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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

Africa Fashion

Researching Africa Fashion – Henry, Samriddi and Tosin

Africa Fashion: Aso-Ebi

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Secrets of the Museum

Secrets of the Museum – 2.1 expanded

Geoff Marsh with a red suit

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

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Raphael in the Making

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

In 2020, we will mark the 500th anniversary of Raphael’s death by transforming the way visitors experience our iconic Raphael Cartoons, loaned to the V&A from the Royal...

Culture in Crisis

Culture in Crisis

Inside the Milan Triennale’s UK Pavilion with Forensic Architecture

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...

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...

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The V&A Research Institute (VARI)

Call for Scholarship Applications

Creating The Karun Thakar Fund

Introducing The Karun Thakar Fund

Machine Vison symposium

Terracotta in South Kensington: the Origins of a Revival

Online conference – Glastonbury @ 50: Origins, Evolution and Impact

Introduction to the V&A’s Torrijos ceiling

Plaster-cast model of the V&A Fashion Gallery viewed from above

Shaping Space – Architectural Models in context, call for submission

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Research

Archives of photographs in the museum

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...

Elizabeth Edwards

Machine Vison symposium

Terracotta in South Kensington: the Origins of a Revival

Design and society

Learning from nature: from ecosystem thinking to climate action at the museum

Online conference – Glastonbury @ 50: Origins, Evolution and Impact

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Architectural Models Network

Architectural Models Network

Architectural Avatars: Uncover the link!

Architectural Models Network

The value of the studio workshop

Architectural Models Network

Paper Pinnacles: The conservation of an Architectural Church Model

Architectural Models Network

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

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