The V&A collects posters on an international scale, with over 10,000 objects in the Prints and Drawings Department, and significant holdings in other departments. The Museum has had an active collecting policy throughout the twentieth century and now holds the national collection.
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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Designing Democracy: Posters and the Political Transformation of Europe 1989–91
Between 1989 and 1991 a series of revolutions and political transformations swept across Central and Eastern Europe. During these momentous events, designers produced dozen…
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Theatre Posters
The term ‘poster’ originates from the medieval period when brief hand-written details of performances were handed out and stuck to posts in towns. By 1576, when the first p…
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Posters & prints at the V&A Shop
Our inspirational collection of posters, prints and canvas art prints are taken from the archives of the V&A and carefully selected sources from across the world
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British Posters: Advertising
Drawing on the V&A’s wide-ranging postercollection, this book maps how the poster has evolved in Britain since 1945 inthe hands of graph…
Buy nowEvent - Theatre & Performance Galleries Tour
Fri 19 February 2010–Tue 31 December 2013
TOUR: Take a guided tour of the V&A's exciting theatre and performance collections, including rock & pop posters, theatre and ballet costumes, puppets, stage sets and more! See new costumes from the Lion King now on display.
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