What's On Friday 1 March 2013
Exhibitions
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Light From the Middle East: New Photography
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EXHIBITION: Light from the Middle East: New Photography presents work by artists from across the Middle East (spanning North Africa to Central Asia), living in the region and in diaspora.
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Family Events
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Back-packs & Trails
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FAMILY EVENT: Journey across the V&A with fantastic stories, games and multi-sensory materials. Choose from Back-packs, trails or, for the under 5s, an Agent Animal bag.
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Conferences & Symposia
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Posters: Creation, Collection and Context
CONFERENCE: Join artists, designers and academics as they explore themes relating to the collection, creation and context of posters.
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Courses
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Early Medieval 12/13
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YEAR COURSE: Celebrate the re-display of the Museum’s world-class early medieval collection. Fridays, 21 September 2012 – 12 July 2013 (over 3 terms), 11.00–15.30
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Evening events
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Philip Mould: Faking It
EVENING TALK: Join Philip Mould, art dealer, historian and presenter on BBC’s Fake or Fortune? and The Antiques Roadshow, in a discussion about his many art discoveries and the challenges of knowing your fakes from your originals.
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V&A Connects: Royal College of Art
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES EVENT: Following on from the conference, Posters: Collection, Creation and Context, join students from the Royal College of Art's Communication department as they present an exploration of the future of the poster.
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Norfolk House Music Room Concert
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LIVE MUSIC: Free concerts by musicians from the Royal College of Music are performed on selected Friday evenings in the beautiful setting of the Norfolk House Music Room, from 18.30 – 19.30.
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Free talks & tours
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Daily Introductory Tour
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TOUR: Join this daily one hour tour which describes the history of the V&A and introduces a selection of treasures from the Museum's outstanding collections.
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Medieval & Renaissance Tour 11.30
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TOUR: Join this daily one hour tour which introduces the V&A's stunning Medieval & Renaissance Galleries. Starting at the Meeting Point, Grand Entrance at 11.30.
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Theatre & Performance Galleries Tour
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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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British Galleries Tour
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TOUR: Join this daily one hour tour which introduces the V&A's stunning British Galleries which house the most comprehensive collection of British design and art on view anywhere in the world.
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Workshops
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Furniture & Frames: Water Gilding
3 DAY PRACTICAL WORKSHOP: Celebrate the opening of the V&A’s Furniture gallery and enjoy an introduction to traditional water gilding techniques.
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