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: Monday, 1st July 2024?
Displayed in date order by how soon they close.
Free
One Man's War
A display of letters written home by 21 year old railway apprentice during WW1. (Ending Soon Wed, 1st Jul)
Guildhall Library
Experience the brilliance and diversity of ancient Greek art in this major exhibition focusing on the human body. (Ending Soon Sun, 5th Jul)
An exhibition that will explore six city growth themes around navigating, working, playing, learning, greening and housing. (Ending Soon Sun, 5th Jul)
Free
Brick Works!
Brick Works! brings together design, sculpture and photography to explore the use of brick in contemporary art and design. (Ending Soon Fri, 10th Jul)
An exhibition by some artists about something or other. (Ending Soon Sat, 11th Jul)
Fold
An exhibition presenting over fifty vintage photographs from the studios of Auguste Rodin, Constantin Brancusi, and Henry Moore. (Ending Soon Sat, 11th Jul)
Waddington Custot Galleries
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 exhibition will explore the antiquarian interest in the 'Great Charter' through the centuries. (Ending Soon Fri, 31st Jul)
The first and largest retrospective of McQueen's work to be presented in Europe. (Ending Soon Sun, 2nd Aug)
Free
Penny Black 175
To celebrate its 175th anniversary, this exhibition tells the story of the creation of the Penny Black and its phenomenal social impact. (Ending Soon Fri, 7th Aug)
An exhibition of some 200 works reflects the Embankment Galleries’ riverfront location in one of London’s most ancient quarters. (Ending Soon Mon, 24th 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)
This exhibition looks at how fashion survived and even flourished under the strict rules of rationing in 1940s Britain. (Ending Soon Mon, 31st Aug)
Explore centuries of dramatic history, from King John, medieval battles, revolution, wars, empire and the struggle for the right to vote, (Ending Soon Tue, 1st Sep)
Discover the alluring, seductive and terrifying role of poison and how it affects our everyday lives through nature, myth, medicine and healing (Ending Soon Sun, 6th Sep)
The Old Truman Brewery
An exhibition of 100 illustrations that capture a variety of aspects of London’s unique character and qualities. (Ending Soon Sun, 6th Sep)
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)
The exhibition focuses on post-war relief and rehabilitation work of the Jewish Relief Unit in Bergen-Belsen and elsewhere. (Ending Soon Fri, 2nd Oct)
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)
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Plantastic
Explore the wonderful world of plants on a massive scale. (Ending Soon Sun, 1st Nov)
An exhibition about the UK’s first female press photographer, and her work in the 1910s. (Ending Soon Sun, 1st Nov)
Museum of London Docklands
Free
The Alice Look
The display shows how Alice in Wonderland has been adopted and adapted across the world in all walks of life, (Ending Soon Sun, 1st Nov)
V&A Museum of Childhood
A temporary exhibition which looks at how the Battle of Waterloo was fought and won. (Ending Soon Sat, 28th Nov)
The Guards Museum
Explore almost three decades of the estate’s construction from the mid-1950s to 1982. (Ending Soon Sun, 29th Nov)
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)
