The V&A has opened an ambitious new project near Hackney Wick, the V&A Storehouse.
The Storehouse contains over 100 mini-displays featuring 1,500 items from across the V&A’s collection and archives.
Tim Reeve, Deputy Director and COO, V&A, said: “V&A East Storehouse has been 10 years in the making, and we are so excited to finally open it on 21 May.
“V&A East Storehouse is a unique piece of museum architecture, and will look and feel like a very different cultural experience, defined by the theatre and wonder of the ‘back of house’ world of museum practice and a radical new approach for the public to access their national collections.
“For us, success will be V&A East Storehouse serving new and existing audiences – from east London and around the world – as a place of opportunity for all, where creativity can be sparked, ambitions nurtured and developed, and where joyful and lifelong engagements with creativity can begin.”
Anyone can book access to any object at the V&A East Storehouse for free, any day of the week.
Bookings for Order an Object are now live and can be arranged via this link.
The Storehouse will be open 10:00-18:00, seven days a week, with late night openings every Thursday and Saturday to 22:00.
Photos featured in video, provided by V&A, taken by: Shahram Saadat, Niall Hodson, Bet Bettencourt and Vicky Grout
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