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Secrets of the Museum – episode 5 expanded

This week we start in the Theatre & Performance Collection, but also look forward to two major exhibitions for later this...

Secrets of the Museum

Secrets of the Museum – episode 6 expanded

Secrets of the Museum – episode 5 expanded

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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...

ReACH (Reproduction of Art and Cultural Heritage) Dialogue

Caring for our collections

Adventures in 3D scanning: New models launched on Sketchfab

Scottish agency in the V&A Cast Court collection

Image 1. Cast of Nigg cross-slab in the V&A. Image, Johanna Puisto © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Caring for our collections

Cast Courts Update – Four Months To Go!

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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...

Culture in Crisis

Culture in Crisis

‘Culture has moved to the front-line of wars and conflicts, both as collateral damage and as a direct target. When armed conflict, intentional destruction and looting damage...

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Reviving the V&A's Cast courts

Guest Post: Part 2 – David’s journey from Florence to V&A

Giuseppe Rizzo is an art historian with a specialism on the life and works of Clemente Papi. Giuseppe works at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Although there are many copies of...

David and Helsinki

Caring for our collections

Plaster casts and the value of knowledge

Caring for our collections

Adventures in 3D scanning: New models launched on Sketchfab

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The V&A Research Institute (VARI)

Design and society

Weapons and gynaecology: making as need and desire

What are photographs doing in museums?

Archives of photographs in the museum

Design and society

A Design School, designed by us all, designed for us all

Ink, Print, Repeat: A hands-on approach to early printed textiles

Design and society

In exchange for your data

@Cole-onia. The Royal Albert Hall, Henry Cole, Satire, and Performing Science in Victorian London.

Caring for our collections

‘The orange colour to be gold’

Leman designs no. 81, 19, 80, 89, from left to right: many of them contain bright orange details © The Victoria and Albert Museum.

Architectural Models Network

The value of the studio workshop

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Research

How to turn a Charles Dickens manuscript into an immersive theatre experience for teenagers

How might you bring a ‘difficult’ museum object to life to encourage teenagers to pursue their own creative endeavours? What if that difficult museum object was a Victorian...

V&A Picture Books and Photography: 1925 – 1938

Design and society

Weapons and gynaecology: making as need and desire

What are photographs doing in museums?

Archives of photographs in the museum

Design and society

A Design School, designed by us all, designed for us all

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Fashioned from Nature

Mending Our Garments

With Fashion Revolution week underway, we would like to share these stories of the favourite mended garments of V&A staff. From an upcycled wedding dress to everyday garments...

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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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