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Victoria and Albert Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.3 million objects that span over 5,000 years of human creativity.
Location
London, United Kingdom
Founded in
1899

Past events

Alice Curiouser and Curiouser, May 2021, Installation Image (c) Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser
1 Jun — 31 Dec 2021
Rachel Kneebone at the V&A. Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum
Rachel Kneebone at the V&A
1 Apr 2017 — 14 Jan 2021
Mary Quant at her apartment in Draycott Place, Chelsea, London, c.1965 © Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone/Getty Images
Mary Quant
6 Apr 2019 — 8 Mar 2020
Yellow ankle boots in Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) lined with cotton jersey, Mary Quant, 1967, London. Museum no. T.591: 1&2-1992. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Mary Quant
1 Apr 2019 — 16 Feb 2020
Leather ankle boots, André Courrèges, 1965, France. Museum no. T.109-1974. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
1960s fashion
Permanent event
Earthernware model of an ox-drawn cart, 25 – 220, China. Museum no. A.22-1935. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
China
Permanent event
Metamorphosis of Ovid, statuette, Auguste Rodin, about 1886, France. Museum no. A.117-1937. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Auguste Rodin
Permanent event
The Great Bed of Ware, 1590 – 1600, England. Museum no. W.47-1931. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Furniture
Permanent event
'22,500' Composition, Hadieh Shafie, 2011, USA. Museum no. ME.1-2012. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Islamic Middle East
Permanent event
Netsuke of the Chinese General Gentoku riding across a river, carved ivory, signed Rakueisai, ca. 1850 – 1900, Japan. Museum no. A.781-1910. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Japan
Permanent event
Griffin ewer, about 1120, possibly Germany or Belgium. Museum no. 1471-1870. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Medieval
Permanent event
'Deep Blue and Bronze Gold Persian Set', Dale Chihuly, 1999, United States. Museum no. C.108-2001. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Glass
Permanent event
Sea sculpture (detail), unknown, around 1725, Vietnam. Museum no. FE.7-2007. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Ceramics
Permanent event
Fan with the Triumph of Harlequin, about 1750, Rome, Italy. Museum no. T.153-1920. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Europe 1600 – 1815
Permanent event
Exterior view of the roof of the South Kensington Museum (the 'Brompton Boilers') under construction, albumen print, 1856. Museum no. 34:966 CIS. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Architecture
Permanent event
'Tipu's Tiger', a carved and lacquered wooden semi-automaton, Mysore, India, about 1793. Museum no 2545 (IS). © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
South Asia
Permanent event
Lover’s eye brooch, 1800 – 20, England. Museum no. P.56-1977. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Jewellery
Permanent event
‘The Miraculous Draught of Fishes’, Raphael, 1515 – 16. On loan from HM Queen Elizabeth II; rcin 912944, (Luke 5:1-11)
Paintings
Permanent event
Pair of gauntlets, Lucio Piccinino, about 1585, Italy. Museum no. M.143 & A-1921. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Renaissance
Permanent event
Martha Edlin's embroidered casket, 1671, England. Museum no. T.432-1990. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Textiles
Permanent event
Artwork for the Rolling Stones Hot Licks logo, Jon Pasche, 1970. Museum nos. S.6120-2009 & S.6121-2009. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London/Musidor B.V.
Theatre & Performance
Permanent event
Ilse Bing (Rockefeller Center or Daily Mirror and Chrysler Building tops), 1936. Museum no. E.3029-2004. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London/Estate of Ilse Bing, courtesy Michael Mattis
Photographs
Permanent event
Wedding dress, Norman Hartnell, 1933, London, UK. Museum no. T.836-1974. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Wedding dress
Permanent event
Centrepiece, Asprey & Co plc, 1985, England. Museum no. Loan:Gilbert.860-2008. © The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Gilbert Collection
Permanent event
Evening dress, Cristóbal Balenciaga, about 1955, Paris, France. Museum no. T.427-1967. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Fashion
Permanent event
Textile, The Calico Printers Association, 1937, England. Museum no. T.264-1987. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Art Deco
Permanent event
Jar, 1750 – 1850, Korea. Museum no. C.15-1919. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Korea
Permanent event
Hop-picking trip, 2018. Courtesy of Company Drinks, photo Nick Matthews
FOOD: Bigger than the Plate
18 May — 20 Oct 2019
Urban Mushroom Farm © GroCycle
Bigger than the Plate
18 May — 20 Oct 2019
Yves Saint Laurent in front of Christian Dior London, 11th November 1958 © Popperfoto/Getty Images
Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams
2 Feb — 14 Jul 2019

Victoria and Albert Museum

51.49507
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Cromwell Road
London SW7 2RL United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7942 2000
www.vam.ac.uk
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Daily from 10am to 5.45pm
Friday from 10am to 10pm

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