January at the V&A

*COMING SOON* LOCKWOOD KIPLING: ARTS AND CRAFTS IN THE PUNJAB AND LONDON14 January – 2 April 2017 Supported by the Friends of the V&A Opening this January, explore the life, work and lasting impact of John Lockwood Kipling (1837-1911), a fascinating but lesser known figure of the Arts and Crafts movement. Artist, teacher, and curator, discover the story of this Victorian polymath and father of the renowned Rudyard Kipling, from the Great Exhibition of 1851, through his work at the South Kensington Museum (as the V&A was known) to his teaching and preservation of traditional crafts across India. Read more Admission free #LockwoodKipling Organised by the V&A and Bard Graduate Center Gallery, New York

CHRISTMAS AT THE V&A Until 6 January 2017 Visit both our South Kensington and the V&A Museum of Childhood sites during the festive season. Inspired by the Museums’ collections and the era in which they were founded, we celebrate with specially commissioned installations, displays, events and activities for all. Read more Free, drop-in #vamXmas   OPUS ANGLICANUM:  MASTERPIECES OF ENGLISH MEDIEVAL EMBROIDERY Until 5 February 2017 ★★★★★ "A fascinating show of embroidered treasures" London Evening Standard Don’t miss your last chance to see this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition of spectacular surviving examples of English medieval embroidery, alongside paintings, illuminated manuscripts, metalwork and stained glass exploring the glory of English art on an international stage. Book now V&A Members go free #OpusAnglicanum Support generously provided by the Ruddock Foundation for the Arts Supported by Hand & Lock   UNDRESSED: A BRIEF HISTORY OF UNDERWEAR Until 12 March 2017 Sponsored by Agent Provocateur and Revlon Cold weather getting you down? This exhibition will get your pulse racing. Discover the evolution of underwear design from the 18th-century to the present day. Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear explores the intimate relationship between underwear and fashion and its role in moulding the body to a fashionable ideal, with cut, fit, fabric and decoration revealing issues of gender, sex and morality. Book now V&A Members go free  #vamUndressed

YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION? RECORDS AND REBELS 1966-1970 Until 26 February 2017 In partnership with Levi's® Sound experience by Sennheiser There’s only a few weeks left to see the show of the year and take a musical journey through the era-defining years of the 1960s. The five seminal years from 1966-1970 "brought forth great social changes, including gay liberation, black civil rights and a youthful uprising against being sent to kill and die in Vietnam" (The Times). Discover the finished and unfinished revolutions that continue to impact on the world we live in today. Book now V&A Members go free #RecordsandRebels With additional support from Grow Annenberg Foundation, Fenwick and Sassoon   WALK THE REVOLUTIONA Walking Tour of London 1966-1970 Welcome to Sixties London: a place and time celebrated in our landmark exhibition You Say You Want a Revolution? Records and Rebels 1966-1970. Take a trip back in time with our free, self-guided walking tours across Soho, Chelsea, Kensington, and Ladbroke Grove, retracing the steps and discovering the sites where revolutions in music, fashion, food, politics and sex were born. Download the map here or pick up a free copy at the Museum. #RecordsandRebels  With thanks to Carnaby RAY FOULK AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL Friday 13 January, 19.00 – 20.00 Join festival organiser Ray Foulk as he discusses his books When the World Came to the Isle of Wight Vol.1&2 and hosting legends Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix. Read more and book     HAND & LOCK GOLDWORK MASTERCLASS Saturday 14 January,  10.30 – 16.30 Hand & Lock are specialists in the field of Goldwork and have been creating goldwork badges for the military forces for nearly 250 years. This one-day workshop covers the multitude of techniques involved in manipulating gilt threads and wires to create metallic embroidery designs. Read more and book   VICTORIAN LONDON Tuesdays, 10 January – 7 March 2017, 18.30 – 20.30 Examine the social, economic and cultural history of Victorian London on this 8 week evening course and experience the art, architecture, literature, entertainment, and personalities of the world’s largest and wealthiest city.  Read more and book This course will take place at the V&A Museum of Childhood   GARNITURES: VASE SETS FROM NATIONAL TRUST HOUSES Until 30 April 2017 Organised in partnership with the National Trust, this display explores the history of the garniture; a set of vases unified by their design. Read more Free, drop-in   V&A EXHIBITION ROAD APPEAL Have you donated to the V&A appeal? The Exhibition Road project is our biggest architectural undertaking in over a century. Your support will help to open the gates to a new V&A entrance, state-of-the-art gallery, renovated education facilities, and previously unseen areas of the Museum. Please be part of this historic V&A development by donating today to open the gates in 2017. Donate or find out more   V&A CUSTOM PRINTS The V&A has launched custom art prints: made-to-order high quality art prints for your home. Select from over 350 artworks chosen from across the V&A collections. Available in the size and frame of your choice. Each artwork is giclée printed using archival quality inks. Made in England, our prints are hand finished and framed by skilled craftsmen and delivered directly to your door. Prices start at £15. Read more MAGICAL MUSEUM SLEEPOVER V&A Museum of Childhood Saturday 25 – Sunday 26 March, 19.00 – 9.00 After an evening of casting spells, making magical beasts come to life, a twilight museum trail and storytelling, you’ll enjoy a special night’s sleep in the company of fairies, puppets, dolls and trains. Book now for this unmissable evening of exclusive performances, crafts and making activities and twilight tours. Read more and book YOU MAY ALSO BE INTERESTED IN     PEARLS & SWINE: THE ASCOT HAT WORKSHOP Museum of London Saturday 8 April, 10am – 5pm Create your own bespoke hat at this full-day pop surreal milliner workshop, perfect for the races or a wedding, and visit the museum’s hat collection with a senior fashion curator. Read more   MAPS AND THE 20TH CENTURY: DRAWING THE LINE British Library Until 1 March 2017 The British Library’s exhibition of extraordinary maps looks at just how much maps have moulded our past, present and future.  #BLMapsRead more   MARTIN SCORSESE BFI January – February 2017 A season of films and shorts by a passionate cinephile and one of the most influential American directors of his generation. Read more