COVID-19 has brought about many changes to Londoners’ lives, not just in the day to day, but also in relation to how we sleep and dream. According to a survey conducted by King’s College London and Ipsos MORI in June 2020, the anxiety, stress and worry brought on by the global COVID-19 crisis is not... Continue Reading →
News: Loyle Carner, Ade Adepitan and Roma Agrawal join forces with V&A to find Britain’s future innovators
Loyle Carner, BRIT Award and Mercury Prize nominated rapper, Ade Adepitan MBE, TV Presenter and Paralympic Medalist, and Roma Agrawal MBE, Structural Engineer, whose projects include London’s iconic Shard building, are today announced as judges of V&A Innovate’s National Schools Challenge. V&A Innovate – the museum’s flagship learning programme for 11-14-year-olds – sets young people... Continue Reading →
News: Arsenal’s captain donates Black Lives Matter shirt to the Museum of London
The Museum of London is pleased to announce that it will be collecting one of Arsenal’s iconic Black Lives Matter tribute shirts worn by captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang during the 2020-21 Premier League season. The striker will donate his shirt to the museum as part of its ongoing Collecting COVID project which is also documenting the... Continue Reading →
News: V&A and HTC VIVE Arts announce innovative virtual reality event to celebrate Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser
Through an innovative new partnership, the V&A and HTC VIVE Arts invite audiences from around the world on a mind-bending trip into the wonderful world of Wonderland. Coinciding with the release of tickets on sale for the museum’s eagerly anticipated exhibition Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser – opening 27 March 2021 – an immersive virtual reality... Continue Reading →
News: V&A Museum and Glastonbury Festival launch new digital database
To coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first ever Glastonbury Festival, which took place on 19 September 1970, the V&A announces a new project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), to create an online database that will provide unrivalled access to the past, present and future of Glastonbury Festival. As a... Continue Reading →
News: New free display, Dub London: Bassline of a City, opens 2 October at the Museum of London
The Museum of London is pleased to announce that its display Dub London: Bassline of a City, delayed due to COVID-19, will now open 2 October 2020. The exclusive free display will celebrate dub reggae music and culture in the capital, from its roots in Jamaican reggae to how it has shaped communities and culture over... Continue Reading →
News: New major exhibition Havering Hoard: A Bronze Age Mystery to open at the Museum of London Docklands
The mystery surrounding the Havering Hoard has been kept under wraps for longer than intended but now the Museum of London Docklands can confirm that London’s largest ever Bronze Age hoard will go on display to the public for the very first time from 11 September. As part of the museum’s new major exhibition, Havering Hoard: A Bronze... Continue Reading →
News: V&A gets ready to sparkle again as iconic 27ft chandelier is cleaned ahead of the museum reopening
Following 140 days of closure - one of the most significant closures in the V&A’s history - finishing touches are underway across the museum ahead of reopening the doors to visitors this Thursday 6 August 2020. Final preparations include the cleaning of Dale Chihuly’s iconic 27-foot glass chandelier – made up of 1,300 exquisite blue... Continue Reading →
News: Museum of London releases first ever recorded soundscapes of London alongside new recordings of London in lockdown
The first ever recorded soundscape of London was captured in September 1928 as part of a campaign led by the Daily Mail calling for noise restrictions on London's increasingly loud streets. Now, almost 100 years later, as part of the Museum of London’s ongoing collecting COVID project, the same five locations were re-captured in collaboration... Continue Reading →
News: Museum of London sites to reopen 6 August with four-week extension of The Clash: London Calling display
After almost five months of temporary closure, the Museum of London and Museum of London Docklands will be ready to open their doors on Thursday 6 August 2020 and welcome visitors once again. The Museum of London is pleased to announce that the exclusive display, The Clash: London Calling, celebrating the making of The Clash’s ground-breaking album ‘London Calling’, will... Continue Reading →
