Teachers' resource: Sculpture
This resource introduces teachers to the rich and varied collections of sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum…
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Teachers' resource: Drawing in museums
This resource offers teachers advice, ideas and information for the effective use of drawing in a museum.…
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Subjects for sculpture: guardian beasts
Animals are often portrayed as guardians in sculpture. These are commonly found on buildings, especially at entranc…
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Subjects for sculpture: portrait busts
Funerary monuments and portrait busts were the most common ways in which people were commemorated in sculpture. Som…
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Study Room resource: Architects’ drawings and ideas
This resources contains a selection of some of the different types of drawings architects produce at different stages of the design process in order to develop and communicate their ideas. Produced in the 1770s to the late 1990s they also demonstrate how architects’ approaches to drawing and techniques have evolved over time.
Teachers' resource: Exploring Image & Identity in the galleries
This resource includes teachers' notes and five museum activity sheets for students. The teachers' notes are designed as background information on all the objects that are included in five museum trails for students. The objects have been chosen for their links with image, identity, style and symbolism.
National Museums Online Learning Project 2006-9
The National Museums Online Learning Project, funded by the Treasury's Invest to Save initiative and sponsored by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, is a significant new partnership project involving 9 national museums. The V&A is the lead partner.
Teachers' resource: Explore pattern through the V&A and RIBA Architecture collections
This resource provides an innovative approach to teaching pattern and design.
Teachers' resource: Raphael – in the picture
Teachers' resources of Raphael paintings
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Object of Devotion: Medieval English Alabaster Sculpture
Medieval English Alabaster Sculpture from the Victoria and Albert Museum
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STUDY DAY: Join us for a fascinating day exploring the multiplicity of design produced by the Heatherwick Studio. Hear talks from museum curators utilising our fantastic design resources and visual archives and get a chance to visit the Heatherwick Studio at Kings Cross.
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