V And A Ceramics Galleries

Located on v a s top floor and dating from 1909 the ceramics galleries comprise a sequence of seven varied spaces.

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. Buy one of a kind ceramics and learn about the styles and traditions of japanese pottery from longtime japan resident pottery. Please do visit often to view the new selections. Our japanese pottery gallery offers a wide selection of ceramics from the potters of japan both antique pieces and those by contemporary artists.

The v a s ceramics collections are unrivalled anywhere in the world. Encyclopaedic and global in scope they encompass the history of fine ceramic production from about 2500 bc to the present day. The victoria albert museum s redesigned ceramics galleries open this week and we got a sneak preview of what visitors can expect to see. The new ceramics galleries are phase one of the 11m ceramics masterplan.

In this respect they are a perfect fit for the display of ceramics which do not require onerous environmental or conservation conditions. 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. This is the largest and most comprehensive ceramics and glass collection in the world with over 80 000 objects from. 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.

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. 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. Rrz518 visits the v a ceramics gallery.

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