Victoria And Albert Museum Library

Victoria and albert museum national art library.

Victoria and albert museum library. National art library catalogues victoria and albert museum we have launched a new website and are reviewing this page. The national art library nal is located in beautiful and historic reading rooms overlooking the john madejski garden at the v a. More information about using the library and the safety measures we will take to protect you will be available soon. Victoria and albert museum national art library the victoria and albert museum often abbreviated as the v a in london is the world s largest museum of applied and decorative arts and design as well as sculpture.

The victoria and albert museum often abbreviated as the v a in london is the world s largest museum of applied and decorative arts and design as well as sculpture housing a permanent collection of over 2 27 million objects. The national art library opening times are tuesday wednesday thursday and saturday. V ae is v a enterprises ltd of the victoria and albert museum cromwell road london sw7 2rl the client is the individual or company whose details appear on the invoice from v ae licence means the licence terms set out on the v ae invoice image is any digital copy of an image licensed or supplied to the client for the purpose of reproduction. It was founded in 1852 and named after queen victoria and prince albert.

While the physical collection is available for anyone to view people increasingly access electronic material in place of the original. 10 00 17 30 friday. We hold the uk s most comprehensive public reference collection of literature on the fine and decorative arts including books journals exhibition catalogues auction. Journals books and online resources.

Victoria and albert museum london we will reopen our doors on 7 october 2020. Objects featured here include those from recent publications famous and less well known objects and those which cannot be permanently on display. V a images terms and conditions. British library inter library loan codes library code.

And re gift of an elm waterpipe found beneath central park new york in 1901 to the john judkyn memorial in bath. The national art library within the victoria and albert museum maintains a permanent collection of over 850 000 printed works and manuscripts and provides access to several thousand electronic titles. Search over one million objects from the v a collections including ceramics fashion furniture glass metalwork paintings photographs prints sculpture and textiles. Victoria and albert museum libraries also contribute to the archives hub.

To browse descriptions of their archive materials visit their archives hub theatre and performance collectionsinformation page and archive of art and design information page.