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EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS IN 2018 at London’ s Museums
LONDON – ISN’ T IT A GEM? AREN’ T WE LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO POP INTO THE CITY WHENEVER THE MOOD STRIKES? AND, ONCE WE’ RE THERE, ISN’ T IT GREAT THAT WE CAN VISIT SO MANY MUSEUMS( MOSTLY FOR FREE, MIND YOU!) TO ENJOY SOME OF THE WORLD’ S MOST INNOVATIVE, FASCINATING, AND MIND-BLOWING EXHIBITIONS? 2018 HAS A BUMPER LOAD OF THE MOST REMARKABLE EXHIBITIONS FOR EVERYONE TO APPRECIATE – HERE IS A ROUNDUP OF SOME OF THE VERY BEST.
Illuminating India // THE SCIENCE MUSEUM // until 31st Mar
Illuminating India is a season of exhibitions and events that celebrates India’ s contribution to science, technology and mathematics. At its heart are two free major exhibitions: 5000 Years of Science and Innovation and Photography 1857 – 2017. Respectively they present a kaleidoscopic history of scientific breakthroughs in India and a unique photographic survey
Illuminating India © Vasantha Yogananthan of the country ' s technological and cultural development. The varied event season spotlights the diverse scientific and cultural fabric of India and includes film screenings, music and dance performances, conversations with experts and much more. Illuminating India commemorates 70 years of Independence and is part of the British Council’ s UK / India Year of Culture.
www. sciencemuseum. org. uk
Winnie the Pooh: Exploring A Classic // V & A // until 8th Apr
Winnie The Pooh: Exploring A Classic © The Shepard Trust
This exhibition will reveal the story behind the creative partnership of A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard and the factors contributing to the phenomenal success and enduring popularity of Winnie the Pooh. Designed for both children and adults, visitors will be led on a multi-sensory journey to rediscover these classic books such as discovering language as a child, and inspiring creativity with drawing. Highlights include the real-life personalities and relationships that created Pooh, including Christopher Robin’ s makebelieve with his toys and the collaboration between the genius of Milne as author and Shepard as talented illustrator.
www. vam. ac. uk / winniethepooh
Living With Gods: Peoples, Places and Worlds Beyond
Living With Gods: Peoples, Places and Worlds Beyond // THE BRITISH MUSEUM // until 8th Apr
This exhibition will include everyday objects relating to world faiths, traditional indigenous, archaeological and modern civil practices. It will include intriguing pieces from the end of the last Ice Age that depict beings that do not exist in nature, to familiar objects of everyday practices of all periods – including a remarkable 18thcentury replica of a Hindu ceremonial chariot of the kind pulled from a temple to reveal deities during festivals, posters relating to Soviet scientific atheism, and a Chinese badge celebrating‘ Mao’ s mangoes’ in an extraordinary example of 20thcentury veneration.
www. britishmuseum. org
The EY Exhibition: Picasso 1932 – Love, Fame, Tragedy // TATE MODERN // 8th Mar – 9th Sep
The EY Exhibition: Picasso 1932 – Love, Fame, Tragedy is one of the most significant shows the gallery has ever staged. Taking visitors on a month-by-month journey through 1932, a time so pivotal in Picasso’ s life and work that it has been called his‘ year of wonders’. More than 100 outstanding paintings,
The EY Exhibition: Picasso 1932 – Love, Fame, Tragedy sculptures and works on paper
demonstrate his prolific and restlessly inventive character. They strip away common myths to reveal the man and the artist in his full complexity and richness.
www. tate. org. uk
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