Celebrate the National Playday the Young V&A way, and join artists, students and community partners presenting creative play ...

The talk will share new findings on the complex provenance of an Akan drum—one of the oldest African-American objects extant ...

Join costume designer Anna Robbins for a look at how she has recreated and reinterpreted the styles of the period for the ...

Join costume designer Anna Robbins for a look at how she has recreated and reinterpreted the styles of the period for the final instalment of the much-loved series, in advance of its cinematic finale.

Need some fun ideas to get you through the summer? Let us help with our V&A collection and get you inspired to have the best time!

In 1882, the V&A (then the South Kensington Museum), acquired 60 drawings of ‘Russian Ecclesiastical Art’ from Nikolai Martinov in Moscow. These would become known as ‘The Martinoff Drawings,’ all ...

The new Explore the Collections landing page, which launched in May 2025. How do you make 1.2 million objects feel discoverable, relevant and inspiring to every visitor — whether they’re searching ...

A hilarious fictional interview between a marble dog from the 19th century and a 3D printed bearded man sculpture. Come and find out what these V&A objects have to say to one another!

The Wilfred Buckley collection at the V&A comprises over 600 pieces, with more than 500 currently displayed in the glass galleries in Room 131. Encyclopaedic in scope, the collection features numerous ...

By positioning the ‘Craft Town’ as a cultural-geographical concept, this forum examines how craft serves as a bridge between tradition and modernity, embedding local heritage within the dynamic ...

Students on the V&A / RCA History of Design Postgraduate Programme spend the autumn term researching an object in the museum’s collection. In this series, we share some of their exciting discoveries.

We live in a world where what we think of as our reality is constantly shifting, being contested and reimagined. Versions of narratives are increasingly shaped by data through our smartphones, AI and ...