What we’re about
LoMAZ is a friendly, diverse and inclusive group of people who enjoy visiting museums, bookended by a trip to a café and a pub. The group is for Gen X and Millennials who were born in the years 1965-1996. If you like history, exploring places and meeting people, please come along.
Our events are run by a group of volunteers who maintain a full calendar catering to a wide range of tastes and interest. Our events include:
- Our regular museum events, which have an attendee limit as we prefer smaller, friendlier groups where people can get to know each other.
- Our monthly 'Unlimited' museum events where we have no attendee limit and we explore just one room in a museum, followed by a pub social.
- Our monthly 'Lates For Dates' museum event, which - unlike our other events - is for singles only. This is typically on the last Friday of the month and has no attendee limit. It is a mixed orientation event for straight and LGBTQI+ singles born between 1965-1996.
How does LoMAZ work?
Our regular museum events:
For each event, we meet in a nearby café 30-45 minutes earlier. We then go to the museum/exhibition, where you are free to wander around at your own pace. Afterwards, we head to a nearby pub for a social chit-chat. The café and pub social are optional, so it’s fine if you just prefer to join us for the museum visit.
Each event listing will give you all the details, plus an event WhatsApp group you can join to help you find the group.
Tickets:
If a museum/exhibition has an entry fee, you’ll need to buy your own ticket. Each event will tell you whether you need to buy this in advance and provide the ticket link.
Event attendee limit:
Our regular LoMAZ events have an attendee limit per event because we prefer a smaller, friendlier group where members can get to know each other. It also helps the host manage the event and organise the pub bookings.
If an event is full, you'll be added to the waitlist. If someone drops out, waitlisted members are automatically moved into the ‘Going’ list in order of priority.
Rules & Etiquette:
To ensure everyone gets a fair chance, we ask that you observe these points of etiquette:
- If you can no longer attend an event, please change your RSVP to "No" as soon as possible. This frees up a space for someone on the waitlist.
- Only attend if you're on the ‘Going’ list. Do not turn up if you are on the waitlist.
- Only join the event WhatsApp group if you are on the ‘Going’ list, not the waitlist.
We remove members from the LoMAZ Meetup group who:
- RSVP as ‘Going' but then do not show up three times in a row.
- RSVP as ‘Going' but then change their RSVP to 'No' five times in a row.
- Turn up at an event without being on the 'going' list (i.e. members who have not signed up or are on the waitlist).
Our group is committed to creating a respectful and safe inclusive environment for all members. Any form of discrimination, harassment, or disrespectful behaviour will not be tolerated.
Respectful Communication Rule:
To maintain a safe and welcoming environment for everyone, members must not send excessive or unsolicited private messages—especially to people they haven’t met in person at an event. This includes repeated messages without a response or contacting multiple members in a short period. If we receive reports of such behaviour, it may lead to a warning or immediate removal from the group, depending on the severity. Our goal is to ensure all members feel comfortable and respected.
Best wishes,
The Admin Team
London Museums A-Z: for Generation X & Millennials (LoMAZ)
Upcoming events
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T is for…Thirst: In Search of Freshwater 🌊
The Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road NW1, London, GBThousands have lived without love, not one without water. - W.H. Auden
Join us on Sunday 11th January at Thirst: In Search Of Freshwater, a FREE exhibition at the Wellcome Collection on Euston Road.
Thirst explores humanity’s ancient, urgent and intimate relationship with freshwater.
With only 3% of the world’s water being freshwater, this exhibition dives into how our bodies, communities and ecosystems depend on this precious resource, and what happens when we mismanage it.
Travelling from ancient Mesopotamia to Victorian London, and from Nepal to Singapore, Thirst brings together 125 fascinating objects, including historical artefacts, contemporary materials, environmental data, and artworks.
Expect:
💧 Exquisite medieval water-filtering vessels carved with animals and inscribed with words of wisdom
💧 A Mesopotamian wedding blanket whose floral patterns reappear in a modern wastewater garden design
💧 Atmospheric photographs and films revealing communities’ relationships with water
💧 Striking large-scale models showing the impact of groundwater depletion in global megacities
Immerse yourself in a sweeping story of culture, climate, health and survival, and our shared future.
For a review of the exhibition, click HERE.
TICKETS
The Wellcome Collection and exhibition are both FREE to enter, no booking required. Easy!
There’s a gift shop and café in the building, and they also welcome donations of any amount.
If you can no longer attend for any reason, that’s fine - simply update your RSVP to “Not Going”, thank you.
MEET DETAILS
From 1:45PM: MEET AT WELLCOME COLLECTION cafe (optional)
Join us for coffee and chat before we head to the museum!
Address: Level 0 of the Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Rd., London NW1 2BE
2:30PM: ENTER EXHIBITION
Feel free to go around the exhibition with other people from the group or by yourself.
Address: 183 Euston Rd., London NW1 2BE
4:30PM till late: PUB SOCIAL AT MARQUIS CORNWALLIS (optional)
Feel free to join us for chat, drinks and food after the museum!
Address: 31 Marchmont St, Greater, London WC1N 1AP
GETTING THERE
- TUBE: Euston Square (Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan lines) is a 3 minute walk from the museum. Euston (Northern, Victoria & Lioness lines) is a 7 minute walk from the museum. Warren Street (Northern & Victoria lines) is a 7 minute walk from the museum.
- TRAIN: Kings Cross is a 10 minute walk from the museum. St Pancras is a 10 minute walk from the museum. Euston is a 7 minute walk from the museum.
- BUSES: 18, 30, 73, 205, 390
- CYCLING: There are bike stands near the main entrance at 183 Euston Road and on nearby Gordon Street.
- PARKING: The nearest car park is George Mews Car Park, N Gower St, London NW1 2NN. The Wellcome Collection has limited parking available for Blue Badge holders. Please contact their visitor experience team to book: +44 (0)20 7611 2222.
ACCESSIBILITY: click here for information.
EVENT WHATSAPP GROUP If you are on the 'Going' list, please join the event WhatsApp group to help you find the group on the day. The link will be shared in the Event Comments below at least 48 hours before the event. Joining this WhatsApp group will make your phone number visible to other members in the group.
IMPORTANT NOTE
* LoMAZ events are run by volunteers. We have an attendee limit to help the host manage the event. We prefer a smaller, friendlier group.
* Once all the spaces are taken, Meetup adds you to the Waitlist. If someone drops out, waitlisted attendees are automatically moved to the 'Going' list by Meetup in order of priority.
* If you can no longer attend, please change your RSVP to 'Not Going' as soon as possible. Then someone on the waitlist can take your place.
We remove members from the LoMAZ Meetup group who:
* RSVP as ‘Going' but then do not show up three times in a row.
* RSVP as ‘Going' but then change their RSVP to 'No' five times in a row.
* Are on the Waitlist or who have not RSVPd, but turn up anyway.
Thank you! From the LoMAZ Admin Team
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Photo credit: "Wellcome Collection - Euston Road, London - sign" by ell brown is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse.22 attendees
L is for Last Rites: Death and the Dead In The Ancient City - GUIDED WALK
Holborn Station, 88 Kingsway WC2B 6AF, London, GBWe are lucky enough to have the brilliant Richard Barnett as a LoMAZ Member, who has generously offered us to lead one of his epic history Walks. A medic by original training and author and speaker by trade. https://richardbarnettwriter.com/about_me/
Aimed at regular LoMAZ attendees for the moment! Please join us for…..
More than three hundred thousand people work in the Square Mile each day, but their numbers are dwarfed by the dead beneath their feet. London is a great city of the departed, its oldest districts – Holborn, Fleet Street, the ancient City itself – built on two thousand years of bodies, bones and dust. From murderers dancing the hempen jig at Newgate to plague victims dumped in mass graves at Charterhouse Square, Last Rites tells the shockingly lively story of London’s nameless dead and their part in the making of the modern city.
RAIN OR SHINE -
MEET DETAILS:
12:45: Meet Close to Holborn Tube (exact location tbc)
1.00pm: Walk commences - on time. If you’re late You’ll be able to follow the group on our location pin on whatsapp event group, but we’ll not be answering messages, so we can enjoy the walk ourselves!
3.00pm: Walk concludes close to St Paul’s Tube
Just after - head to a pub for a social very close by (Pub details to be be provided in the whatsapp group only). If we can make sure Richard doesn't need to put his hand in his pocket all evening, please, as he’s running this as a freebie for us, if you can!
TICKETS:
No tickets needed for this event, but numbers are limited on meetup. Please, please, can we ask that you don't placehold for this event !
GETTING THERE:
TUBE - Holborn, Tottenham Court Road
TRAIN - Elizabeth Line to Tottenham Court Road.
BUSES - Lots around Holborn. Please see TFL journey planner for help.
EVENT WHATSAPP GROUP:
please join the event WhatsApp group to help you find the group on the day. Link: tbc the week before in the chat for ‘attendees’ only.
If you are on the waitlist, please join the whatsapp group ONLY if/once space frees up and you are moved to the 'going' list.
Please let us know if your Whatsapp name is different from your Meetup name, otherwise we'll assume you are a spammer, and not accept your request to join the group.
Joining this WhatsApp group will make your phone number visible to other members in the group.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
*This is a standing event, where we'll move around on a guided walking, stopping at various spots for 2 Hours. It's a longey! Please be aware of this before RSVP ing ! Personally, I'll be bringing one of those museum seat things as we go around!
*Please take responsibility for yourself around street furniture as we move as we'll be in public spaces, with lumps, other people outside of our group etc.
- LoMAZ events are run by volunteers. We have an attendee limit to help the host manage the event. We prefer a smaller, friendlier group.
- If the event is Sold Out, Meetup adds you to the Waitlist. If someone drops out, waitlisted attendees are automatically moved to the 'Going' list by Meetup in order of priority.
- If you can no longer attend please change your RSVP to 'Not Going' as soon as possible. This lets someone on the waitlist take your place.
We remove members from the LoMAZ Meetup group who:
- RSVP as ‘Going' but then do not show up three times in a row.
- RSVP as ‘Going' but then change their RSVP to 'No' five times in a row.
- Have not RSVPd to the event, but turn up anyway (or a combination of the above).
Thank you! – The LoMAZ Admin Team
Image Credit: Historical Image - source not needed.26 attendees
M is for... Marie Antoinette Style @ V&A South Kensington.
V&A, South Kensington, Cromwell Road, Kensington, GBJoin us for a visit to see the extremely popular Marie Antoinette Style exhibition, at the V&A
“A complex fashion icon, Marie Antoinette's timeless appeal is defined by her style, youth and notoriety. Explore the lasting influence of the most fashionable (and ill-fated) queen in history – with over 250 years of design, fashion, film and art.”
https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/marie-antoinette
Please note: due to high demand you will need to book your ticket early, as many slots are selling out weeks, if not months in advance!
MEET DETAILS:
From 2.45pm: Optional pre-meet. MEET AT THE V&A MAIN CAFE ON LEVEL 0
Address: Cromwell Road,
London, SW7 2RL
3.30pm ENTER THE EXHIBITION (galleries 38 and 39, V&A South Kensington)
5.15pm- Late: PUB SOCIAL (Optional)
The Zetland Arms
2 Bute St, South Kensington, London SW7 3EX
TICKETS:
**Please book your ticket here for the 3.30pm slot, or as close to this time as possible. **
Full price tickets are £22, various concessions are available including £11 for entry with art fund pass, and free entry to those on universal credit.
GETTING THERE
** Underground stations:
South Kensington (5-minute walk), Gloucester Road (10-minute walk).
Step-free: Knightsbridge (14-minute walk)
Victoria Station (35-minute walk)
Bike-hire is available at Exhibition Road and Thurloe Place
Several bus routes stop at V&A South Kensington
To find parking nearby see: parkopedia
EVENT WHATSAPP GROUP:
If you are on the 'Going' list only, please join the event WhatsApp group to help you find the group on the day. The link will be shared in the Event Comments below at least 48 hours before the event.
Joining this WhatsApp group will make your phone number visible to other members in the group.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
- LoMAZ events are run by volunteers. We have an attendee limit to help the host manage the event. We prefer a smaller, friendlier group.
- Once all the spaces are taken, Meetup adds you to the Waitlist. If someone drops out, waitlisted attendees are automatically moved to the 'Going' list by Meetup in order of priority.
- If you can no longer attend, please change your RSVP to 'Not Going' as soon as possible. Then someone on the waitlist can take your place.
We remove members from the LoMAZ Meetup group who:
- RSVP as ‘Going' but then do not show up three times in a row.
- RSVP as ‘Going' but then change their RSVP to 'No' five times in a row.
- Are on the Waitlist or who have not RSVPd, but turn up anyway.
Thank you! — The LoMAZ Admin Team
📸 Follow LoMAZ on Instagram
Image credit: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun. Marie-Antoinette in Court Dress, 1778. Oil on canvas, 107 ½ × 76 inches. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki22 attendees
C is for… Cartoon Museum (Late night)
Cartoon Museum, 35 Little Russell Street WC1A 2HH, London, GBJoin us at the monthly late night opening at the Cartoon Museum
The Cartoon Museum is dedicated to preserving the best of British cartoons, caricatures, comics and animation.
The museum houses a collection of over 6000 original cartoons and comics, and a library of over 8000 comics and books, documenting the history of British comics from the 18th century to the present day.
Main exhibition - The Future Was Then
This Autumn, The Cartoon Museum looks to the future – and the past – to explore comics that went beyond the final frontier and predicted what humanity would look like in years to come.
Will the Daleks invade in the year 2150? Did the space travel of Dan Dare or the dystopia of V for Vendetta come true in the 1990s? What will our future look like?
Take a journey through time and space and answer these questions and more!
MEET DETAILS:
5.50pm Meet just outside the museum
6pm: Enter Museum
Address: 63 Wells St, London, W1A 3AE
Post Event Pub visit (optional) …. Detail tbc
TICKETS:
Book your ticket here (The museum has asked us all to buy before we attend , as we’re a large group and will hold up the counter - NOTE YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY ANY EXTRA TICKET OPTIONS, AS WE WILL NOT BE TAKING PART IN THE TALK AVAILABLE ON THE NIGHT - Please buy a normal general admission pass - these tickets are an annual pass.)
Adult | £12
Concession (over 60 y/o) | £8
Universal Credit & JSA recipients | £3
Student, Museums Association | £5
Under-18s*, ArtFund, London Pass, Members | Free
Venue Cancellation policy terms here
Subject to these terms here, tickets purchased online are non-refundable and may not be exchanged or transferred.
GETTING THERE:
Tube
Less than a mile away from Oxford Circus, Tottenham Court Road and Goodge Street stations.
Bus
Buses 55, 88, 98 453, N18, N25, N55, N98, and N207 stop less than half a mile away from the museum.
Cycle
There are bike racks and a Santander Bike dock on Wells St. where the Museum is located.
On foot
Walking distance of Oxford Circus, Tottenham Court Road and Goodge Street stations. Oxford Street station is under 500 meters away. We recommend using Exit 1.
EVENT WHATSAPP GROUP:
If you are on the 'going' list only please join the event WhatsApp group to help you find the group on the day. Link will be shared in the event comments below 48 hours before the day.
Joining this WhatsApp group will make your phone number visible to other members in the group.
GROUP ETIQUETTE AND RULES:
- LoMAZ events are run by volunteers. We have an attendee limit to help the host manage the event. We prefer a smaller, friendlier group.
- Once all the spaces are taken, Meetup adds you to the Waitlist. If someone drops out, waitlisted attendees are automatically moved to the 'Going' list by Meetup in order of priority.
- If you can no longer attend, please change your RSVP to 'Not Going' as soon as possible. Then someone on the waitlist can take your place.
We remove members from the LoMAZ Meetup group who:
- RSVP as ‘Going' but then do not show up three times in a row.
- RSVP as ‘Going' but then change their RSVP to 'No' five times in a row.
- Are on the Waitlist or who have not RSVPd, but turn up anyway.
Thank you for your interest in the group & being part of LoMAZ.
Image credit: Lucía Bravo17 attendees
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