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V&A Africa Fashion call out

Today we share our plans to stage Africa Fashion, our first exhibition to focus on the African fashion scene; a scene that is as eclectic and varied,...
null Christine Checinska
Africa Fashion
Africa Fashion

Researching Africa Fashion – Henry, Samriddi and Tosin

null Elisabeth Murray
Africa Fashion

Africa Fashion: Aso-Ebi

null Luluyetha Howell
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Secrets of the Museum
Our projects

Secrets of the Museum – 2.6 expanded

null Tom Windross
Caring for our collections

An unusual pigment – a needle in a coloured haystack

null Lucia Burgio
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Beirut mapped
Beirut Mapped

Beirut Mapped: Madfoun Checkpoint

null Elianne El-Amyouni
Beirut Mapped

Beirut Mapped: Applause

null Ghida Hachicho
Beirut Mapped

Beirut Mapped: My mother’s balcony

Black and white photograph of a family seated outside
null Hussein Nassereddine
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Culture in Crisis
Culture in Crisis

Inside the Milan Triennale’s UK Pavilion with Forensic Architecture

null Natalie Kane
Culture in Crisis

Culture in Crisis: Conference Announcement and Call for Papers

CULTURE IN CRISIS: Cross-Disciplinary Learning Opportunities for Natural and Cultural Heritage Preservation University of Pretoria, South Africa 17th-21st October 2018 Conference...

null Laura Jones
Culture in Crisis

Against a Pile of Ashes

The following is the lead catalogue essay for ‘A World of Fragile Parts’, the inaugural exhibition for the Pavilion of Applied Arts at the Venice Biennale, which was...

null Brendan Cormier
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The V&A Research Institute (VARI)
Design and society

Building bridges: models creating confidence in engineering innovation

null Joana Albernaz Delgado
Our projects

Piecing together the old and new

null Scott Miller
Design and society

A conversation about brick

null Karen Nicholson
Museum life

Ceramics from Islamic Lands conference

null Mariam Rosser-Owen
Asia

Call for Scholarship Applications

null Divia Patel
Asia

Creating The Karun Thakar Fund

null Karun Thakar
Asia

Introducing The Karun Thakar Fund

null Avalon Fotheringham
Digital

Machine Vision symposium

null Joel McKim
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Research
Archives of photographs in the museum
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What are photographs doing in museums?

We are all familiar with the important collections of fine and historic photography held by the V&A and other institutions. But in many ways those are merely the tip of the...
null Elizabeth Edwards
Design and society

A conversation about brick

null Karen Nicholson
Our projects

Camera on the Carpenters Estate

null Matilda Pye
Design and society

Born-digital objects and the not so digital challenges for museum collections

null Gabi Arrigoni
Design and society

From Taming to Wildness: Fashion, Nature, Systems Change

null Zofia Trafas White
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Architectural Models Network
Architectural Models Network

Architectural Avatars: Uncover the link!

null Simona Valeriani
Architectural Models Network

The value of the studio workshop

null Scott Miller
Architectural Models Network

Paper Pinnacles: The conservation of an Architectural Church Model

null Charlotte Anstis
Architectural Models Network

Modelling Euro-centricity? Revisiting Architectural Models in the Ottoman Empire

null Niamh Bhalla
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