Teachers' resource: 50 ways to use museum postcards
Postcards are a cheap and widely available resource. A postcard collection can become an invaluable tool for a teacher because the same cards can be used in endless differe…
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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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Teachers' resource: Plant motifs
This resource is intended for secondary Art & Design and Design & Technology teachers. It contains information about plant motifs in textiles from Tudor England, Mughal Ind…
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Teachers' resource: Exploring 'The Importance of Being Earnest'
This resource created by the V&A Theatre and Performance Department's education team provides support for the teaching of Drama and English in schools from Key Stage 3 and …
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Teachers' resource: Victorian social life from paintings
The V&A is one of the best museums in the world for learning about the Victorians. This resource contains an introduction to some of the Victorian paintings in the V&A and …
Read articleA 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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Bird Bingo

This beautifully illustrated bingo game features 64 species of birds from around the world. Spot all kinds of birds, from the robin to the puffin and …
Buy nowEvent - Fashionable and Functional: A History of Furniture
Fri 10 January 2014 10:30

8 WEEK SHORT COURSE: Explore the fascinating history of European furniture, using objects, resources and expertise featured in the V&A’s furniture gallery, the only gallery in the world that is devoted to a comprehensive display of
furniture from 1500 to the present day.









