Museum life

Writing from curators and department experts. These stories range from new discoveries about objects, to behind-the-scenes life at the museum.

VARI Artist Rachel Ara introduces mixed reality nuns to the V&A

High above on the studio wall, a solemn-faced nun clutching a crucifix peers down at me. She is almost completely consumed by the heavy, brown folds of her habit and cloak yet her...

Rachel Feldman

Artists in Residence at the V&A

Community Engagement is a Paper Rainbow

Artists in Residence at the V&A

Circular Fashion – Arianna Nicoletti’s first month as Goethe V&A Sustainable Fashion Resident

Artists in Residence at the V&A

Sam Bakewell, current Ceramics Resident, explores our collections

Artists in Residence at the V&A

Our Fashioned from Nature Resident Bridget Harvey

Artists in Residence at the V&A

Things Unsaid and Unheard with Aqui Thami, VARI Artist in Residence

Sculpture

Caring for our collections

Cast Courts Update – Four Months To Go!

Caring for our collections

Playing with Plaster

Furniture and Woodwork

Luterma plywood bags

Furniture and Woodwork

New acquisition: Brionvega RR126 ‘radiofonografo’

This radiogram is a musical pet, or at least that’s how it was described when it appeared in Italy in 1966, the product of the imaginations of the Castiglioni brothers,...

Creating the new Europe 1600–1815 Galleries

Installing the period rooms

The first objects to be installed into the Europe galleries were the period rooms, which are now all fully built. There are three period rooms in the galleries – a 17th-century...

Furniture and Woodwork

Seasons Greetings from Furniture and Woodwork

Snow brings the snowman, not the other way round. Snow also brings eye injuries, excuses from railway companies and, most importantly, sledging. Behold this festive transport,...

Furniture and Woodwork

Sewerby Hall

From 9 August visitors to Sewerby Hall, Yorkshire, will be able see no fewer than 40 items of furniture on long-term loan from the V&A. This will bring to fruition a five-year...

Gilbert Gems

Gilbert and Gems