Storehouse is home to part of the revolutionary Order an Object experience, which transforms the museum experience from on display to on demand. It’s an opportunity for a personalised experience with objects in the V&A collection. Choose up to five objects that spark your interest, and book in for a viewing.
Storehouse is also the meeting point for daily drop-in Object Encounters, a series of serendipitous sessions spotlighting different aspects of the collection.
Storehouse’s Study Centre also opens up over 1000 archive collections from the Archive of Art and Design, Theatre and Performance Archive and Young V&A Archive, giving insight into the way artists, designers and performers work.
Archives include Arts Council of Great Britain, Talawa Theatre Company, designers Antoni & Alison and pioneer playworker Donne Buck as well as the National Video Archive of Performance, which holds over 400 live performance recordings. Storehouse is also home to over 350,000 library books on subjects including performance history and children’s literature.
The David Bowie Centre
Opening in September 2025, the David Bowie Centre is a new creative workspace built around the world’s largest collection dedicated to the life and works of David Bowie.
Recently acquired by the V&A through the generosity of the David Bowie Estate, the Blavatnik Family Foundation and Warner Music Group, the David Bowie Archive is made up of 80,000+ items. A major cataloguing project is underway cataloguing everything from Bowie’s iconic costumes and musical instruments to make-up charts, stage models, personal notes and more.
Split into three separate zones, the David Bowie Centre will have a mix of atmospheric curated displays, audio visual installations and quieter study areas for visitors who have booked in advance to view specific objects from the archive.
A series of rotating guest curators – including Bowie’s collaborators, experts and contemporary creatives – will also be invited to share their insights and perspectives on the Archive. To develop the inaugural displays, curators consulted with 18–25-year-olds from the four Olympic Boroughs through Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park’s Elevate Legacy Youth Board.
The David Bowie Centre opens in September 2025
