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Victoria and Albert Museum
The world’s greatest museum of art and design
Opening times
10.00 to 17.45 daily
10.00 to 22.00 Fridays
Membership Events
East End walking Tour and Jewish Cemetery, Brady Street
Date:
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 11:00 - 13:15
Location:
Walking Tour
Cost:
£18
Booking information:
SOLD OUT. To be added to the waiting list please call 020 7942 2277. Members only.
From the bagels, furniture and markets of Brick Lane to the infamous occurrences of Vallance Road, Blue Badge guide Rachel Kolsky will help members to discover some of the lesser visited areas of London’s East End. With some famous names along the way, including Mary Hughes and Maria Dickin, the tour will finish at the closed Brady Street Cemetery, where NM Rothschild is buried. This is sure to be a fascinating morning.
Curator Talk: Heatherwick Studio
Date:
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 15:00 - 16:30
Location:
V&A Daytime Lecture
Cost:
£12 (including tea and coffee)
Booking information:
To book call Membership Events on 020 7942 2277. Members only.
On the Members’ preview day of the V&A’s Heatherwick Studio:Designing the Extraordinary exhibition, curator Abraham Thomas will be continuing the celebration of British design. Spanning more than two decades of work, he will explore Heatherwick’s architecture, sculpture, engineering, furniture and product design, revealing the studio’s creative processes and spirit of curiosity.
Members can visit the exhibition as part of the preview day upon presentation of their Membership card.
Image © Heatherwick Studio
Lincoln’s Inn
Date:
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - 14:30 - 16:30
Location:
External Visit
Cost:
£22 (including tea and coffee)
Booking information:
SOLD OUT. To be added to the waiting list please call 020 7942 2277. Members only.
With records dating back to 1422, Lincoln’s Inn is one of London’s finest Inns of Court. Its fifteenth-century Old Hall and imposing Great Hall are still in use today, and its extensive collection of paintings includes the vast Hogarth canvas Paul Before Felix, which has remained in situ for almost 200 years.
Members are invited on a private tour of these wonderful buildings, followed by tea and coffee.
Image © Lincoln's Inn
2 Willow Road, Hampstead
Date:
Thursday, June 14, 2012 - 18:30 - 20:00
Location:
External Visit
Cost:
£26 (including private tour and wine reception)
Booking information:
SOLD OUT. To be added to the waiting list please call 020 7942 2277. Members only.
Designed by the Hungarian-born architect Ernö Goldfinger in 1939 as part of a terrace of three houses, 2 Willow Road was to be his family home and the largest of the three. The modernist concrete building, with continuous windows allowing light to flood in, now displays Goldfinger’s impressive collection of modern art, personal objects and innovative furniture.
It is being opened exclusively after hours to Members, who will enjoy a guided tour following a wine reception and introductory film.
Image © National Trust Photo Library/Angelo Hornak
Ernst & Young Art Collection
Date:
Friday, June 15, 2012 - 17:00 - 19:00
Location:
External Visit
Cost:
£22 (including wine reception)
Booking information:
SOLD OUT. To be added to the waiting list please call 020 7942 2277. Members only. As the major sponsor of the V&A’s exhibition ‘British Design 1948 – 2012: Innovation in the Modern Age’, by special arrangement V&A Members will be given a private viewing of Ernst & Young’s art collection.
