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

Designing the Penguin Donkey bookcase

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,...

Gilbert Gems

Gilbert and Gems

Three flew out of the cuckoo’s nest

Artists in Residence at the V&A

The Meeting of Two Creative Minds: Silvia Weidenbach and Jon Emmony, Special Open Studio, Saturday 17 February 2018

Gilbert and Gems

The Hero of Two Worlds: Lafayette and his Commemorative Vase

After listening avidly to the soundtrack of the multi-award winning musical Hamilton: An American...

Gilbert and Gems

A Snowstorm from Mar-A-Lago

A snowstorm from Mar-A-Lago As Donald Trump’s latest quote from the Dining Room at Mar-A-Lago hits the ether, I am reminded of a snowy scene which used to adorn the walls of...

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