Assistant Curator, Janet Birkett, remembers the late director, Sir Peter Hall, who died on 11th September 2017. The British theatre would look very different without Peter Hall....
The InterContinental Hotel Tapestry by Archie Brennan During the early works of the decant, the Advanced Works team have been lucky enough to handle and photograph some very...
We’re pleased to announce the details of three new speakers who are joining the line-up for this year’s Parallel Worlds conference on Saturday 30 September. Parallel Worlds is...
This is one of a series of blog posts by students of the V&A/RCA History of Design MA programme, written to accompany the ‘Building the Royal Albert Hall’...
The title 399 Days imparts the duration of the sculpture’s construction. Through this practical detail, the viewer is made aware of Rachel Kneebone’s corporeal labour....
Assistant Curator, Alex Clayton, explores some of the strangest and most extraordinary animal entertainments on offer to Londoners in 18th and 19th centuries, using material from...
Early days & Interesting Finds A blog dedicated to the discoveries and interesting finds during the decant of Blythe House . . . As most know, the V&A will be vacating...
Seeing Other Things in an Object. The V&A recently had an exhibition in the Photography Gallery – The Camera Exposed, where every photograph had an image of least one...
In the third post of the series marking the forthcoming 250th anniversary of the founding of modern circus, curator Cathy Haill, focuses on the aquatic entertainments at the...
One of my eagle-eyed colleagues recently spotted that an object from the V&A’s collection appeared to have found its way into an episode of Game of Thrones. The object...
The Museum as it Was, 1929 – 1950. Take a look at this interior from 1936, and where do you think it is?.. …no, it`s not the main entrance, this is Gallery 40,...
As part of the Assistant Curator Development Programme, Harriet Reed visited the Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond to find out more about its history, restoration and archive...