The palatial Victoria & Albert Museum, named in honor of the 19th-century royal couple, is known more commonly in its shortened form – the V&A. Located in South Kensington, this free museum is a ...

A large Mughal-era carpet faces a video of the Taj Mahal and marble maquettes for Mumtaz Mahal’s cenotaph. Peter Kelleher, © Victoria and Albert Museum When the ...

Currently, Helen serves as the Senior Jewellery Curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Precious: The History and Mystery of Gems Across Time, was published by Penguin in May 2024.

The former president of New York's Columbia University who resigned following outrage over her handling of anti-Israel protests on campus last summer has been appointed chair of the Victoria and ...

You write in your book that Sri Lanka is said to be the source of stones that King Solomon had gifted the Queen of Sheeba to Charlemagne’s Talisman to Queen Victoria’s tiara to Princesses ...

Beginning in 2025, the legendary hotel brand will launch a series of contemporary art installations curated in partnership with London’s illustrious Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), debuting ...

The Hong Kong Palace Museum, which recorded a 17 per cent drop in visits year on year in 2024, will hold seven exhibitions in 2025, with unprecedented collaborations set to bring to the city ...

In the next Indian Art Circle lecture, Sue Stronge (Senior Curator, Asian Department, Victoria and Albert Museum) will discuss her exhibition 'The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence' and ...

The Victoria and Albert Museum possesses one of the world's greatest collections of decorative art and design, with a collection running the gamut from preparatory materials for the Sistine Chapel to ...

She began her career as an assistant in the ceramics department of the Victoria and Albert Museum, before moving to the Wallace Collection, initially as an assistant, in 1974 before being ...

Sir James Nicol Walker CBE, business owner, philanthropist and civic leader. Born: 13 June 1944 in Elgin. Died: 15 December ...

THINK holidaying in Scotland and people normally conjure up images of sweeping coastline and hulking mountains. Perthshire boasts plenty of ...