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In focus- Crime at the Museum
One-day course
+44 (0)20 7942 2000
Being up close with treasured objects from the V&A's collections brings your learning to life. Spend time with our incredible collections, alongside expert tutors and your fellow learners.
Tickets available from 10.00 on Wednesday, 4 February 2026
Explore the fascinating relationship between art and crime at the V&A. Take a fresh perspective on the world of museum and explore themes of forgery and theft as they relate to the museum. Expert lecturers address the world of art, the market, criminality and the museum.
This study day will include sessions ranging from lectures to object handling sessions, gallery tours to object spotlights!
For more details, see V&A Academy questions.
Suitable for participants aged 18 or over.
This study day will include sessions ranging from lectures to object handling sessions, gallery tours to object spotlights!
For more details, see V&A Academy questions.
Suitable for participants aged 18 or over.
V&A Academy Course Leader
Dr Kathy McLauchlan
Dr Kathy McLauchlan, graduated at Oxford University and the Courtauld Institute. In 2001 she completed a PhD thesis on French painters in Rome during the 19th century. A lecturer specialising in 19th-century art history, she is currently a course director at the Victoria & Albert Museum and lecturer with the Arts Society, Morley College and Oxford.
It was an honour to be there and experience a V&A academy course. Previous V&A Academy Course Attendee
Course overview
Explore the fascinating relationship between art and crime at the V&A. Expert speakers explore questions of forgery and theft as they relate to the museum’s collections.
Membership Priority Booking will open at 10.00 GMT on 4 February 2026. General Booking will open at 10.00 GMT on Thursday 12 February 2026.
Being up close with treasured objects from the V&A's collections brings your learning to life. Spend time with our incredible collections, alongside expert tutors and your fellow learners.
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One-day course: In focus- Crime at the Museum
2 July 2026
£200.00
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Header image: Fragment of a medallion of clear glass painted in brown, red and silver stain with a scene of thieves and robbers in ecclesiastical disguise breaking into the sheepfold (John X:1). Flemish, about 1550-1599. ©Victoria & Albert Museum, London