Previous appeals
Thank you to everyone who has generously supported our previous fundraising appeals.
Charles Dickens by William Frith, 1859. Museum no. F.7. Bequeathed by John Forster
2010/11 - Charles Dickens Appeal
The V&A counts amongst its treasures the original manuscripts of eleven novels by Charles Dickens. In October 2010 a major fundraising appeal was launched to raise funds to conserve three of these novels - A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield and The Mystery of Edwin Drood - ahead of the major Dickens 2012 celebrations. An exceptional response from V&A Members and the public saw the Museum raise the £25,000 needed to enable the essential conservation work to start on these remarkable manuscripts.
The Becket Casket (detail), Limoges, France, about 1180. Museum no. M.66-1977
2009/10 – Medieval & Renaissance Galleries appeal
We had an overwhelming response to our Medieval & Renaissance Galleries appeal from both members of the V&A and the general public. The appeal raised over £46,000 (including reclaimed Gift Aid) which has helped close our fundraising campaign for the galleries. The Galleries opened to excellent reviews with the Financial Times calling them “an aesthetic and intellectual triumph”.
Philip-Lorca diCorcia, 'Ike Cole, 38 years old, Los Angeles, CA, $25', 1990-92, © Philip Lorca diCorcia
2008 – Contemporary photography
In 2008 we ran an appeal to raise money for our Photographs Collection Acquisition Fund to help us continue our policy of actively collecting contemporary photographs. Funds from the appeal directly helped us to acquire an iconic photograph by Philip-Lorca diCorcia entitled 'Ike Cole, 38 years old, Los Angeles, CA, $25' which featured in the BBC documentary series ‘The Genius of Photography’. We previously had no works by diCorcia in our permanent collections and this piece was displayed in the Photography Gallery in 2009/10.
British Design 1948–2012: Innovation in the Modern Age
31 March–12 August 2012
Showcasing over 300 British design objects, this exhibition celebrates the best of British post-war art and design from the 1948 ‘Austerity Games' to the summer of 2012.
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Nick Knight
A collection of Knight's most beautiful and important images as well as previously unpublished photographs.
Buy nowEvent - 1900 Cities: The City at the Turn of the Century, from Paris to New York
Tue 25 September 2012 14:00
SHORT COURSE: The years around 1900 represent one of the most vibrant and exciting periods in the history of art and design, when tradition and modernity collide and when the decadence of the fin de siecle encounters the optimism of a new millennium.
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