FuturePlan: new Europe 1600 – 1800 galleries
Francis Boucher, 'The Marquise of Pompadour', oil on canvas, 1758. Museum no. 487-1882.
These galleries will contain some of the most magnificent and elaborate works of art and design in the V&A collections. Spectacular examples of textiles and fashion, painting and sculpture, ceramics and glass, furniture and metalwork, prints and books will all represented in stunning new galleries, opening in 2014.
Themes will include:
- Empires, courts and cities
- Religion, war and politics
- Travel, trade and migration
- Science and the natural world
- Craft, manufacture and design
- Leisure, learning and sociability
- Fashion, performance and etiquette
While the galleries are being developed, a touring exhibition 'Princely Treasures: European Masterpieces 1600-1800 from the Victoria and Albert Museum' will showcase highlights from the collections.
Blog: Creating the new Europe 1600 – 1800 Galleries
This development is part of FuturePlan
FuturePlan is transforming the V&A by revitalising visitor facilities and redisplaying the collections. Using the best architects and designers, we are bringing the V&A into the 21st century and restoring modern design and innovation to the heart of the museum.
We are grateful to the Heritage Lottery Fund for their generous support of this project.
A gift in your will
You may not have thought of including a gift to a museum in your will, but the V&A is a charity and legacies form an important source of funding for our work. It is not just the great collectors and the wealthy who leave legacies to the V&A. Legacies of all sizes, large and small, make a real difference to what we can do and your support can help ensure that future generations enjoy the V&A as much as you have.
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Princely Treasures: European Masterpieces 1600-1800
The V&A has one of the world's greatest collections of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century European decorative art. 80 masterpieces from these mag…
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YEAR COURSE: Study the art, architecture and decorative arts of Europe from the High Renaissance to Baroque focussing on Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands and England.
Wednesdays, 19 September 2012 – 10 July 2013 (over 3 terms), 11.00–15.30
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