Second World War. (Ending Soon Tue, 1st Mar)
An exhibition of early aerial photography by a firm based on Nth London. (Ending Soon Sun, 4th Sep)
