EVENTS
Friday Evenings
The V&A is open late every Friday night. Come and visit our major exhibitions and galleries, enjoy a drink with friends or take part in a range of talks and events which are detailed below. The last Friday of the month is Friday Late, our themed contemporary event night.
Special EventsTalks
Our Friday night Lecture Theatre programme features big names from the world of design, art and culture. Talks start at 19.00 and last approximately 60 minutes.
Music in the Norfolk House Music Room (click image for larger version)
Music
Free concerts by musicians from the Royal College of Music are performed on Friday evenings in the Norfolk House Music Room, from 18.30-19.30. The musicians range from flute and harp duos and guitar duos, to string and wind quartets, and vocal quintets. Concerts run during the Royal College of Music term time.
The Norfolk House Music Room is a part of the V&A collections. The original panelling and ceiling came from the music room of Norfolk House, which was the London Town House of the Dukes of Norfolk (demolished in 1938). It provides an atmospheric and intimate setting for listening to music. Cool and contemporary sounds also add to the ambience in the new cafe on Friday evenings.
The music programme runs every Friday 18.30-19.30 with 10mins interval except on the last Friday of the month.
15 January
Mediterranea Trio: Elenlucia Pappalardo, Markella Vandoros, Alessandro Sanugineti, piano, violin & cello Beethoven & Debussy
22 January
Ewazen trio: Helen Sanger, Ed Bailey, Adam Taylor, trumpet, violin & piano Eric Ewazen
5 February
Markella Vandoros, Hara Kostogianni, violin & piano Beethoven, Brahms & Theodorakis
12 February
Mariko North, Thomas Maternik, piano & cello Beethoven & Bach
5 March
Elwin Hendrijanto, piano Haydn & Schumann
12 March
Mari Poll, Jennifer Hughes, violin & piano Mozart, Schoenberg, & Chausson
19 March
David Malusa, piano Chopin
Special Events
An occasional programme of special events runs on Friday evenings in the Lecture Theatre and other spaces.
Samson Slaying The Philistine, sculpture,marble,by Giovanni Bologna (Giambologna) (1529 - 1608),Italian (Florence); 1500-50. Museum no. A.7-1954 (click image for larger version)
The Listening Gallery
Concert by the Royal College of Music
19 February 2010
Norfolk House Music Room
18.30
A programme of music researched and recorded for the Medieval and Renaissance Galleries, performed by musicians from the Royal College of Music
Free
Shopping
Late nights at the V&A provide our customers with a totally unique shopping experience in a calm and relaxing atmosphere. Late night shopping at the V&A is also a social occasion, once you have shopped to your heart's content, why not enjoy a glass of wine with friends or sit back and listen to the live music delighted with your purchases?
Eating
The Café is open until 21.30, with suppers served from 18.30.