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Today, the Museum of London is announcing the acquisition of 13 Tweets from Londoners shared during the initial lockdown, in a strand of its ongoing Collecting COVID project entitled Going Viral. This follows on from research published in August 2020 by Twitter UK called History in the Tweeting, which identified seven behaviours that emerged or... Continue Reading →
Today, the V&A unveils a host of new digital content about the Raphael Cartoons for everyone to enjoy from home, ahead of the reopening of the transformed Raphael Court to the public after the latest national lockdown lifts. Available on the V&A website, the new online offering provides those based both in the UK and... Continue Reading →
Today the V&A reveals plans to stage a major exhibition celebrating the irresistible creativity, ingenuity and unstoppable global impact of contemporary African fashions. Opening June 2022, the exhibition will celebrate the vitality and innovation of this vibrant scene, as dynamic and varied as the African continent itself. Over 250 objects, drawn from the personal archives... Continue Reading →
Pictures have today been released of newly installed exhibition and audio tour From Where I’m Standing, which will see inspiring stories from around the UK take over a street in South London this week (also available online). The photography and audio installation, telling diverse stories from people around the UK as a record of life... Continue Reading →
On Saturday, the V&A will open Bags: Inside Out, the UK’s most comprehensive exhibition dedicated to the ultimate accessory. From designer handbags to despatch boxes, vanity cases to military rucksacks, the exhibition explores our longstanding fascination with the bag. Featuring innovative designs from Mulberry to Karl Lagerfeld, bags carried by Jane Birkin to Sarah Jessica... Continue Reading →
Following one of the most significant closures in the museum’s history, the V&A is delighted to announce that it will reopen its doors to visitors on 6 August 2020. Initially opening Thursday to Sunday each week, the V&A will reopen in phases. From 6 August 2020, visitors will able to enjoy all of the ground... Continue Reading →
From Beatrix Potter’s idyllic illustrations of the world of Peter Rabbit, to the life-size West End War Horse puppet Joey, to designs by contemporary superstars Virgil Abloh and Olafur Eliasson, star exhibits and concepts are today revealed for a radical £13m reimagination of the V&A Museum of Childhood. A transformed free-to-access collection set within interactive... Continue Reading →
