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: Wednesday, 18th September 2024?
Displayed in date order by how soon they close.
An exhibition of work by a pioneering British artist working in the first half of the 20th century. (Ending Soon Sun, 18th Sep)
An exhibition that explores the resurgence in automata and features works by the leading makers of these amazing moving mechanical sculptures. (Ending Soon Sun, 25th Sep)
Habitat
This might be good, or awful - sounds like a load of animated video projections onto buildings in Brixton. Or maybe not? (Ending Soon Sun, 25th Sep)
The Isokon Gallery tells the remarkable story of the Isokon apartment building, opened in 1934 as a progressive experiment in new ways of urban living (Ending Soon Sun, 25th Sep)
Isokon Gallery
A series of light projections onto buildings aims to bring old painted advertising signs back into prominence. (Ending Soon Sun, 25th Sep)
Hilton Bankside
The Blue House was artist Alpha Diagne's home in the Jungle, the refugee camp in Calais. (Ending Soon Wed, 28th Sep)
Free
Ventricle
Gaze into a giant glowing two-part heart created using cutting-edge technology and traditional craft methods. (Ending Soon Fri, 30th Sep)
Visit the palace, see the 19 state rooms and an exhibition about the Queen's wardrobe. (Ending Soon Sun, 2nd Oct)
Buckingham Palace
Scottish Artists brings together paintings, drawings and miniatures collected by monarchs from George III to Queen Victoria. (Ending Soon Sun, 9th Oct)
Explore the third Barbican Exhibition which traces the controversial design of the residential development, (Ending Soon Sun, 16th Oct)
The Poster Parade showcases a range of sporting posters, commissioned by London Underground over the past century, (Ending Soon Sat, 29th Oct)
A public photography project, art installation and exhibition. (Ending Soon Sun, 30th Oct)
Discover the origins of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, from the success of the 1904 play to its many adaptations. (Ending Soon Sun, 30th Oct)
An exhibition marking the bicentenary of the opening of the first section of the Regent's canal from Paddington to Camden Town (Ending Soon Mon, 31st Oct)
Follow a 565-million-year journey and discover how the intertwined history of colour and vision has shaped the natural world. (Ending Soon Sun, 6th Nov)
Focussing on Ove Arup’s philosophy of total design, this exhibition features unseen archival materials. (Ending Soon Sun, 6th Nov)
Free
Pearly Treasures
A small display of Pearly Queens and Kings costomes. (Ending Soon Tue, 8th Nov)
This small display celebrates the traditions associated with love, courtship and marriage in Iran and neighbouring regions. (Ending Soon Sun, 20th Nov)
Submerged under the sea, two lost cities of ancient Egypt were recently rediscovered. Their story is told for the first time. (Ending Soon Sun, 27th Nov)
British artist Tom Ellis presents a newly commissioned series of works pairing his figurative paintings with self-made furniture. (Ending Soon Sun, 27th Nov)
Free
Medals and Martyrs
Am exhibition focusing on Merchant Navy VCs from the First World War. (Ending Soon Mon, 12th Dec)
HQS Wellington
The exhibition focuses on the local area and on display is one of the original, hand-coloured ‘poverty maps’ of Holborn. (Ending Soon Sat, 17th Dec)
LSE Library
An exhibition of historic fans which depict the built environment. (Ending Soon Sat, 31st Dec)
Fan Museum
Go behind the scenes of some of the most iconic war films which have captured the imagination of cinema-going audiences for generations. (Ending Soon Sun, 8th Jan)
Am exhibition of some of the souvenirs people could buy from the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park. (Ending Soon Thu, 12th Jan)
The original diary of one of the 17th century's leading scientists is on display for the first time. (Ending Soon Thu, 12th Jan)
Follow the rise and fall of the mental asylum and explore how it has shaped the complex landscape of mental health today. (Ending Soon Sun, 15th Jan)
The artwork used for the print elements in the Harry Potter movies displayed by the original artists. (Ending Soon Sat, 4th Feb)
House of Minalima
Discover the evolution of underwear design from the 18th-century to the present day. (Ending Soon Sun, 12th Mar)
£0
Fire! Fire!
An exhibition marking the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of 1666. (Ending Soon Mon, 17th Apr)
Free
Our Lives in Data
This exhibition investigates the rapidly evolving role of big data in all our lives and how it is being used to transform the world around us. (Ending Soon Fri, 1st Sep)
An exhibition that commemorates the centenary of the Battle of the Somme. (Ending Soon Mon, 15th Jan)
