Announcements and news stories from the V&A.
The V&A has acquired an Xbox Adaptive Controller as part of its Rapid Response Collecting programme. As the first adaptive controller designed and manufactured at large-scale...
Mark Sebba – who died suddenly and far too soon on Monday evening – was a fine Trustee of the V&A. We joined the museum in the same week, back in August 2013, he...
From today, Friday 25 May 2018, the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect, replacing the 1998 Data Protection Act. You’ll see on the V&A’s...
This spring, Opening the Cabinet of Curiosities (OCC) VARI Artist-in-Residence Victoria Adukwei Bulley has been looking into histories of absentee slave-ownership contained within...
The Royal Photographic Society (RPS) collection was delivered to the V&A in 22 lorry loads over six weekends in February and March 2017. A year on, a lot has happened since...
We are delighted to announce our second residency open call of the year, this time for a UK-based fashion or textile designer working with sustainable materials or processes (eg....
At the V&A, a core part of our remit is to explore and present innovative design and the cultures that surround them. The Museum has a long history of engaging with and...
Our first open call of the year for a nine-month videogames residency, coinciding with our upcoming exhibition Videogames:...
It is a work of exquisite craftsmanship and an important symbol of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church: a gold crown, alloyed with silver and copper with filigree work and glass beads....
The V&A is honoured to announce that Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge has agreed to become Royal Patron to the Museum. The patronage reflects Her Royal Highness’s...
The V&A will take a piece of the Brutalist estate Robin Hood Gardens to Venice this summer, thanks to the Dr Martin Roth Memorial Fund. Christopher Turner explores how...
The Project The Cabinets of Curiosity project examines the History of Collecting over the centuries, from Early Modern, to 19th Century to Contemporary. Dr Hannah Young is...
In celebration of beautiful books, we’re marking 70 years of The Folio Society with our latest display on the National Art Library landing. ‘The Artful Book’ was produced in...
Go behind the scenes and meet our artists in residence during their Open Studios. You will have a chance to see ceramic work in progress, listen to opera rehearsals and see our...
Tristram Hunt 
