TO 10 JANUARY 2016
VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, LONDON
THE FABRIC OF INDIA Major exhibition exploring the world of handmade textiles from India and featuring over 200 objects from the 3rd to the 21st century, including a stunning range of historic costumes and cutting-edge fashion from some of India’s most celebrated designers. Go to: vam. ac. uk
TO 16 JANUARY 2016 ISLINGTON MUSEUM LONDON
TRADE – OFTEN COPIED, NEVER EQUALLED Celebrating 25 years of the original all-night bender, the iconic gay club founded by Laurence Malice. Go to: tinyurl. com/ pwf4qrd
TO 31 JANUARY 2016 BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON
CELTS - ART AND IDENTITY Find out what it means to be Celtic in the first major exhibition covering over 2,500 years of Celtic art and identity, and showing how the Celts have influenced everything from music and literature to sport and spirituality. Items on display include battle armour from the depths of the River Thames, mediaeval manuscripts, a Liberty tea set and even a modern football shirt. Booking advisable. Go to: britishmuseum. org
TO 13 MARCH 2016 SCIENCE MUSEUM, LONDON
COSMONAUTS: BIRTH OF THE SPACE AGE Major exhibition celebrating the history of Russian space travel, from 1957 when it launched Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite, and four years later sent the first man - Yuri Gagarin - into space. Among the items on display will be Vostok 6, the capsule flown by Valentina Tereshkova, the first ever woman in space, Voskhod 1, the first crewed spacecraft, alongside gadgets, and memorabilia from the first years of the Space Age. Go to: sciencemuseum. org. uk