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Lost Music Venues
Featuring around 50 ‘lost’ performance spaces from the 1980s to 2010s, this display celebrates music venues as centres of creativity, shining a light on both their cultural contribution and the challenges they face as a sector.
Display highlights
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Collage of press cuttings, tickets and photographs relating to the Rainbow Theatre, London, 1970s – 80s -
Poster advertising the music venue Dingwalls and its nationwide branches, designed by Publicity & Display Ltd., 20th century, Godalming, England -
Adidas Superstar trainers, worn by DJ Slamma, 1994, Britain -
Poster, advertising the Campaign for Homes in Central London, designed and printed by Brian Barnes, 1984, London, England -
Design for Legends Nightclub, 29 – 30 Old Burlington Street, London, designed by Eva Jiřičná, 1987 -
Merchandise T-shirt for The Damned, unknown maker, 1990s, England -
‘New Age-Ambient-Techno’ outfit, assembled and worn by Angela Salt in 1994, England -
Handwritten lyrics, ‘Half The World Away’, by Noel Gallagher, Oasis, 1994, Manchester, England -
Letraset dry transfer, used as flyers for the club Plastic People, designed by Ali Augur, 1998, London, England -
The Finsbury, London, during the Covid-19 pandemic, 2020, photograph by Alex Amorós -
Florence Welch performing at an open mic night, 27 September 2005, photographed by Gregory Nolan -
White Heat indie night at Madame Jojo’s, 13 April 2005, photographed by Gregory Nolan
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Header image:
(Detail:) White Heat indie night at Madame Jojo’s, 13 April 2005, photographed by Gregory Nolan. Museum no. S.1378-2025. © Gregory Nolan