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Exhibitions, Events, Lectures & Tours (All Dates)
British Design 1948-2012: 17/05/2012 to 12/08/2012
 
Daily Introductory Tour 12.30 17/05/2012 to 31/12/2012
Tour: This daily tour is a free, non-bookable drop-in event. The one hour tour describes the history of the V&A and introduces a selection of treasures from the Museum's outstanding collections. Starting at the Meeting Point, Grand Entrance at 12.30. Sound enhancement equipment is available for visitors with hearing impairments.
 
Contemporary Programmes: From Interventions to Commissions 17/05/2012
 
Daily Introductory Tour 13.30 17/05/2012 to 31/12/2012
Tour: This daily tour is a free, non-bookable drop-in event. The one hour tour describes the history of the V&A and introduces a selection of treasures from the Museum's outstanding collections. Starting at the Meeting Point, Grand Entrance at 13.30. Sound enhancement equipment is available for visitors with hearing impairments.
 
Theatre & Performance Galleries Tour 14:00 17/05/2012 to 31/12/2012
Tour : Take a guided tour of the V&A's exciting theatre and performance collections, including rock & pop posters, theatre and ballet costumes, puppets, stage sets and more! See new costumes from the Lion King now on display.
 
British Galleries Tour 14.30 17/05/2012 to 31/12/2012
Tour: This daily tour is a free, non-bookable drop-in event. The one hour tour introduces the V&A's stunning British Galleries which house the most comprehensive collection of British design and art on view anywhere in the world. Starting at the Meeting Point, Grand Entrance at 14.30. Sound enhancement equipment is available for visitors with hearing impairments.
 
Daily Introductory Tour 15.30 17/05/2012 to 31/12/2012
Tour: This daily tour is a free, non-bookable drop-in event. The one hour tour describes the history of the V&A and introduces a selection of treasures from the Museum's outstanding collections. Starting at the Meeting Point, Grand Entrance at 15.30. Sound enhancement equipment is available for visitors with hearing impairments.
 
Back-packs & Trails 18/05/2012 to 31/12/2012
Family Event: Every Saturday 10.30 -17.00 and during some school holidays pick up an Activity Back-Pack and embark upon an adventure across the V&A. The Back-Packs are full of hands-on activities related to the collections and are suitable for 5 to 12 year-olds.
 
Daily Introductory Tour 10.30 18/05/2012 to 31/12/2012
Tour: This daily tour is a free, non-bookable drop-in event. The one hour tour describes the history of the V&A and introduces a selection of treasures from the Museum's outstanding collections. Starting at the Meeting Point, Grand Entrance at 10.30. Sound enhancement equipment is available for visitors with hearing impairments.
 
Early Medieval 11/12 18/05/2012 to 13/07/2012
 
Medieval & Renaissance Tour 11.30 18/05/2012 to 31/12/2012
Tour: This daily tour is a free, non-bookable drop-in event. The one hour tour introduces the V&A's stunning Medieval & Renaissance Galleries. Starting at the Meeting Point, Grand Entrance at 11.30. Sound enhancement equipment is available for visitors with hearing impairments.
 
V&A Sanctuary 18/05/2012 to 22/06/2012
 
Norfolk House Music Room Concert 18/05/2012 to 13/07/2012
Performance: Free concerts by musicians from the Royal College of Music are performed on selected Friday evenings in the beautiful setting of the Norfolk House Music Room, from 18.30-19.30. For programme details visit Friday Evenings
 
BSL Tour: Fashion 18/05/2012
 
Friday Evening Introductory Tour 19:00 18/05/2012 to 21/12/2012
Tour : A free evening introductory tour of the V&A starts at 19.00 from the Meeting Point at the Grand Entrance.
 
Zandra Rhodes 18/05/2012
 
Playing Petrucciani 18/05/2012
 
Ballgowns: 19/05/2012 to 06/01/2013
 
Create! Set Design 19/05/2012 to 26/05/2012
 
Gallery Play: Little Lights Theatre 19/05/2012 to 30/06/2012
Performance : Enjoy the collection with fun interactive gallery performances for all the family. For more details visit www.vam.ac.uk/families
 
Digital Design Drop In 19/05/2012 to 30/06/2012
Demonstration: Drop-in and meet visiting digital designers on selected dates. See ‘show and tell’ presentations of digital design and chat with them about their work. Selected Wednesday afternoons only, see below for available dates.
 
Open Studio - Jason Singh: Sound Art Resident 19/05/2012 to 27/06/2012
 
Open Studios - Cherrell Avery: Calligraphy Resident 19/05/2012 to 27/06/2012
 
Fashion and Film - Chanel 19/05/2012
 
Make-it: Calligraphy (10-12yr olds) 19/05/2012
 
Harris Tweed Teacups 20/05/2012
 
Drop in Design 20/05/2012 to 30/12/2012
Family Event: Every Sunday and during some school holidays, from 10.30 to 17.00 explore the V&A's collections through drawing and making activities.
 
Arts of Asia 11/12 21/05/2012 to 16/07/2012
 
Twentieth Century Design 11/12 21/05/2012 to 23/07/2012
 
Late Medieval & Early Renaissance 11/12 22/05/2012 to 10/07/2012
 
High Renaissance to Baroque 11/12 23/05/2012 to 11/07/2012
 
The 'South Kensington system' - art education & the V&A in the 19th Century 23/05/2012
 
Rococo to Art Nouveau 11/12 24/05/2012 to 12/07/2012
 
The Queensberry Hunt: Ceramic Design 24/05/2012
 
Friday Late - Dinner is Served 25/05/2012
 
CreateVoice presents.. The Friday Forum 25/05/2012 to 29/06/2012
 
Introducing Lewis Carroll 26/05/2012
 
Open Studio - Louisa Taylor: Ceramics Resident 26/05/2012 to 20/06/2012
 
Celebrating British Design 27/05/2012
 
Intercultural Tour - The depiction of the female in Asian religious traditions 28/05/2012
 
John Hegarty 29/05/2012
 
From Gormley to Gaga: UK Design for Performance 30/05/2012
 
Skills Studio: Ceramic Professional practice workshop 31/05/2012
 
Heatherwick Studio: 31/05/2012 to 30/09/2012
 
Patterns of Fashion 31/05/2012
 
V&A Connects - The Studio Unravelled: Architectural Practice Revealed 01/06/2012
 
Flamenco Virtuoso 01/06/2012
 
The Imagination Station - June Half Term 02/06/2012 to 10/06/2012
 
Digital Kids 02/06/2012 to 24/06/2012
 
Make-it: Calligraphy 04/06/2012 to 07/06/2012
 
From A to B: Artists' Books 06/06/2012
 
Inside Outing: Ballrooms from High Society to High St 06/06/2012
 
Displaying Fashion 06/06/2012
 
Designing Extravagance: decorating the Italian Renaissance Palace 07/06/2012
 
Fantasy & Fashion: Ballgown Illustration 08/06/2012
 
Inside Outing: Heatherwick Studio 08/06/2012
 
Makers' Guild 08/06/2012
 
Intercultural Tour - Black Figures on the Dining Table 11/06/2012
 
Peter Blake & Wayne Hemingway 12/06/2012
 
Ballgowns: Clients and Designers 13/06/2012
 
Get Online with the V&A 13/06/2012
 
Angels and Saints 14/06/2012
 
Island Stories: Fifty Years of Photography in Britain 14/06/2012
 
Vintage Style: Corsetry 15/06/2012
 
Introduction to Fashion Photography 15/06/2012
 
Pórtico de la Gloria at Santiago de Compostela Study Afternoon 15/06/2012
 
David Sassoon 15/06/2012
 
Designing the Decades: 1960s 16/06/2012
 
Make-it: Fashion Illustration (10-12yr olds) 16/06/2012
 
Refugee Week 2012 18/06/2012 to 24/06/2012
 
Intercultural Tour - British Refugee designers from Nazi Europe 18/06/2012
 
Touch Tour: Fashionable Living in the British Galleries 19/06/2012
 
Closer Look: Architecture Talks - Station to Station: the design & architecture of railway stations 19/06/2012
 
Creating the New Jewish Museum 20/06/2012
 
Huguenot Silver Gilbert Collections 21/06/2012
 
BSL Tour: Japanese Enamels - The Seven Treasures 22/06/2012
 
Style Cities:Vienna 23/06/2012
 
Dance Photography Masterclass 27/06/2012
 
Heatherwick Studio: Designing the Extraordinary 27/06/2012
 
Recording Britain: Constable and his Contemporaries 28/06/2012
 
The Photographic Studio at the V&A Museum, a continuous history from 1856 to the present day 28/06/2012
 
Friday Late - Un-built 29/06/2012
 
From Biba to Topshop: 20th Century Retail 30/06/2012
 
Where Did You Hang Out? 30/06/2012
 
Sir Terence Conran 03/07/2012
 
Fashion in Focus: The A Line Skirt 06/07/2012
 
Nigerian Folk meets Jazz 06/07/2012
 
After the War - 50s & 60s Style, Image and Identity 08/07/2012
 
Subsidy, Patronage & Sponsorship : Theatre and Performance Culture in Uncertain Times 19/07/2012 to 21/07/2012
 
Youth Protest - The Teenager's Voice 22/07/2012
 
DesignLab Teachers' Summer School 24/07/2012
 
Art and Design 1900-2012 12/13 17/09/2012
 
Late Medieval to Early Renaissance 12/13 18/09/2012
 
High Renaissance to Baroque 12/13 19/09/2012
 
Rococo to Art Nouveau 12/13 20/09/2012
 
Early Medieval 12/13 21/09/2012
 
Arts of Early China: Neolithic to the Song Dynasty 24/09/2012
 
1900 Cities: The City at the Turn of the Century, from Paris to New York 25/09/2012
 
The English Golden Age: Theatre and Playwriting from 1570-1642 26/09/2012
 
Talking Threads: A History of Tapestry and Embroidery 26/09/2012
 
Tudors & Stuarts: British Art & Design 1500-1700 27/09/2012
 
Hollywood Costume 20/10/2012 to 27/01/2013
 
Eric Ravilious 17/11/2012
 
Renaissance to Restoration London 15/01/2013
 
Home Sweet Home: British Interiors 1500-2000 16/01/2013
 
British Patchwork and Quilts: Concealed, Discovered, Revealed 17/01/2013
 
Holbein to Hockney: Art in Britain at the V&A 22/01/2013
 
The Arts of the Byzantine Empire 23/01/2013
 
Form, Fashion, Function: A Concise History of Furniture 24/01/2013
 
Fire, Earth and Water: East Asian Pottery and Porcelain 23/04/2013
 
Art Deco Design 23/04/2013
 
Victorian London 24/04/2013
 
Masters of Style: Ten Great Designers 25/04/2013
 
Sacred Spaces: Synagogue, Church and Mosque 13/05/2013