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This history of the V&A is a story like no other. From its early beginnings as a Museum of Manufactures in 1852, to the foundation stone laid by Queen Victoria in 1899, to today's state-of-the-art galleries, the museum has constantly evolved in its collecting and public interpretation of art and design. Its collections span 5,000 years of human creativity in virtually every medium, housed in one of the finest groups of Victorian and modern buildings in Britain. 

From early computer generated drawings and algorithmic art to personal organisers and the mosquito emoji, the V&A holds more than 3,000 digital art and design objects dating from the 1950s to the present. Including works created by individuals through to large-scale corporations, the collection explores the interplay between art, design and technology, and how they shape how we live together.

Design 1900 – Now showcases 250 objects from the V&A's collections of 20th- and 21st-century art and design displayed across two galleries. The diverse and often surprising collection invites us to explore and interrogate every element of the designed world, from the familiar and everyday, such as the first Apple iPhone from the 2000s and early Tupperware from the 1960s, to the political and challenging, such as a series of Benetton posters from the early 1990s and a pair of Adidas trainers made from salvaged illegal fishing nets from 2015.

womenswear, jewellery and accessories from throughout Alexander McQueen's celebrated career, reflecting the V&…

Textile designer Lucienne Day (1917 – 2010) graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1940, but her…

Designs and wares saved by the factory and Wedgwood family grew into one of the most important industrial…

One of the 19th century's most famous names, William Morris is still renowned today as the designer of…

Modernism in design and architecture emerged in the aftermath of the First World War and the Russian…

In Europe 1600 – 1815 over 1100 objects from the V&A’s collections of 17th- and 18th-century European…

Famous for popularising super-high hemlines, self-taught designer Mary Quant (1930 – 2023) launched a…

damaging effects of industrial production, developing a quietly revolutionary new take on domestic design…

couture, Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895 – 1972) was one of the most innovative and influential fashion designers…

collection ranges from medieval and Renaissance masterpieces to the finest examples of contemporary tapestry design…

In 2014, the V&A acquired guardianship of the Glastonbury Festival Archive, an eclectic and growing resource…

gleaming lustre pots, William De Morgan (1839 – 1917) was one of the most innovative and imaginative designers…

extraordinary blend of tradition and progress, combined with a lively eclecticism, is found throughout the V&…

Fashion in Motion is a series of live fashion events presented at the V&A.…

Vivienne Westwood (1941 – 2022) was one of British fashion's most famous – and most contradictory – designers…

The V&A holds the archive of royal portraits by renowned fashion photographer Sir Cecil Beaton (1904…

He was also a designer and ran a flourishing business supplying carvings and sculpture in stone, marble…