'Watch That Man': Discovering the David Bowie Archive

The David Bowie cataloguing team open up the archive

Talk

  • Saturday, 2 May 2026 at V&A South Kensington

  • V&A South Kensington

  • Past event

+44 (0)20 7942 2000

  • V&A South Kensington

    Cromwell Road
    London, SW7 2RL

  • Hochhauser Auditorium, Learning Centre, Level 1

  • Free event

Join the David Bowie Archive cataloguing team as they discuss the process of unboxing, researching and cataloguing the 90,000 items in the collection, in preparation for the opening of the David Bowie Centre at V&A East Storehouse.

The team share some of the highlights of the project, as well as their own personal favourite material from the Archive.

Supported by the Colwinston Charitable Trust

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