Room 10: Devotion & Display 300–1500

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Looking at how religion affected Europeans' daily lives, this gallery shows religious artworks commissioned by town councils, corporations and wealthy individuals as 'good works'. The displays explore the world of public worship as well as the more private world of personal religious devotion. Onyx window screens act as filters for light and as a background on which to display the objects dramatically.

Room 10 is on Level 1 of the V&A South Kensington.

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The Front Room

The Front Room is a unique study by writer/curator Michael McMillan

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Event - Norfolk House Music Room Concert

Fri 01 October 2010–Fri 13 July 2012

LIVE MUSIC: Free concerts by musicians from the Royal College of Music are performed on selected Friday evenings in the beautiful setting of the Norfolk House Music Room, from 18.30 – 19.30.

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