The ianVisits guide to cheap and free things to do in London on Sunday 4th February.
Top events in London on Sun 4th Feb 2024
Kirkaldy's Testing Works preserves Kirkaldy's unique Universal Testing Machine - the huge hydraulic powered machine he designed and had built in Leeds - in full working order in the premises he built to house it.
10:30am to 12pm
Southwark
£15.00
Join Queer ecologist and entomologist Connor Butler to discover plants that change sex, ferns which have evolved to live in social colonies, and woodlice that no longer have a use for males.
2pm to 5pm
Chelsea
£10.00
Fiona Fox takes us behind the scenes of some of the most contentious stories in science over the past two decades.
3pm to 4:30pm
Holborn
Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
£15
Coalescence
The six-metre diameter artwork is made from over 2,500 pieces of coal with a combined weight of over half a tonne – the amount of coal consumed by a single 200W light bulb in a year.
Starts at 12pm
Greenwich
Closing soon Sun, 4th February
Experience the exceptional craftmanship and creativity behind The Crown with a special exhibition of the sets, costumes and props.
10am to 4pm
Hanover Square
Closing soon Mon, 5th February
This display presents an outstanding group of around twenty Venetian drawings from The Courtauld’s collection.
10am to 6pm
Strand
Closing soon Sun, 11th February
Free
Genetic Automata
This is an ongoing body of video works by artists Larry Achiampong and David Blandy, exploring race and identity in an age of avatars, videogames and DNA ancestry.
10am to 6pm
Camden
Closing soon Sun, 11th February
This exhibition will be one of the most wide-ranging surveys of contemporary fashion culture ever staged in the UK.
10am to 6pm
Kensington
Closing soon Sun, 11th February
£12
Burma to Myanmar
From influential superpower to repressive regime, Myanmar – also known as Burma – has seen dramatic fluctuations in fortune over the past 1,500 years.
10am to 5pm
Russell Square
Closing soon Sun, 11th February
Poet, artist and filmmaker Julianknxx explores themes of inheritance, loss and belonging as he crosses the boundaries between written word, music and visual art.
11am to 7pm
Barbican
Closing soon Sun, 11th February
Free
Zach Blas: CULTUS
An immersive exploration of AI Gods, spirituality, and Silicon Valley’s techno-religion.
1pm to 6pm
Poplar
Closing soon Sat, 17th February
Explore the design and history of the Royal Festival Hall foyers, and discover the people behind them, in this free Archive Studio exhibition.
All Day
Southwark
Closing soon Sat, 17th February
A journey through more than 200 of the most beautiful, idiosyncratic, and interesting places on Earth – all seemingly plucked from the whimsical world of Wes Anderson.
10am to 6pm
South Kensington
Closing soon Sat, 17th February
What's on in London
Walking tours of London on Sunday 4th February 2024
Join a group of fellow muggles for a walking tour and see the real-life locations that inspired sets such as Diagon Alley, the Leaky Cauldron, and the Ministry of Magic.
Starts at 11am
City of LondonDare to discover the legend of London’s notorious Jack the Ripper on a tour like no other.
7:30pm to 9:15pm Whitechapel
