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V&A Africa Fashion call out

We face forwardKwame Nkrumah, 7 April 1960 Today we share our plans to stage Africa Fashion, our first exhibition to focus on the African fashion scene; a scene that is as...

Christine Checinska

His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh

V&A Africa Fashion call out

BBC Two announces second series of Secrets of the Museum, revealing life behind the scenes at the V&A

JW Anderson patchwork cardigan popularised by Harry Styles to join the V&A’s collection

Two dancers stood in a red gallery

Friday Lates are back with FUBUNATION

Update on our opening schedule

#LetsMakeWednesdays – causes for change!

Skill and Strategy: A Brief History of Wargames

The Glastonbury Festival database

Glastonbury Festival, 1979

'Home in the Kakuma Refugee Camp', illustration by Sally Dunne

Congratulations to our V&A Illustration Awards 2020 Winners

Twitter Jail, illustration by Ann Kiernan

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

Welcome back to South Kensington

V&A Dundee on the edge of the river Tay in the sunrise.

Welcome back, we’ve missed you!

Woman leaning on a bench outside of V&A Dundee

Leonie Bell announced as new Director of V&A Dundee

Add your memories to the Glastonbury Festival Archive

There is a moment

Black Lives Matter: Race and Equality at the V&A

International Museum Day 2020: A Voysey Odyssey

Coronavirus update

Secrets of the Museum

V&A Dundee leaning out into the Tay River on a beautiful evening with the sun and clouds reflected in the Tay.

£75m economic impact of V&A Dundee revealed

Design and society

Curating the Future

FuturePlan updates

Gus Casely-Hayford is inaugural director of V&A East

Penguin Donkey bookcase and WOBO bottles

A new 20th and 21st Century Gallery at the V&A

Raphael Cartoons panoramic photography project at V&A. Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019. Photograph: Gabriel Scarpa for Factum Foundation © Factum Foundation

Exciting new plans for the Raphael Cartoons and Raphael Court

The Tampax Cup. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Rapid Response Collecting: the Tampax Cup

Artfund New Collectors award

Raphael Cartoon, The Miraculous Draught of Fishes: Luke Chapter 5: Verses 1–11, by Raphael, 1515 – 16, Italy. Museum no. ROYAL LOANS.2. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

V&A prepares for Raphael 500 celebrations

© Daniel Leal-Olivas/Getty Images

Design and society

Extinction Rebellion objects acquired for our collections

Our programme for 2020

The Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland