Author: Elizabeth James
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134271069
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 841
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A comprehensive bibliography and exhibition chronology of the world's greatest museum of the decorative arts and design. The Victoria and Albert Museum, or South Kensington Museum as it used to be known, was founded by the British Government in 1852, out of the proceeds from the Great Exhibition of 1851. Like the Exhibition, it aimed to improve the expertise of designers, and the taste of the public, by exposing them to examples of good design from all countries and periods. 2,500 publications have to date been produced by, for, or in association with the V&A. The National Art Library, which is part of the Museum, has prepared this detailed catalogue, supplemented by a secondary list of 500 other books closely related to the V&A. The 1,500 exhibitions and displays recorded include those held in the main Museum and at its branches, the Bethnal Green Museum (now the National Museum of Childhood) and the Theatre Museum, Covent Garden, and additionally those it has organized at external venues, in Great Britain and abroad. The exhibitions and publications are fully cross-referenced, and there are name, title and subject indexes to the whole work, as well as an explanatory introduction.
The Victoria and Albert Museum
Author: Elizabeth James
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134271069
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 841
Book Description
A comprehensive bibliography and exhibition chronology of the world's greatest museum of the decorative arts and design. The Victoria and Albert Museum, or South Kensington Museum as it used to be known, was founded by the British Government in 1852, out of the proceeds from the Great Exhibition of 1851. Like the Exhibition, it aimed to improve the expertise of designers, and the taste of the public, by exposing them to examples of good design from all countries and periods. 2,500 publications have to date been produced by, for, or in association with the V&A. The National Art Library, which is part of the Museum, has prepared this detailed catalogue, supplemented by a secondary list of 500 other books closely related to the V&A. The 1,500 exhibitions and displays recorded include those held in the main Museum and at its branches, the Bethnal Green Museum (now the National Museum of Childhood) and the Theatre Museum, Covent Garden, and additionally those it has organized at external venues, in Great Britain and abroad. The exhibitions and publications are fully cross-referenced, and there are name, title and subject indexes to the whole work, as well as an explanatory introduction.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134271069
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 841
Book Description
A comprehensive bibliography and exhibition chronology of the world's greatest museum of the decorative arts and design. The Victoria and Albert Museum, or South Kensington Museum as it used to be known, was founded by the British Government in 1852, out of the proceeds from the Great Exhibition of 1851. Like the Exhibition, it aimed to improve the expertise of designers, and the taste of the public, by exposing them to examples of good design from all countries and periods. 2,500 publications have to date been produced by, for, or in association with the V&A. The National Art Library, which is part of the Museum, has prepared this detailed catalogue, supplemented by a secondary list of 500 other books closely related to the V&A. The 1,500 exhibitions and displays recorded include those held in the main Museum and at its branches, the Bethnal Green Museum (now the National Museum of Childhood) and the Theatre Museum, Covent Garden, and additionally those it has organized at external venues, in Great Britain and abroad. The exhibitions and publications are fully cross-referenced, and there are name, title and subject indexes to the whole work, as well as an explanatory introduction.
Catalogue of the Science Collections for Teaching and Research in the South Kensington Museum
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Catalogue of the Science Library in the South Kensington Museum
Author: South Kensington Museum. Science Library
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Category : Science
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Pages : 132
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Catalogue of the Science Collections for Teaching and Research in the South Kensington Museum ...
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Category : Scientific apparatus and instruments
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Category : Scientific apparatus and instruments
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 794
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 794
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Catalogue of Printed Books
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Languages : en
Pages : 492
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Pages : 492
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Catalogue of Watt Centenary Exhibition
Author: Science Museum (Great Britain)
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Pages : 58
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Pages : 58
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Catalogue of the Science Collections for Teaching and Research in the South Kensington Museum ...
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Category : Scientific apparatus and instruments
Languages : en
Pages : 790
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Category : Scientific apparatus and instruments
Languages : en
Pages : 790
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Reports for the Year 1914-1919 on the Science Museum, and on the Geological Survey and the Museum of Practical Geology
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Pages : 72
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Pages : 72
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The Bookseller
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1144
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1144
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