Study rooms
The V&A has a number of study rooms where additional material from the collections can be viewed.
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Finding & buying images
The V&A offers a variety of ways for users to obtain images. Here you can find out about copying images from our we…
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Study Room resource: Botanical illustration
These Study Room resources contain samples of botanical illustrations from the 15th century to the present day. A m…
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Study Room resource: Printmaking techniques
This Study Room Resource contains examples of the printmaking techniques which are most likely to occur in schools …
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Study Room resource: Book illustration
This study room resource examines the development of book illustration. To make it easier for teachers and lecturers to access the most popular material with groups, we have developed themed study room resources which contain original prints and drawings.
Study Room resource: Pattern
This study room resource examines designs for wallpaper and texiles by designers from 1868 to 1978. Also available are teachers notes and a reading list.
Study Room resource: Culture and identity in photography
This study room resource contains photographs that deal with issues of cultural identity. It explores the work of black, Asian and Middle Eastern photographers and of white photographers who have worked in cultures other than their own. Also contains descriptive information about copyright images.
Study Room resource: Exploring design processes
This resource contains a selection of architects' drawings from the V&A's and RIBA's Architecture collections. They have been made by architects as part of their design process. They represent all the different types of drawings architects use to research, develop, design, record and present an idea.
Study Room resource: The role and status of women 1900-39
Prints and drawings that are not on display in the galleries can be seen in the Prints & Drawings Study Room. To make it easier for teachers and lecturers to access the most popular material with groups, we have developed themed study room resources, such as this one on the changing roles and status of women, which contain original prints and drawings.
British Design 1948–2012: Innovation in the Modern Age
31 March–12 August 2012
Showcasing over 300 British design objects, this exhibition celebrates the best of British post-war art and design from the 1948 ‘Austerity Games' to the summer of 2012.
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The Front Room
The Front Room is a unique study by writer/curator Michael McMillan
Buy nowEvent - Home Sweet Home: British Interiors 1500-2000
Wed 16 January 2013 14:00
SHORT COURSE: Discover the social, architectural and artistic history of the British home, from Tudor times to the present day.
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