Free gallery tours and exhibition talks for secondary schools
Free Gallery Tours
New time slots added!
We are pleased to offer our exciting interactive gallery tours for free. These focussed tours immerse students in a topic in the galleries. They encourage discussion of original objects, explain historical contexts and investigate different approaches to art and design. A great way to develop sketchbook research and gain inspiration for Art & Design, D&T and Performing Arts projects.
Fashion Forward
Visit our refurbished Fashion gallery and discover inspiring outfits from Biba to Westwood, Dior to McQueen.
Autumn term: 5 November 2012
Spring term: 21 January & 15 March 2013
Style by Design
Discover different making techniques and materials from traditional joinery to modern techniques such as laser cutting and 3D printing.
Available Spring & Summer terms only
Spring Term: 14 January & 8 March 2013
Summer Term: 20 May & 3 June 2013
Honey-Pop chair, Tokujin Yoshioka, 2005. Museum no. W.5-2005
Sketchbook Sculptures
Fill a sketchbook with a range of fast-paced and inventive drawings designed to encourage ‘looking’ whilst exploring our sculpture collection, including works by Bernini and Rodin.
Autumn Term: 9 November 2012
Spring Term: 28 January & 1 March 2013
Summer Term: 7 June & 1 July 2013
Photography in Focus
Explore the national collection of photography. Learn about key figures of photographic history including Julia Margaret Cameron, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Diane Arbus
and Irving Penn.
Autumn Term: 30 November 2012
Summer Term: 29 April & 13 May 2013
Talking Performance
Find out how live shows are put together, look at iconic poster and set designs such as those by John Piper, Edward Burra and Edward Gordon Craig, try on costumes and have your photo taken dressed as an Elizabethan actress or Pantomime character.
Spring Term: 1 February & 1 March 2013
Summer Term: 3 May & 7 June 2013
Bookings
Cost: Free
Timing: 11.00–12.00 & 12.15-13.15
Capacity: Maximum 20 students per session
Book now on +44 (0)20 7942 2211 or email bookings.office@vam.ac.uk
Bookings
Cost: Free
Timing: 11.00–12.00
Capacity: Maximum 275 students per session
Book now on +44 (0)20 7942 2211 or email bookings.office@vam.ac.uk
Please note, any free session cancelled within three weeks of the date of the visit will be charged a £60 cancellation fee.
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Buy nowEvent - Surrealist publications in the National Art Library
Thu 27 June 2013 13:00
GALLERY TALK: Join Sally Williams for an opportunity to view key Surrealist publications held by the National Art Library and to look at some of the printing techniques used.
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