V&A East Storehouse in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will give public extensive access behind the scenes
An architect’s view of the central collection hall of V&A East Storehouse, due to open in May 2025.An architect’s view of the central collection hall of V&A East Storehouse, due to open in May 2025.t looks like the Hangar 51 store room from the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark: row after row of boxes and artefacts kept in climate-controlled conditions. Theis not off limits, though.
“As a visitor you can walk in off the street, no need to book, and wander around what would usually be the preserve of V&A technicians, curators and conservators. It’s bringing to the public the bit you don’t usually get to see, the bit below the waterline.”’s marble sculpture Sleeping Nymph; the Clothworkers’ Centre for textiles and fashion; and the Torrijos ceiling from the Altamira Palace in Spain.
One of the main draws will be the David Bowie collection, which was acquired after the successful 2013 exhibition David Bowie Is, which set new records at the time as the
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