Museum · South Kensington

V&A South Kensington

Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL

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The world's largest museum of art, design and performance, in a Victorian building in South Kensington. Its permanent galleries are free, and large temporary shows on fashion, design and world art are ticketed.

Permanent exhibitions

Cast Courts with plaster copies of Trajan's Column and Michelangelo's David
Fashion gallery spanning four centuries of dress
Raphael Cartoons in the Raphael Court
British Galleries from the Tudors to the Victorians
Jameel Gallery of Islamic art with the Ardabil Carpet
Medieval and Renaissance sculpture galleries
Jewellery gallery and the Photography Centre

Coming up

until Apr 30, 2027

Urushi Now: Contemporary Japanese Lacquer

V&A South Kensington · South Kensington
- Exhibitions
Free

Going Interested
until Oct 30, 2027

Lost Music Venues

V&A South Kensington · South Kensington
- Exhibitions
Free

Going Interested
until Jan 24, 2027

Bharti Kher at the V&A

V&A South Kensington · South Kensington
- Exhibitions
Free

Going Interested
until Sep 17, 2027

Sacred Treasures from Kyiv

V&A South Kensington · South Kensington
- Exhibitions
Free

Going Interested
until Jan 3, 2027

The Burberry Trench: Crafting an Icon

V&A South Kensington · South Kensington
- Exhibitions
Free

Going Interested
until Jan 11, 2027

Henri Cartier-Bresson Self-Published PhotoBook Award Shortlist

V&A South Kensington · South Kensington
- Exhibitions
Free

Going Interested
until Nov 15

Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art

V&A South Kensington · South Kensington
- Exhibitions
£28–£30

Going Interested
until Jan 10, 2027

Rising Voices: Contemporary Art from Asia, Australia and the Pacific

V&A South Kensington · South Kensington
- Exhibitions
£17

Going Interested
until May 30, 2027

Degrees of Disruption: Vera Molnar and Generative Art

V&A South Kensington · South Kensington
- Exhibitions
Free

Going Interested
until May 9, 2027

Constantinople to Istanbul: One City, Two Empires

V&A South Kensington · South Kensington
- Exhibitions
£25

Going Interested
until Jan 2, 2028

Punk to Pop

V&A South Kensington · South Kensington
- Exhibitions
Going Interested
until Feb 6, 2028

Sculpture in Clay

V&A South Kensington · South Kensington
- Exhibitions
Going Interested

Past events

until Oct 18

V&A x LDF: Awakenings

V&A South Kensington · South Kensington
- Visual arts
Free
until Oct 30

dRMM: Building from Forests

V&A South Kensington · South Kensington
- Exhibitions
Free

Permanent exhibitions

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Past events

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