As well as providing a purpose-built home for over 250,000 objects, 350,000 library books and 1,000 archives from the V&A’s collections, Storehouse is a new kind of museum experience. It gives you a ...

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Legend has it that after Marsha P. Johnson threw the first brick in the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, she picked up a shard of broken mirror to fix her makeup. This fearless moment embodies both the beauty ...

Led by East London based artist and designer Daniel Heath, this three-hour practical session invites you to draw creative inspiration from specially selected objects from the archive. Focusing on ...

Join an expert V&A Guide for an introduction to the V&A's history and a selection of treasures from across the museum's outstanding collections. Tours depart from Blavatnik Hall on Exhibition Road and ...

Join us for an evening in conversation with Her Royal Highness Princess Dana Firas of Jordan at the V&A South Kensington. Hosted by the V&A's Culture in Crisis Programme, this special event explores ...

Members will be guided through the museum’s permanent collections in both the South Asia Gallery and British Galleries. Through these, you will discover how the aesthetic principles visible across ...

The talk will share new findings on the complex provenance of an Akan drum—one of the oldest African-American objects extant ...

Join costume designer Anna Robbins for a look at how she has recreated and reinterpreted the styles of the period for the ...

Join costume designer Anna Robbins for a look at how she has recreated and reinterpreted the styles of the period for the final instalment of the much-loved series, in advance of its cinematic finale.

Studio pottery refers to ceramics made by individual artist-potters in their own workshops, typically by hand.

Historically, the colour red in textiles held immense symbolic and economic value. Red clothing was a conspicuous display of wealth, worn by royalty, the clergy and the elite. The difficult processes ...