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Mexico City and 18th Century Printmaking: a Tale of Saints and Signatures As a part of a documentation project within the V&A, I was tasked with improving the accessibility standard of records acquired in the year 1922 for the Prints and Drawings department. In looking through the...
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Long Days, Big Discoveries: What You Told Us in the 2025 User Survey Late last year, the National Art Library and V&A Archives invited users to share their experiences of services at South Kensington. The response was fantastic: 458 people took part, representing a vibrant cross-section of our research community. The survey reached ...
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Mari Katayama – V&A Parasol Foundation Women in Photography commission ‘tree of life’ Mari Katayama is a multidisciplinary artist based in Gunma, Japan.  Born in 1987 in Saitama, she graduated with a Master’s degree from the Department of Intermedia Art at Tokyo University of the Arts in 2012....
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Turning Back Time: conserving a cabinet clock from the Gilbert Collection By Zoe Allen (Lead Conservator, Collections Care and Access, V&A) and Flora Clark (Research Assistant, The Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Collection, V&A) After acquiring it in 1977, Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert proudly displayed this ornate...
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Aya Simone Schmidt’s residency with the V&A Wedgwood Collection and the Danish Arts Foundation My name is Aya Simone Schmidt, and I am a ceramic artist. I have just concluded my residency with the V&A Wedgwood Collection and the Danish Arts Foundation where I set out to examine the...
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Turning Words into Pictures The County Album (published by John Harris in 1829) looks rather ordinary at first glance. Yet its pages reveal a playful surprise: instead of plain text, many of the nouns are replaced by tiny illustrations.
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Global Narratives Network: In Conversation with Do Ho Suh The V&A Global Narratives Network (GNN) is a collective of staff and volunteers. We create supportive and inclusive spaces for those who belong to the global majority. The members celebrate, share and problematise culture through...
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The techno-optimism of Web 1.0 For over a year, a team of curators and digital conservation experts from the V&A, alongside YouTube’s User Experience team, and Interaction Design Studio oio, collaborated on a unique digital design history project. Together, we...
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Three newly acquired albums of etchings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi at the V&A This post is written by Romana Mastrella and Laura Staccoli (V&A Doctoral Placements) From September 2024 to March 2025, Laura and Romana worked as doctoral placement students within the Prints section of the V&A Department...
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Design and Disability advisory group process One of the key phrases that is central to disability politics is ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’, and as an exhibition that firmly aimed to place disabled culture and identity at its core, it was...
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Pupils in North East England get hands-on with history
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Pupils in North East England get hands-on with history Our first education service delivered locally with North East Museums will allow young people in North East England to work with our historic records without having to travel to London.
This new opportunity has been made possible by an exciting partnership ...
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From Sat 24 Jan: Love Letters exhibition reveals the lengths we go for love
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From Sat 24 Jan: Love Letters exhibition reveals the lengths we go for love Love letters relating to some of the most famous – and sometimes dangerous – love affairs in British history are on show at The National Archives from Saturday, 24 January 2026.
Among the exhibits in a new exhibition, Love Letters, is ...
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The National Archives Welcomes New Directors
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The National Archives Welcomes New Directors  
Tobi Adetimilehin
We are pleased to announce that Tobi Adetimilehin has been appointed Finance Director of The National Archives, and started her  term leading the Finance and Performance teams on 8 December 2025.
Tobi was most recently the Deputy Director Finance lead ...
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The National Archives and RIBA to partner
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The National Archives and RIBA to partner The National Archives and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) are pleased to announce a partnership that will ensure the accessibility and preservation of its world-class Drawings and Archives Collections during the interim period between the conclusion of the V&A+RIBA ...
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More than 600 government files released under 20-year rule
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More than 600 government files released under 20-year rule More than 600 documents have been released by the Cabinet Office today under the 20-year rule. Most are correspondence and work on government policies during Sir Tony Blair’s Labour administration 2004-2005.
They include a file about Kim Philby’s archive and another ...
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Christmas 1604 ledger shows Shakespeare top of the bill
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Christmas 1604 ledger shows Shakespeare top of the bill A set of accounts from James I’s Master of the Revels which record one of the first performances of Shakespeare’s Othello in the run-up to Christmas 1604 will be on show at The National Archives from 12 January-5 February.
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Il Blog del Sistema Musei di Roma Capitale
Il Blog del Sistema Musei di Roma Capitale
Le Lupe di Roma La Lupa Capitolina, conservata nei Musei Capitolini, è una scultura in bronzo del V sec. a.C., realizzata con tecnica della cera persa che raffigura una lupa che ha da poco partorito, come indicano… Continua a leggere →
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Il Blog del Sistema Musei di Roma Capitale
Il Blog del Sistema Musei di Roma Capitale
MUSEO DELLA REPUBBLICA ROMANA E DELLA MEMORIA GARIBALDINA Ormai da anni la Sovrintendenza Capitolina mette a disposizione dei cittadini e dei turisti spazi espositivi e collezioni d’arte ad entrata gratuita con l’intento di promuovere la conoscenza e la fruizione di realtà… Continua a leggere →
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Il Blog del Sistema Musei di Roma Capitale
Il Blog del Sistema Musei di Roma Capitale
MUSEO CASAL DE’ PAZZI Ormai da anni la Sovrintendenza Capitolina mette a disposizione dei cittadini e dei turisti spazi espositivi e collezioni d’arte ad entrata gratuita con l’intento di promuovere la conoscenza e la fruizione di realtà… Continua a leggere →
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