National Art Library enquiry services
Information about making enquiries in person at the National Art Library, on the telephone, or by email.…
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National Art Library copying services
Information about the various copying services, including photography, available at the National Art Library, and r…
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National Art Library inter-library loans
The National Art Library is part of the Inter-Library Loans community. Our catalogue is available over the internet…
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National Art Library: requesting material
How to request reference material in the National Art Library.
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National Art Library historic catalogues
A list of all the catalogues of the National Art Library and how to use them.
National Art Library auction house sale catalogues
The National Art Library has an extensive collection of sales catalogues from the United Kingdom, Europe and, to a lesser extent, the United States. The Library also acquires catalogues from other sources that describe the contents of outstanding sales or discrete collections of interest for the history of art, craft and design or which include material of interest to Victoria and Albert Museum collections.
V&A publications in the National Art Library
In its role as the Library of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the National Art Library has a special responsibility to preserve and make available publications produced by, for, or in association with the Museum during its whole history.
Group visits and inductions to the National Art Library
Group visits to the National Art Library
National Art Library heritage project
Access to the Library's collections was transformed with the completion of the National Art Library Heritage Project at the end of 2003. With the help of a grant of £958,400 from the UK's Heritage Lottery Fund, the NAL was able to transfer details of all its historic material to the Library Catalogue.
Donate to the Stained Glass Appeal
We are currently working on an exciting project to conserve and re-install the original stained glass on the landings of the Manfred and Lydia Gorvy Lecture Theatre. We need your help to raise £75,000 to bring these historical features back to their former glory for us all to enjoy.
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Smallest Postal Service Kit
The World's Smallest Post Service is an ongoing project by artist Lea Redmond.
Buy nowEvent - National Video Archive Performance (NVAP)
Sun 22 January 2012–Sun 17 June 2012
SPECIAL EVENT: NVAP has documented over 250 theatre performances ranging from West-End hits and pantomimes to musicals and physical theatre. To celebrate 20 years of NVAP, the V&A proudly presents a selection of NVAP recordings documenting British theatre.
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