V And A Ceramics Galleries

The old ceramics galleries at the victoria albert museum in london were spacious airy places under the glass roof containing crowded cases of wonders and floating dust.

V and a ceramics galleries.

For the first time in a century the v a is redisplaying its ceramics collection the greatest and most comprehensive in the world. Located on v a s top floor and dating from 1909 the ceramics galleries comprise a sequence of seven varied spaces. Buy one of a kind ceramics and learn about the styles and traditions of japanese pottery from longtime japan resident pottery. The 4 5 million objects at london s victoria and albert museum make it the world s greatest collection of decorative arts and design.

Opened in 1909 the galleries were as lead curator reino. In this respect they are a perfect fit for the display of ceramics which do not require onerous environmental or conservation conditions. The refurbishment of the ceramics galleries was central to the first phase of the museum s future plan which restores and reconfigures the vast museum over a 20 year period. Rrz518 visits the v a ceramics gallery.

Others enjoy abundant daylight by virtue of their glazed roofs. Phase two opening next year will be aimed at the more specialist visitor with a further 26 000 objects being shown in. The v a s ceramics collections are unrivalled anywhere in the world. Please do visit often to view the new selections.

Our online selections are updated several times each week. Encyclopaedic and global in scope they encompass the history of fine ceramic production from about 2500 bc to the present day. This is the largest and most comprehensive ceramics and glass collection in the world with over 80 000 objects from. The v a s first ceramic galleries shown in an engraving by john watkins 1876 the first ceramic galleries of the south kensington museum now v a opened in 1868 in what are now the whiteley silver galleries rooms 70a and 65 69.

Extensive new galleries will tell the story of world ceramics with 3000 objects on display from the earliest chinese pottery to contemporary ceramic art.