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  Now Open: Doctoral Placement applications

  To provide opportunities for early-career training for PhD students, the V&A has made available a range…
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  Young V&A’s ‘Designer in The Shed’

  Nestled within Young V&A’s permanent design gallery is The Shed, a self-contained design studio that echoes the structure of the listed building it sits within. Its architecture is reminiscent of the corrugated warehouse skylines of...
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  Lost and Found Yōkai: meet the artists part 2

  Summer is in full swing here at Young V&A, and we’re spotlighting our next round of artists whose work…
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  (On) Her Majesty’s Service: Henry Cole on a mission to Vienna in 1851

  December 1851: Through the snowy, moonlit landscape of the Ore Mountains on the border between Germany and Bohemia, a train wends its way through valleys and tunnels. Three men huddle under blankets in a first-class...
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  BREAKING NEWS! Henry Cole’s beloved Jim identified

  of the South Kensington Museum (which would become the V&A).…
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  Discovering the Secrets of a Rare Twelfth-century Walrus Ivory Carving

  This extremely rare and detailed walrus ivory carving shows the biblical scene of ‘The Deposition of Christ’.
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  A Day of Discovery: Highlights from Our First Library and Archives Discovery Day!

  On Friday, 1st November, we threw open the doors of the National Art Library for our very first Library and Archives Discovery Day—and what a success it was! With an incredible 640 visitors streaming in,...
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  Meet the cast: Henry Cole’s quest for reproductions in France and Germany, 1863

  This blog is part of a series on Henry Cole’s travel diaries, three of which are in the V&A’s collections…
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  A window into Mughal craftsmanship: conservation of a C16th white marble jali

  On the 9th November a new major exhibition opened at the V&A: The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence. This exhibition celebrates the extraordinary creative output of the Golden Age of the Mughal Court (about...
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  Celebration & defiance: Staff share V&A carnival objects and stories 

  Carnival, an annual outdoor festival that includes processions, music, dancing and masquerades, goes as far back as a pagan festival in Ancient Egypt and exists in different variations across the globe. After a two-year hiatus...
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  V&A Innovate Talks: Teacher Insights

  The V&A Innovate National Schools Challenge is back for 2022-23. To support schools planning to deliver the challenge, we asked three teachers to share their experiences of taking part. 
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  A stage for DIVA

  How can an exhibition that shows static objects embody the dynamic energy of a live performance? This was the central question we had to tackle as we designed the DIVA exhibition at V&A South Kensington....
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  In memory of Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll 

  . © Victoria and Albert Museum, London “There’s something in the V&A for everybody – that is what…
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  Open call: Visitor experience at V&A East Storehouse

  We are looking for a partner to collaborate with us on designing and delivering a new, enticing and memorable experience that enables people to have direct, up-close engagement with museum objects and their stories. We...
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  Reinvent Festival: Young V&A Summer family events

  Celebrating 150 years of the V&A Museum in Bethnal Green Our museum in Bethnal Green is currently closed, being transformed into a museum of creativity for children and young. The building on Cambridge Heath Road...
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  A Moving Experience: Olympia to the Olympic Park

  How do you move over 250,000 objects, 350,000 library books and nearly 1,000 archives from one side of London to the other, when no one has attempted such a feat before? The short answer is...
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  Material Cultures: Woodland Goods

  do woodlands have to offer, besides timber, and how can we harvest and work with these resources in a…
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  How I became a silversmith at Central Saint Martins

  As the V&A’s Assistant Curator of Metalwork, my typical day might involve handling finely crafted silver objects (making sure to always wear nitrile gloves to prevent fingerprints!), measuring and photographing objects in store, putting objects...
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  Ethics in Collaborative Research: mechanisms and principles

  Heritage Institutions programme, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and coordinated by the V&…
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  Inclusive design: Creative mindfulness in Tower Hamlets

  Maraid McEwan, Young V&A Inclusive Designer in Residence and Kirsty Sullivan, Senior Producer for Formal Learning, Young V&A When Young V&A opens in 2023, the permanent galleries will explore some of the social and environmental...