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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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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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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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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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Digital Design Drop In
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FREE DEMONSTRATION: Drop in to our Digital Studio to meet and chat with visiting digital artists who explore the intersection of technology, art and design in their work.
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Digital Futures
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FREE EVENT: Join digital design students as they present their work, including 3D printing, data visualisations, interactive installations, sound and more, with fellow artists and designers.
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What lies beneath: Peering up the skirts of 18th and 19th Century dress
FREE TALK: Enjoy a brief talk on the conservation and mounting of an 18th-century Mantua and 19th-century underwear.
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Anna Maria Garthwaite (1690 -1763) silk designer
Free entryLUNCHTIME LECTURE: Join us for a talk on Anna Maria Garthwaite, Silk Designer. The talk is given by Mor Thunder, Curator, Word & Image Department.
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Huguenot Silver
FREE TALK: Led by Heike Zech, V&A Sculpture, Metals, Ceramics and Glass Department
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Closer Look Architecture Talk - Buildings for the Dead: Tombs and Mausoleums
Free entryFREE TALK: Tombs and mausoleums combine architecture and sculpture to perpetuate the memory of the dead.
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Open Studio: The Toshiba Japan Ceramics Residency - Keiko Masumoto
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OPEN STUDIO: Visit the Ceramics Residency Studio to watch Keiko Masumoto at work and find out more about her highly skilled making processes and Japanese ceramic trends.
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Open Studio: Julia Lohmann: Design Resident
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OPEN STUDIO: Visit the V&A Residency Studios to meet design resident Julia Lohmann. Find out about her research, creative practice and work in progress. 13.00-16.00
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Curating Tudors, Stuarts and the Russian Tsars
Free entryLUNCHTIME LECTURE: Join Curator Tessa Murdoch as she discusses the themes of the V&A’s new exhibition Treasures of the Royal Courts: Tudors, Stuarts and the Russian Tsars.
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David Bowie: a 21st Century Fashion Legacy
LUNCHTIME LECTURE: Join trend forecaster & Pret-A-Rever editor, Lucy Norris looks at the cultural influence of Bowie’s alter egos on contemporary fashion.
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Barbara Nessim: An Artful Life
LUNCHTIME LECTURE: Senior Curator Douglas Dodds discusses the career of the American artist and designer Barbara Nessim from the 1960s to the present day, in a talk which celebrates the display of her work in the V&A’s Twentieth Century gallery.
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David Bowie Is:
LUNCHTIME LECTURE: Join Victoria Broackes for an insight into the making of David Bowie is.
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War Games
LUNCHTIME LECTURE: Curators Sarah Wood and Ieuan Hopkins look at how toy manufacturers have responded to changing attitudes towards war, and the impact war can have on children's play.
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European Traditional Jewellery
LUNCHTIME LECTURE: Join Jane Perry, visiting scholar at the V&A and author of 'Traditional Jewellery in Nineteenth-century Europe', for an insight into traditional jewellery.
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Chromazone: Colour in Contemporary Architecture
LUNCHTIME LECTURE: Join Robert Wilson, Editor, Curator and Architect as he asks why there has been such an explosion of colour in recent architecture.
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O, those jewels! The Pride and glory of this kingdom!
LUNCHTIME LECTURE: Join Richard Edgcumbe, Senior Curator, as he discusses the jewels presented in the V&A's current exhibition: Treasures of the Royal Courts: Tudors, Stuarts and the Russian Tsars.
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BSL Talks: Japanese Enamels
BSL TOUR: Join Chisato Minamimuro as she talks about the diverse range of Japanese Enamels in the V&A collection.
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