Today’s post is by guest blogger Melanie Lenz, the V&A’s Curator of Digital Art. In this blog entry, posted to co-inside with the 200th anniversary of Argentina’s...
You may have noticed from my last post that we are currently working through our collection of photographs of sculpture. This set has been my favourite so...
We are always keen to discover links between objects, so we were delighted recently to find that a collection of photographs we hold connect directly to archival records in the...
These striking photographs caught my eye recently, as I don’t normally come across material relating to the Maya in the Photographs Collection. Research showed me they...
Here at the V&A we have recently found a small number of photographs taken by the writer, archaeologist, and political administrator Gertrude Bell. These came to light...
While moving a store of photographs recently here at the V&A, I came across rather an intriguing character. What led me to him was a box of 19th century photographs of...
The Natural History Museum, our neighbours across the road, have opened their Sensational Butterflies exhibition - an outdoor attraction packed with live butterflies. As I sit...
Not everything in the Prints, Drawings and Paintings collection is printed, drawn, or painted. This post showcases a few of the exceptions to the rule. One of the most popular...
Print by unknown...
One of the real privileges of working at a place like the Victoria and Albert Museum is being able to see behind the scenes and come across fascinating things by...
