Our work · V&A
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Our work · V&A
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Our work
The V&A changes constantly. As a museum, we collect cutting-edge design, present the latest research to new audiences, and document ever-changing culture. For almost 170 years, the V&A has evolved in line with its original vision, growing through its collections, exhibitions, audiences and staff. Every member of the V&A team introduces new thinking to our institutional practice, and expands on the insights of the previous generations. We are expected to challenge our past, and look to progress. Through all aspects of our work, the V&A creates space for debate, dialogue and reinvention.
As an institution, we want our work to be more transparent. We also recognise we are accountable to the public, and strive to reflect conversations in society about issues such as anti-racism, accessibility, restitution, sustainability and the terminology we use to talk about our objects.
The pages here share some of our work around those concerns. They are updated regularly.
See our pages on Disability and Access
for information about visiting our physical sites. You can also
read the Accessibility Statement for our websites
.
Read about our work on
Anti-racism, and the Anti-Racism Task Force
.
We continue to meet and exceed our duties under the Equality Act 2010 and are proactive in recognising and removing the barriers that people from all backgrounds may face in accessing our collections and services. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), is embedded into the values and behaviours that underpin the museum’s organisational strategy and, in 2022, we launched a comprehensive EDI strategy that embraces our workforce, programmes and sites.
Read about it here
.
Read about
examples of Renewable Cultural Partnerships, and our position on the National Heritage Act, 1983
.
We published our
Sustainability Plan in 2021, which you can see here
.
Header image:
'April' wallpaper design by Jacqueline Groag, 1976. Collage and poster-colour over dye-line print. Museum no. E.944-1978
Skip to main content
Our work
The V&A changes constantly. As a museum, we collect cutting-edge design, present the latest research to new audiences, and document ever-changing culture. For almost 170 years, the V&A has evolved in line with its original vision, growing through its collections, exhibitions, audiences and staff. Every member of the V&A team introduces new thinking to our institutional practice, and expands on the insights of the previous generations. We are expected to challenge our past, and look to progress. Through all aspects of our work, the V&A creates space for debate, dialogue and reinvention.
As an institution, we want our work to be more transparent. We also recognise we are accountable to the public, and strive to reflect conversations in society about issues such as anti-racism, accessibility, restitution, sustainability and the terminology we use to talk about our objects.
The pages here share some of our work around those concerns. They are updated regularly.
See our pages on Disability and Access
for information about visiting our physical sites. You can also
read the Accessibility Statement for our websites
.
Read about our work on
Anti-racism, and the Anti-Racism Task Force
.
We continue to meet and exceed our duties under the Equality Act 2010 and are proactive in recognising and removing the barriers that people from all backgrounds may face in accessing our collections and services. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), is embedded into the values and behaviours that underpin the museum’s organisational strategy and, in 2022, we launched a comprehensive EDI strategy that embraces our workforce, programmes and sites.
Read about it here
.
Read about
examples of Renewable Cultural Partnerships, and our position on the National Heritage Act, 1983
.
We published our
Sustainability Plan in 2021, which you can see here
.
Header image:
'April' wallpaper design by Jacqueline Groag, 1976. Collage and poster-colour over dye-line print. Museum no. E.944-1978