Room 10: Devotion & Display 300–1500
Looking at how religion affected Europeans' daily lives, this gallery shows religious artworks commissioned by town…
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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…
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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 o…
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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 64: Renaissance Art & Ideas 1400–1550
The Wolfson Gallery explores Renaissance ideas and beliefs, particulary the interest in antiquity and classical pre…
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Room 94: Tapestries
Room 94 is dominated by three of the Hunting Tapestries once owned by the 6th Duke of Devonshire. Made between 1425…
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History of the Silver Galleries at the V&A
The galleries the Silver collection is now displayed in was the Victoria and Albert Museum’s original Ceramic galleries. These were restored in 1995-6.
Gallery Plays
V&A Gallery Plays tell the story of how and why objects were made and ended up in the Museum. Little Lights Theatre Company work with Museum curators to bring an era of history to life, highlighting important characters involved in the creation of an object, whether it is a member of the Royal Family, a famous artist or designer or just an ordinary person with an extraordinary story.
The new paintings galleries
The New Paintings Galleries at the V& A have just opened to the public. The practical conservation of the paintings started exactly a year ago in November 2002. One hundred and sixty-seven of the 200 oil paintings on display required some work and we had just under one year in which to complete it.
The British Galleries 1500-1900: An Overview
The refurbishment of the British Galleries is one of the largest and most exciting projects the V& A has ever undertaken. The world's most important collection of British art and design will be redisplayed in a new and glorious setting.
Removal and Installation of Mirrors for the British Galleries Project
The British Galleries Project necessitated the movement of a number of large, fragile, highly decorated mirrors. This combination of adjectives, when referring to Museum objects, presents some serious handling problems.
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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Medieval Life and Leisure in the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries
A celebration of the four magnificent Devonshire Tapestries housed at the V&A.
Buy nowEvent - Talking Threads: A History of Tapestry and Embroidery
Wed 26 September 2012 14:00
SHORT COURSE: Develop a greater understanding of these two art forms, learn about their techniques, designs and functions, and discover the cultural and personal stories they tell.
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