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Blog PostCome to our Library and Archive Discovery Day on November 1st!Since our majestic reading rooms opened in 1884, the National Art Library and the Museum Archives have been proud of offering and encouraging free, universal access, with our collections, spaces and staff at the...
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Blog PostA 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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Blog PostV&A Illustration Awards 2024 – the winners!Discover the winners and runners-up for our five revised categories: Adult Fiction, Adult Non-Fiction…
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Blog PostQueer Photobooks in the Photography Centre browsing libraryPhotobooks are visual stories we can hold in our hands, inviting a closer look as images unfold page by page. They create an intimate encounter between the viewer and the book. At the heart of...
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Blog PostWho pinched my razor? The weird and wonderful non-collection items stolen from the V&A in the 1930s and 1940sMy latest cataloguing project is series MA/69, thefts and losses of objects. Cataloguing is a standard part of an archivist’s role. But it is also an opportunity to uncover fascinating stories about the V&A, in...
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Blog PostResearching South Asia provenanceOne of the outcomes of my placement is that all of the provenance information contained in these archival…
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Blog PostRecording Oral Histories with Poplar’s Windrush Residentsof Poplar, east London – from organising Summer Fun Days and seaside trips, to gathering residents to…
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Blog PostMiles Aldridge in conversationBut when my father moved out, he left his library of incredible art books and in my early teens I would…
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Blog PostWelcome back to South Kensingtonback our visitors, Members and supporters once more, to explore, discover, learn and be inspired in our…
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Blog PostThe Vogue Archive at the National Art LibraryDid you know that the National Art Library (NAL) subscribes to The Vogue Archive which can be accessed by visitors within the NAL Reading Rooms? The Vogue Archive database contains the entire run of American...
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Blog Post2017 at Digital Media – our year in product reviewJanuary, we switched from monthly XML exports to using the SSL API for nightly updates for Search the Archives…
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Blog PostWhat the Writer Saw: Remembering Joe OrtonThe murder, and Halliwell’s suicide, were discovered on 9 August 1967, when Orton was due at a meeting…
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Blog PostA History of Oscar Wilde in Three PlaysThe V&A Theatre and Performance Collections house a wide variety of archives, costume and museum objects…
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Blog PostPhotographs of Casts: Bedford Lemere’s Royal Architectural Museum AlbumWe recently discovered a collection of photographs which fit this brief in the National Art Library.…
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Blog PostInternational Women’s Day – Historic Women at the V&AISABEL A. COWPER – First Female Official Photographer of the First Museum Photographic Service?
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Blog PostRichard Redgrave (1804-1888): A Reluctant TravellerHe kept a diary of this tour, writing the day before setting off, ‘To-morrow, Samuel [Redgrave, Richard…
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Blog PostObject Pitch Day 4 – 1 October 2014As we settled down for Object Pitch Day 4, we knew the score: it was going to be another hour packed with great objects and great ideas, making the choice of just one object for...
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Blog PostObject pitch day 2 – Friday 12 September 2014Object pitch day 2 took place on 12 September and was another successful event showcasing a wide range of objects put forward by members of staff and featuring very different reasons for pitching these objects...
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Blog PostVictoria and Albert Museum Archives join the V&A Network BlogDid you know that Henry Cole (1808-1882), the V&A’s first director, started his professional career as an archivist – ‘sub-commissioner’ was his actual job title – in the Records Commission (the forerunner of the National...
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Blog PostTales from the ArchivesDid you know that Henry Cole (1808-1882), the V&A’s first director, started his professional career as an archivist – ‘sub-commissioner’ was his actual job title – in the Records Commission (the forerunner of the National...
