Daily Introductory Tour
Mon 19 January 2009–Mon 31 December 2012
TOUR: Join this daily one hour tour which describes the history of the V&A and introduces a selection of treasures from the Museum's outstanding collections.
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British Galleries Tour
Mon 19 January 2009–Mon 31 December 2012
TOUR: Join this daily one hour tour which introduces the V&A's stunning British Galleries which house the most comprehensive collection of British design and art on view anywhere in the world.
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Theatre & Performance Galleries Tour
Fri 19 February 2010–Mon 31 December 2012
TOUR: Take a guided tour of the V&A's exciting theatre and performance collections, including rock & pop posters, theatre and ballet costumes, puppets, stage sets and more! See new costumes from the Lion King now on display.
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Digital Design Drop In
Wed 21 April 2010–Sat 21 July 2012
DEMONSTRATION: Drop-in and meet visiting digital designers on selected dates. See ‘show and tell’ presentations of digital design and chat with them about their work. See below for available dates.
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Medieval & Renaissance Tour 11.30
Thu 27 May 2010–Mon 31 December 2012
TOUR: Join this daily one hour tour which introduces the V&A's stunning Medieval & Renaissance Galleries. Starting at the Meeting Point, Grand Entrance at 11.30.
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Friday Evening Introductory Tour 19:00
Fri 20 August 2010–Fri 21 December 2012
TOUR: Join one of our free themed tours exploring different aspects of the V&A's collection. Starts at 19.00 from the Meeting Point at the Grand Entrance.
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Open Studio - Jason Singh: Sound Art Resident
Wed 18 January 2012–Wed 27 June 2012
OPEN STUDIO: Visit the V&A Residency Studios to meet sound art resident artist Jason Singh. Find out about his research, creative practice and work in progress.
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Open Studios - Cherrell Avery: Calligraphy Resident
Wed 01 February 2012–Wed 27 June 2012
OPEN STUDIO: Visit the V&A Residency Studios to meet Cherrell Avery, Calligraphy Resident. Find out about her research, creative practice and work in progress.
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Open Studio - Louisa Taylor: Ceramics Resident
Sat 04 February 2012–Wed 20 June 2012
OPEN STUDIO: Visit the V&A Residency Studios to meet ceramics resident, Louisa Taylor. Find out about her research, creative practice and work in progress.
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Intercultural Tour - The depiction of the female in Asian religious traditions
Mon 28 May 2012 13:00
FREE TALK: Take a comparative look at the depiction of the female in Buddhist, Jain and Hindu traditions, explore the diverse roles that the women played in their respective societies.
From Gormley to Gaga: UK Design for Performance
Wed 30 May 2012 13:00
LUNCHTIME LECTURE: Join Curators Kate Bailey and Peter Farley for an exciting overview of the V&A display 'Transformation and Revelation: Gormley to Gaga' which celebrates the best of British performance design over the last four years.
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Patterns of Fashion
Thu 31 May 2012 13:00
GALLERY TALK: Learn about British textile design and fashion from 1750 to the current day. See how international influences and technology have shaped developments in Western dress and increased the availability of fashion for everyone.
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Displaying Fashion
Wed 06 June 2012 13:00
LUNCHTIME LECTURE: Learn about the redisplay of the V&A permanent collection in the newly refurbished Fashion Gallery and new ways of displaying fashion in the 21st century with curator Claire Wilcox.
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Designing Extravagance: decorating the Italian Renaissance Palace
Thu 07 June 2012 13:00
GALLERY TALK: During the Renaissance, Italians built some of the most extravagant buildings in Europe. Learn how these places were created and study the the V&A's collection of Engraved Ornament and master drawings.
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Intercultural Tour - Black Figures on the Dining Table
Mon 11 June 2012 13:00
FREE TALK: Discover the 'Blackamoor' characters that dined at 18th and 19th century banquets, but only for dessert! Spot the early porcelain and later earthenware figures of European representations of black people and the white entertainers who 'blackened up'.
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Ballgowns: Clients and Designers
Wed 13 June 2012 13:00
LUNCHTIME LECTURE: Join Sonnet Stanfill and Oriole Cullen, curators of the V&A exhibition 'Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950' to learn about both the designer creations featured in this exhibition and the clients who wore then.
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Angels and Saints
Thu 14 June 2012 13:00
GALLERY TALK: Join curator Heike Zech to hear the sometimes surprising legends of saints and learn to decipher the symbols and imagery associated with them.
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Island Stories: Fifty Years of Photography in Britain
Thu 14 June 2012 13:00
FREE TALK: The rapidly shifting cultural environment after 1945 provided some of the greatest photographers of recent. Discover how photographers working in Britain since the Second World War have captured the diversity of the island and its people.
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Intercultural Tour - British Refugee designers from Nazi Europe
Mon 18 June 2012 13:00
FREE TALK: Several well known designers fled Nazi Europe and became established practitioners in the UK. Discover the lives and works of Lucy Rie and Hans Coper as well as other émigré designers who left Europe at this time.
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Closer Look: Architecture Talks - Station to Station: the design & architecture of railway stations
Tue 19 June 2012 13:00
FREE TALK: Take a journey through the 19th and 20th century architecture of railways stations and railway-related designs, featured in both the RIBA and V&A collections.
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Creating the New Jewish Museum
Wed 20 June 2012 13:00
LUNCHTIME LECTURE: Listen to Rickie Burman, Director of the Jewish Museum, as she talks about creating the new Jewish Museum.
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Huguenot Silver Gilbert Collections
Thu 21 June 2012 13:00
GALLERY TALKS: Join Tessa Murdoch on a tour of Huguenot silver which includes work marked by first generation refugee goldsmith Pierre Platel and his former apprentice Paul de Lamerie whose customers included the Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole.
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Heatherwick Studio: Designing the Extraordinary
Wed 27 June 2012 13:00
LUNCHTIME LECTURE: Join curator Abraham Thomas as he introduces a selection of projects that Heatherwick Studio have worked on over the last two decades- spanning the disciplines of architecture, sculpture, engineering, furniture and product design.
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Recording Britain: Constable and his Contemporaries
Thu 28 June 2012 13:00
GALLERY TALK: Constable painted his 'own places best'. Discover what the artist thought about these places and how accurately he recorded these areas in comparison to how some of his contemporaries painted Britain.
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The Photographic Studio at the V&A Museum, a continuous history from 1856 to the present day
Thu 28 June 2012 13:00
FREE TALK: Learn about the origins of the V&A Photographic Studio and how the collection is archived Discover how new technology in 1856 enabled the Museum to bring the collection to a wide public audience and this spirit has continued to the present day.
Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950
From 19 May 2012 the V&A celebrates the opening of the newly renovated Fashion Galleries with an exhibition of beautiful ballgowns, red carpet evening dresses and catwalk showstoppers.
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Talking To Myself - Yohji Yamamoto (Limited edition)
A creative and illustrated notebook recounting the phases in the life of Yohji Yamamoto
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Fri 20 August 2010–Fri 21 December 2012
TOUR: Join one of our free themed tours exploring different aspects of the V&A's collection. Starts at 19.00 from the Meeting Point at the Grand Entrance.
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