The Luck of Edenhall: history & myths
This famous glass, known as the 'Luck of Edenhall' for at least 230 years, is a beaker with flaring rim decorated in gold and coloured enamels.
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Caring for your glass
This section contains Information and advice on how to look after glass. It highlights common problems, tells you what to avoid and provides practical, step-by-step instruc…
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Cracking Crizzling - Eight Years of Collaborative Research
For seven years, the Conservation Department of the V& A has collaborated with the Department of Materials at Imperial College, to investigate the causes of, and possib…
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Teachers' resource: Glass
An online resource for primary and secondary school teachers showing how the V&A glass galleries can be used to support the Art & Design, Design & Technology and History ar…
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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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Looking at Glass: A Guide to Terms
An essential guide to glass and its production. This compact handbook offers definitions and descriptions of a wide range of glass terminology such as…
Buy nowEvent - Glass Galleries Tour
Tue 21 May 2013 11:00
Reino Liefkes, Senior Curator of the Ceramics & Glass Collection, will lead a tour of the Glass Gallery, illustrating the development of glass from a rare and precious material to a commodity available to all, and from an ideal material for utilitarian objects to an exciting medium for contemporary artists.
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