The results are in and we now have eleven happy recipients of the V&A Illustration Awards 2024! A record over 2000 entries were submitted, covering artwork from the period 2022-2023. Our winners this ...

We are back with another edition of your favourite celebrity/V&A object lookalike! This time it’s Chappell Roan serving some gorgeous looks vs our beautiful collection. You decide who wore it best in ...

Being a powerful, magical leader of the fairies, Titania, from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, would look enchanting in this perfect woodland wear. A dress made for a fairy princess, complete with gold ...

Stüssy t-shirt, 1992, move to V&A East Storehouse. Image by Vicky Grout ‘Photography for museums is often very clean, crisp, light, and bright. But I wanted to bring that rougher, more authentic feel’ ...

We were very saddened to learn of the recent loss of Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll. Dame Elizabeth was Director of the V&A 1987 to 1995, following a successful period as Head of the National Art Library.

Perspectives on Research is a series of blog posts commissioned as part of the Early Career Research Fellowships in Cultural and Heritage Institutions programme, funded by the Arts and Humanities ...

The V&A has been collecting press cuttings since 1831. Between April 1913 and July 1914, newspapers reported on a spate of attacks at British museums and galleries as suffragettes tried to force the ...

Left to right: Paola Estrella, Rebeca Romero, Montañera, Francisca Sosa Lopez, Fernanda Liberti, José García Oliva From Fernanda Liberti photographs of indigenous Brazilian culture, to José García ...

Thankfully, it isn’t the Dark Ages anymore, but we have gathered some of our most mesmerising Medieval V&A collections to suit your mood. Are you going to be a weird human/lion hybrid, or maybe just a ...

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The V&A is able to provide immunity from seizure under Part 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007. This Act provides protection from seizure for cultural objects from abroad on loan to ...

Nicholas Hilliard (1547 – 1619) was a celebrated English goldsmith and painter best known for his miniature portraits in the Tudor and Stuart royal courts. He was skilful in rendering delicate fabrics ...