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Victoria and Albert Museum · South Kensington
David Bowie Centre
Now showingPermanent collection·£5
The permanent home of David Bowie's archive at V&A East Storehouse, with costumes, handwritten lyrics, instruments and creative material from across his career.
Free in the same building
- Ceramics GalleryNearly 30,000 pieces spanning Neolithic pots to Chinese porcelain, Italian maiolica, Delftware, and Sèvres — the world's largest ceramics collection.
- East Asia Collection (China, Japan & Korea)Chinese, Japanese, and Korean art and design from jade carvings and lacquerware to samurai armour and Buddhist sculpture.
- Fashion Collection3,000 years of dress from ancient Egypt to today — one of the world's most comprehensive fashion collections, free to explore.
- Furniture Gallery600 years of furniture-making, from Tudor masterpieces to 20th-century design icons, including the Great Bed of Ware (1590s).
- Jewellery Gallery3,500 pieces spanning 3,000 years — from ancient brooches to Art Deco tiaras — in the William and Judith Bollinger Gallery.
- Medieval and Renaissance GalleriesSculptures, stained glass, tapestries, and illuminated manuscripts from 300–1600 AD across 10 interconnecting galleries.
- Photography CentreThe UK's largest permanent photography galleries across seven rooms — 1840s daguerreotypes to contemporary digital practice.
- The Cast CourtsFloor-to-ceiling plaster casts of Renaissance masterpieces including Michelangelo's David and the full height of Trajan's Column.
