National Art Library heritage project

Access to the Library's collections was transformed with the completion of the National Art Library Heritage Project at the end of 2003. With the help of a grant of £958,400 from the UK's Heritage Lottery Fund,  the NAL was able to transfer details of all its historic material to the Library Catalogue. The project received matching funding from the V&A itself, plus various other organisations and individuals in the UK and abroad. 

Along with all our general collection material, records for the Library's historic collections of sales and exhibition catalogues as well as the NAL's numerous Special Collections can now be searched online.

 

 

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International Arts and Crafts

International Arts and Crafts

Originally published to accompany a major exhibition at the V&A, International Arts and Crafts presents exciting new research on one of the most popular, far-reaching and influential design movements of modern times. Hardback.

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Event - The 'South Kensington system' - art education & the V&A in the 19th Century

Wed 23 May 2012 13:00

LUNCHTIME LECTURE: Join curator Susan Owens to discover the ‘South Kensington system’ of instruction, when the V&A was in charge of national art education.

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