Museum life

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

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Véronique Rolland in conversation

I first met Véronique Rolland in 2004, when I was working at the National Portrait Gallery, and I’ve followed the progression of her career ever since. In recent years she’s...
null Susanna Brown
From the learning department
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#LetsMakeWednesdays – Diwali

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null Alice Bednarova
Museum life

#LetsMakeWednesdays – Women Artists in the V&A Collection

null Ian Malhotra and Hazel Vernon
Museum life

#LetsMakeWednesdays – Why do we wear clothes?

null Chinami Sakai
Museum life

#LetsMakeWednesdays – Diwali

null Alice Bednarova
Museum life

#LetsMakeWednesdays – explore Art Deco and play with pattern!

null Caterina Tsirodimitri
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V&A Illustration Awards
Museum life

In conversation with Vyara Boyadjieva, Student Illustrator of the Year Runner-Up

null Caroline Penn
Museum life

V&A Illustration Awards: In Conversation with Clive Hicks-Jenkins (Book Illustration Award 2020)

null Rebecca Law
'Home in the Kakuma Refugee Camp', illustration by Sally Dunne
Museum life

Congratulations to our V&A Illustration Awards 2020 Winners

null Keith Hale
Twitter Jail, illustration by Ann Kiernan
Our News

In conversation with Ann Kiernan, Moira Gemmill Illustrator of the Year 2020

null Keith Hale
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Photography
Design and society

An Interview with Pablo Ortíz Monasterio

A man jumps in front of graffiti
null Duncan Forbes
Museum life

Véronique Rolland in conversation

null Susanna Brown
Museum life

Chris Killip

null Mark Haworth-Booth
Museum life

Come Let us Build a New World Together

Photograph of three demonstrators on bended knee
null Duncan Forbes
Design and society

Pandemic Objects: Photograph

null Duncan Forbes
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Artists in Residence at the V&A
Artists in Residence at the V&A

The Unseen in Isolation

null Aimee Lax
Artists in Residence at the V&A

Seeing More: glow-in-the-dark glass

null Rebecca Luffman
Artists in Residence at the V&A

Gayle Chong Kwan – ‘Capturing Motion’

null Gayle Chong Kwan
Artists in Residence at the V&A

Aimee Lax – Engaging Ceramics Resident

null Aimee Lax
Artists in Residence at the V&A

Community Engagement is a Paper Rainbow

null Rachel Feldman
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Sculpture
Caring for our collections

Plaster casts and the value of knowledge

null Valentina Risdonne
Caring for our collections

Adventures in 3D scanning: New models launched on Sketchfab

null Becky Knott
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Furniture and Woodwork
Caring for our collections

How to deinstall a complicated object

null Maude Willaerts
Furniture and Woodwork

Luterma plywood bags

null Anna White
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...

null Elizabeth Bisley
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,...

null William Newton
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...

null Max Donnelly
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Gilbert Gems
Caring for our collections

To loan, or not to loan?

null Katrina Redman
Gilbert and Gems

Concealed Histories: Uncovering the Story of Nazi Looting

null Jacques Schuhmacher
Gilbert and Gems

Huguenot goldsmiths, silver and wine in war-time Britain

A silver pilgrim bottle with stopper
null Tessa Murdoch
Gilbert and Gems

From Idea to Installation: How a display is made at the V&A

null Chloe Kellow
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The National Art Library
Museum life

In conversation with Vyara Boyadjieva, Student Illustrator of the Year Runner-Up

null Caroline Penn
Design and society

Back to nature

null Frances Willis
Museum life

National Art Library enquiry services are coming back online

As manager of the onsite public services at The National Art Library, I’ve greatly missed seeing all of our regular readers and meeting any new visitors who explore our reading...

null Vicky Worsfold
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Theatre and Performance
Our projects

Performing porcelain

Three figures from the V&A superimposed on to a table top
null Georgia Haseldine
Museum life

Our Hackney Empire

null Catherine Ince
Museum life

Seven Decades of Rock History – Live at the V&A for one weekend only!

null Harriet Reed
Museum life

Discovering the Royal Court Theatre Archive

null Sabrina Offord
Museum life

Guest post: The Lamp-Lighter’s Boy

null Sabrina Offord
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Out in the Museum
Caring for our collections

Marie Laurencin and the lesbian Left Bank

null Zorian Clayton
News and Updates

Queer Expressions: LGBT History Month, Sat 24th February

Figure 4. The Butler Bowden Cope, T.36-1955, on display in the exhibition
null Dawn Hoskin
News and Updates

Being Human Festival at the V&A : The Queer Allure of Art Deco

Being Human Festival at the V&A : The Queer Allure of Art Deco Sat 25 November 2017, 15:00 – 17:00 Prints and Drawings Study Room, V&A Museum Ticketed event, booking...

null Dawn Hoskin
Out in the Museum

Balenciaga: Love and Hats!

This blog is by Anne-Margaux Illido, a postgraduate student in Art History and Museum Curating at the University of Sussex, currently completing a placement at the V&A with...

null Zorian Clayton
News and Updates

V&A Pride and more …

Those of you who follow the V&A on social media, may have already realised that things are looking a bit different this weekend. The Museum has adopted a most colourful logo...

null Dawn Hoskin
Out in the Museum

LGBTQ Gallery Tour – view online!

null Dawn Hoskin
News and Updates

Toilet Talk: Looking for non-gender-specific toilets?

null Dawn Hoskin
Out in the Museum

Last week of ‘The History of Photography: The Body’

Catch the final week of ‘The History of Photography: The Body’ display in Gallery 100 of the Museum, which has been extended until March 9th.  If you have been on any of our...

null Zorian Clayton
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V&A Faces
Museum life

Pop-up Performance of the Nonsense Museum

null Karen Morton
Museum life

Communicating Differently

A PECs book with a working sentence
null Kristen Johnson
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