Archives
Information about the Archive of Art and Design, the Beatrix Potter Collection, the V&A Archive and archives from t…
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Archives held by the Archive of Art & Design
An alphabetical list of archives held by the Archive of Art and Design
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The V&A Beatrix Potter collections
The V&A holds the world's largest collection of Beatrix Potter's drawings, literary manuscripts, correspondence, ph…
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The V&A Archive
The institutional archives of the V&A and its predecessor organisations date from 1837 to the present day stored at…
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Theatre and performance archives
The V&A Theatre and Performance Collections include many special collections and archives of the performing arts, f…
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Researching theatre and performance
Recommended resources about the performing arts within the V&A's Theatre and Performance Collections and elsewhere,…
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Study rooms
The V&A has a number of study rooms where additional material from the collections can be viewed.
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Publications about the Archive of Art and Design and its collections
The Archive of Art and Design houses a growing corpus of primary source material for the study of art and design, particularly of the 20th century. The Archive of Art and Design is open to students and researchers by appointment. This is a list of publications about the Archive of Art and Design and its collections.
The V&A's computer art collections
The V&A has been collecting computer-generated art and design since the 1960s, and has also acquired two significant collections: The Computer Arts Society Collection and The Patric Prince archive. Together these form the basis of the UK's emerging national collection of computer art.
Knitting in the Archive of Art & Design
The V&A Archive of Art and Design has a small collection of documents from people who designed knitting or who taught it or practised it. The collection is strong on people active in the mid-20th century.
Study Room resource: Art Nouveau
Prints and drawings that are not on display in the galleries can be seen in the Prints & Drawings Study Room. To make it easier for teachers and lecturers to access the most popular material with groups, we have developed themed study room resources, such as this one on Art Nouveau, which contain original prints and drawings.
Art Nouveau & the erotic
Art Nouveau (1890-1914) appeared during a period of radical change in Europe, as growing urbanization and political unrest forced a transformation of individual consciousness and collective society. Drawing on history, nature, symbolism and craft movements from around the world, Art Nouveau design found its expression in domestic objects, and thus brought its ideologies into the most intimate corners of human life.
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'Pacific Wave' by April Greiman (Print)
An original poster from the archive of April Greiman as seen in the V&A exhibition Postmodernism, Style and Subversion.
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