Our extensive programme of future exhibitions and displays in the V&A. Complementing our permanent collection, major exhibitions feature multiple rooms of objects, installations and multimedia. Displays and installations range in size from a single case to a room.
Making It Up: Photographic Fictions
3 May 2013 - 12 January 2014. Photography is widely associated with truthfulness yet it has also been employed throughout its history as a means of telling stories and evok…
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Deception: Ceramics and Imitation
25 May 2013 - 5 January 2014. From functional tableware masquerading as fruit or vegetables to imitations of prized materials, potters have always created objects intended …
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Building Memories: The Art of Remembering
31 May 2013 - 24 February 2014. This display offers alternative ways of understanding the “art of remembering”, explored by Hari Kunzru in his narrative for Sky Arts Igniti…
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Silver from the Malay World
15 July 2013 - 16 March 2014. This display explores the rich traditions of silver in the Malay world. Intricate ornament drawn from geometry and nature decorates dining ves…
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British Drawings: 1600 to the Present Day
5 October 2013 - 13 April 2014. Covering 400 years of drawing practice and including works by Van Dyck, Gainsborough, Constable, Blake, Rossetti, Spencer, Freud and Hockney…
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Alec Cobbe: Designer, Collector, Connoisseur
18 December 2013 - 18 May 2014. For over forty years Alec Cobbe has been a key figure in the understanding and presentation of historic painting collections and interiors. …
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A World to Win: Posters of Protest and Revolution
1 May 2014 - 2 November 2014. From the ‘Votes for Women’ campaigns of the early 20th century to the recent Occupy movements, political activists around the world have used …
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In Black and White: Prints and Posters from Africa and the Diaspora
November 2014 - June 2015. This display features a variety of powerful graphic images from the 1960s to the present – prints, posters, books and ephemera – by notable artis…
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A gift in your will
You may not have thought of including a gift to a museum in your will, but the V&A is a charity and legacies form an important source of funding for our work. It is not just the great collectors and the wealthy who leave legacies to the V&A. Legacies of all sizes, large and small, make a real difference to what we can do and your support can help ensure that future generations enjoy the V&A as much as you have.
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The Victoria and Albert Museum: A Bibliography and Exhibition Chronology
A comprehensive bibliography and exhibition chronology of the world's greatest museum of the decorative arts and design. The National Art Library, whi…
Buy nowEvent - Treasures of the V&A Museum of Childhood
Tue 23 April 2013 14:30
This tour features the top ten objects in the museum’s collection, selected by the curatorial team.
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