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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E is for Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence @ Imperial War Museum
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London, GBJoin us at Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus at the Imperial War Museum, London.
(Fancy the museum, but not this exhibition? Feel free to sign up and just visit the museum sections you want to see.)
Emergency Exits focuses on three wars in the 1950s: in Malaya (now Malaysia), Kenya and Cyprus. It explores the motivations of key figures, the responses of the British colonial authorities and how these conflicts affected ordinary people.
You’ll hear stories from people on different sides as they share their thoughts on the wars that shaped their lives.
The exhibition also explores the British Government’s attempts to prevent documents relating to the conflicts from being published. In 2011, following a long battle by campaigners, the Government revealed that thousands of these files were still held in a secure archive. Emergency Exits helps unpick the path towards recognition in the UK.
Please note: Sections of this exhibition contain themes including racism, sexual violence and torture.
Read more: https://www.iwm.org.uk/events/emergency-exits-the-fight-for-independence-in-malaya-kenya-and-cyprus
MEET DETAILS:
From 2:15pm: MEET IN CAFE (optional)
Meet in the Imperial War Museum's cafe.
3.00pm: ENTER THE EXHIBITION
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ
4:45pm: PUB SOCIAL (optional)
We'll have a table booked in a nearby pub - location TBC!
TICKETS:
Free to enter - no need to book a ticket.
GETTING THERE:
TUBE: Lambeth North (7 minutes' walk), Elephant & Castle (10 minutes)
TRAIN: Waterloo (14 minutes' walk)
Find more info here
WHATSAPP GROUP FOR PRE-VISIT CHAT & LIVE LOCATION ON THE DAY:
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.
PLEASE 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
Image credit: Imperial War Museum by Peter Trimming, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons30 attendees
A is for Archive - London Archives - Behind the Scenes Tour
The London Archives, The London Archives 40 Northampton Road London EC1R 0HB, London, GBThis event is now sold out at venue ( December 12th) - but I'll leave our event open incase of return tickets ( and you can then Join here).
Join us for a visit to The London Archives - to their montly ‘Behind the scenes Tour’*
Join us for their monthly tour - exclusive behind the scenes tour of our huge site, featuring over 100km of archival storage, a state of the art conservation studio, and a chance to meet our knowledgeable staff to ask any burning questions on archival practice or London’s history you may have! Following a tour of our building, ticket holders will be treated to a special display of historic documents from the medieval city, Tudor and Stuart governance and disaster, Victorian crime and health care, and the effects of two World Wars on the capital.
MEET DETAILS:
Meet 12.25pm
12.30pm - Their tour starts!
Venue - 40 Northampton Road. London EC1R 0HB
TICKETS:
Tickets are almost sold out at venue - so please only sign up here when you’ve bought one on eventbrite (and please do let me know if you’ve seen they have sold out!) buy here
£10 via their booking page on eventbrite
GETTING THERE:
Tube. Farringdon - Circle/ Hammersmith and City
Train. Kings Cross/ Farringdon (Thames link)
Bus - See Google Maps
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 the week 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
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F is for Fleming Museum (at St Mary’s hospital). AFTERNOON TOUR
Location not specified yetJoin us for a visit to The Fleming Museum - home of Penicillin !
(PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU READ THE ACCESS INFORMATION - STAIRS ONLY)
St Mary's Hospital is home to the Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum. Fleming discovered the antibiotic penicillin at St Mary's Hospital in 1928, a breakthrough that revolutionised medicine and earned him a Nobel Prize.
Visitors to the free museum can see Fleming's laboratory, restored to its 1928 condition, and explore the story of Fleming and the discovery and development of penicillin through displays and video.
MEET DETAILS:
2:00pm - Meet at Museum.
2.15pm - Enter Together for our guided Tour by the curator.
Address: St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London W2 1NY (Can be found on google maps ( - corner of Norfolk Mews/ Praed Street)
Unsure of tour length atm - 4 rooms and a Video
Later: PUB SOCIAL (Optional/ tbc)
Venue tbc within whatsapp group for attendees only. (Heads up- when I get confirmation from the curator re tour length - we might not be able to host a 'formal' LoMAZ pub gathering - just for practical host personal reasons! will confirm asap)
TICKETS:
No tickets needed at the venue - this is a free tour organised only for LoMAZ members. I’d really like to get at least 10 of us there, as the curator is opening especially for us,
GETTING THERE:
Tube. Paddington (District, circle, Hammersmith and City, Bakerloo, Elizabeth Line , Edgware Road (District, circle, Hammersmith and City), Lancaster Gate
Train. GWR/ Heathrow Express to Paddington
Bus - Lots ! See Google Maps
ACCESS INFORMATION
4 flights of stairs - with NO LIFT. The curator has stressed this every time I’ve been in touch!
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 the week 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
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T is for…Thirst: In Search of Freshwater 🌊
The Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road NW1, London, GB“Thousands 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.
To find out more about the exhibition, click HERE.
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 (optional)
Feel free to join us for chat, drinks and food after the museum!
Address: TBC
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 parks are: George Mews Car Park, N Gower St, London NW1 2NN. And Bucklebury Car Park, Laxton Pl, London NW1 3PT. 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
📸 Follow LoMAZ on Instagram
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.15 attendees
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