The Medieval & Renaissance Galleries are home to one of the world's most remarkable collections of treasures from the period. Ranging from delicately carved ivories and intricate metalwork to Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks and powerful sculptures, they tell the story of European art and culture from 300–1600. These galleries have been made possible thanks to the Heritage Lottery Fund and the generosity of many other donors.
Room 8: Faiths & Empires 300–1250
The William and Eileen Ruddock Gallery explores how Christian art forms developed within the later Roman Empire. Early medieval rulers, such as Charlemagne, looked back to …
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Room 9: The Rise of the Gothic 1200–1350
The Dorothy and Michael Hintze Gallery shows the development of the Gothic style in a wider social and cultural context.
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Room 10: Devotion & Display 300–1500
Looking at how religion affected Europeans' daily lives, this gallery shows religious artworks commissioned by town councils, corporations and wealthy individuals as 'good …
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Room 10a: Noble Living 1350–1500
The Françoise and Georges Selz Gallery is devoted to luxury goods found in the households of rich nobles and wealty merchants, occasionally contrasting them with more humbl…
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Rooms 26–27: Sculpture 1300–1600
Rooms 26 and 27 feature a selection of religious sculpture from Germany, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain and England, dating from around 1300 to 1600. The V&A’s colle…
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Room 50: The Renaissance City 1350–1600
The Paul and Jill Ruddock Gallery holds large-scale works, once part of impressive Renaissance buildings, are displayed in the context of the cityscape. At its heart is the…
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Room 58: Renaissance Style
Henry VIII, a great patron of the arts, spent lavishly on furnishings, paintings, tapestries and silver. Examples of these objects are displayed in room 58.
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Room 62: Splendour & Society 1500–1600
Including The Foyle Foundation Gallery, this gallery explores various aspects of life and social ritual.
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Room 63: A World of Goods 1450–1600
The Edwin and Susan Davies examines how design ideas were exchanged within and outside Europe. Objects, sometimes specifically designed for the Western market, were importe…
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Room 64: Renaissance Art & Ideas 1400–1550
The Wolfson Gallery explores Renaissance ideas and beliefs, particulary the interest in antiquity and classical precedents, together with the creative process of the artist…
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Room 64a: Donatello & the Making of Art 1400–1500
The Robert H. Smith Gallery holds The V&A's exceptional collection of sculptures by Donatello, the most important and influential sculptor of 15th-century Italy.
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Room 64b: Living with the Past
The Simon Sainsbury Gallery examines the medieval and Renaissance past by bringing together large-scale objects, including the façade of Sir Paul Pindar's house from the ci…
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Medieval and Renaissance online supported by The Bonita Trust
Learn more about some of the objects and themes in the Medieval & Renaissance Galleries by exploring these interactives. Supported by The Bonita Trust
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Buy nowEvent - Medieval & Renaissance Tour 11.30
Thu 27 May 2010–Tue 31 December 2013
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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