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place a new exhibition road quarter designed by amanda levete s al a practice was built and opened in 2017 56 104 it features a porcelain tiled courtyard now named the exhibition road courtyard and a new column less 1 100 square metre underground gallery for temporary exhibitions 105 106 this space the sainsbury gallery is accessed through a new entrance the blavatnik hall the exhibition road quarter project created 6 400 square metres of extra space which was the largest expansion at the museum in over 100 years 105 the aston webb screen the colonnade built to hide the museum s boilers was restored with sections removed to allow access to the courtyard 107 the new 1 200 square meter courtyard is the world s first all porcelain courtyard and is covered with 11 000 handmade porcelain tiles 56 a pavilion with glass walls and an angular roof sits in one corner and contains a cafe 105 skylights provide natural light for the stairwell and the exhibition space below 108 entrance to the exhibition road quarter via the aston webb screen when it opened the exhibition road courtyard was named the sackler courtyard having been partly sponsored by the sackler family which owned purdue pharma makers of the addictive opioid painkiller oxycontin in november 2019 the artist nan goldin led a die in in the courtyard entrance in protest against the v a s acceptance of donations from the sacklers 109 the museum s director tristram hunt defended the museum s relationship with the sacklers saying it was proud to have received their support over a number of years 110 in 2022 the museum announced it was cutting all financial ties to the sackler family and the sackler name was removed from both the courtyard and the education centre 111 112 futureplan phase 2 edit the success of the futureplan projects led to funding becoming available for redesigning other areas of the museum termed futureplan phase 2 these projects included european galleries for the 17th century and the 18th century designed by zmma opened on 9 december 2015 and restored the original victorian interiors 113 the v a shop designed by friends co opened in may 2017 90 the cast courts re designed by metaphor with the east court re opening in 2014 and the west court in 2018 12 90 a new members room designed by garmody groarke opened in the aston webb building in september 2017 90 phase one of the photography centre designed by david kohn architects opened in october 2018 and greatly increased the floor space of the gallery 90 phase one was officially opened by the duchess of cambridge who had become the royal patron of the museum in march 2018 114 phase 2 of the photography centre opened in 2022 and created a reading room and two galleries for temporary exhibitions 90 on 15 september 2018 the first v a museum outside london v a dundee opened the museum built at a cost of 80 11m is located on dundee s waterfront and is focused on scottish design furniture textiles fashion architecture engineering and digital design 115 in 2019 the v a received sponsorship for an exhibition on cars from bosch which had been fined 90 million over its part in the diesel emissions scandal a v a spokeswoman said bosch is at the forefront of innovation with a focus on delivering sustainable solutions for the mobility of the future 116 recent events and developments edit in 2021 plans to cut the museum s costs by reorganising its collections by date rather than by material were abandoned after critics said it would lead to staff cuts and thereby a loss of expertise 117 by september 2024 those objects stored at blythe house had been moved to the v a east storehouse in east london 118 the move required the transfer of 331 321 object parts 350 000 library volumes and 915 archive collections 4 119 the fashion gallery closed at the end of 2025 for a major re build and will reopen in spring 2027 120 121 the design 1900 now galleries reopened in february 2026 with a total of 250 items on display including 60 new additions 122 in march 2026 the four rooms housing the rosalinde and arthur gilbert collection were re opened after a major refurbishment three new rooms 70b 71a and 72a for the collection were created from former offices 123 124 the new design allows a greater emphasis on the micromosaics rather than the gold and silver objects in the collection and more information on the provenance of the objects to be shown 123 125 these galleries hosted programming as part of the inaugural jewish culture month in 2026 including a curator led tour of english jewish ceramics and shavuot storytelling events drawn from the gilbert collection 126 127 room 70b room 71a room 72a in 2026 the v a agreed to censor images of 1930s era maps of china at the request of the chinese government s general administration of press and publication 128 collections edit the museum collection consists of 2 83 million objects of which as of march 2025 62 894 objects were on public display across the different sites 4 some 40 to 50 objects are contested in terms of past ownership 129 the v a s holdings are organised into four main curatorial departments decorative art and sculpture performance furniture textiles and fashion art architecture photography and design asia 4 the following table lists the total number of objects within each collection across all of the museum s public sites and at its collection store in dean hill park wiltshire as of september 2025 4 collection number of objects art architecture photography design 1 173 589 asia 144 557 plus 1 archive collection performance furniture textiles fashion 172 381 decorative art sculpture 176 930 plus 18 archives includes approximately 63 000 items in the wedgewood collection young v a collections 36 539 research national art library archives 1 133 515 library items plus 1 190 archives architecture edit in 2004 the v a alongside royal institute of british architects opened the first permanent gallery in the uk covering the history of architecture with displays using models photographs elements from buildings and original drawings 130 at the same time the riba drawings and archives collection was transferred to the museum joining the already extensive collection held by the v a with over 600 000 drawings over 750 000 papers and paraphernalia and over 700 000 photographs together they form the world s most comprehensive architectural resource room 128 the architecture gallery many european and american architects drawings are held in the collection the riba s holdings of over 330 drawings by andrea palladio are the largest in the world 131 also well represented are jacques gentilhatre and antonio visentini 132 133 british architects whose drawings and in some cases building models are in the collection include inigo jones 134 sir christopher wren robert adam 135 sir william chambers 136 sir john soane 137 sir charles barry charles robert cockerell augustus welby northmore pugin 138 richard norman shaw sir edwin lutyens charles rennie mackintosh charles holden lord richard rogers lord norman foster as well as period rooms the collection includes parts of buildings for example the two top stories of the facade of sir paul pindar s house dated c 1600 from bishopsgate with elaborately carved woodwork and leaded windows a rare survivor of the great fire of london 139 a brick portal from a london house of the english restoration period and a fireplace from the gallery of northumberland house european examples include a dormer window dated 1523 1535 from the chateau of montal there are several examples from italian renaissance buildings including portals fireplaces balconies and a stone buffet that used to have a built in fountain the main architecture gallery has a series of pillars from various buildings and different periods for example a column from the alhambra examples from asia are in those galleries concerned with those countries as well as models and photographs in the main architecture gallery in june 2022 riba announced it would be terminating its 20 year partnership with the v a in 2027 by mutual agreement ending the permanent architecture gallery at the museum artefacts will be transferred back to the riba s existing collections with some rehoused at the institute s headquarters at 66 portland place set to become a new house of architecture following a 20 million refurbishment 140 islamic art edit room 42 the islamic middle east gallery the museum holds over 19 000 objects from the islamic world ranging from the early islamic period the 7th century to the early 20th century the jameel gallery of islamic art opened in 2006 houses 400 objects from spain north africa the middle east central asia and afghanistan the centrepiece of the gallery is the ardabil carpet many examples of qur āns with exquisite calligraphy dating from various periods are on display a 15th century minbar from a cairo mosque with ivory forming complex geometrical patterns inlaid in wood is one of the larger objects on display extensive examples of ceramics especially iznik pottery glasswork including 14th century lamps from mosques and metalwork are on display a 10th century rock crystal ewer is considered a masterpiece of islamic art the collection of middle eastern carpets and persian rugs is amongst the finest in the world many were part of the salting bequest of 1909 examples of tile work include a fireplace dated 1731 from istanbul made of intricately decorated blue and white tiles turquoise tiles from the exterior of buildings in samarkand are also displayed asia edit the v a s asia collection numbers more than 160 000 objects one of the largest in existence it has one of the world s most comprehensive and important collections of chinese art whilst the collection of south asian art is the most important in the west the museum s coverage includes pieces from south and south east asia himalayan kingdoms china the far east and the islamic world south asia edit wine cup of shah jahan the museum s collections of south and south east asian art are the most comprehensive and important in the west comprising nearly 60 000 objects including about 10 000 textiles and 6 000 paintings 141 the jawaharlal nehru gallery of indian art which opened in 1991 contains art from about 500 bc to the 19th century there is an extensive collection of sculptures mainly of a religious nature hindu buddhist and jain the gallery includes the art from the mughal empire and the maratha confederacy including portraits of the emperors and other paintings and drawings jade wine cups and gold spoons inset with emeralds diamonds and rubies also from this period are parts of buildings such as a jaali and pillars 142 clothing and textiles produced in india from dyed cotton chintz muslin to embroidery work using gold and silver thread coloured sequins and beads are displayed as are carpets from agra and lahore in 1879 80 the collections of the defunct east india company s india museum were transferred to the v a and the british museum items in the collection include tipu s tiger an 18th century automaton created for tipu sultan the ruler of the kingdom of mysore and the wine cup of shah jahan the personal wine cup of a mughal emperor as of march 2026 the south asia gallery at south kensington is closed for a major refurbishment and is due to reopen in 2028 143 east asia edit the far eastern collections include more than 70 000 works of art from china japan and korea 141 the t t tsui gallery of chinese art opened in 1991 displaying a representative collection of the v as approximately 16 000 objects from china dating from the 4th millennium bc to the present day 144 though the majority of artworks on display date from the ming and qing dynasties there are objects dating from the tang dynasty and earlier periods among them a metre high bronze head of the buddha dated to about 750 ad and a 2000 year old jade horse head from a burial 145 other sculptures include life size tomb guardians chinese decorative arts on display include chinese lacquer silk chinese porcelain jade and cloisonné enamel two large ancestor portraits of a husband and wife painted in watercolour on silk date from the 18th century there is a unique chinese lacquerware table made in the imperial workshops during the reign of the xuande emperor in the ming dynasty examples of clothing are also displayed one of the largest objects is a bed from the mid 17th century the work of contemporary chinese designers is also displayed citation needed the toshiba gallery of japanese art opened in december 1986 the majority of exhibits date from 1550 to 1900 but one of the oldest pieces displayed is the 13th century sculpture of amida nyorai examples of classic japanese armour from the mid 19th century steel sword blades katana inrō lacquerware including the mazarin chest dated c1640 is one of the finest surviving pieces from kyoto 146 imari porcelain netsuke woodblock prints including the work of andō hiroshige graphic works include printed books as well as paintings scrolls and screens textiles and dress including kimono are some of the objects on display also displayed is suzuki chokichi s bronze incense burner koro dated 1875 at over 2 25 metres high and 1 25 metres in diameter it is also one of the largest examples made the museum also holds some cloisonné pieces from the japanese ando cloisonné company production company lacquerware table china c 1425 1436 chinese porcelain vase ming dynasty c 1550 iron half mask japan c 1700 1850 oak armchair designed by sori yanagi japan 1978 porcelain vases by yun jucheol korea 2015 2016 smaller galleries cover korea and the himalayas korean displays include green glazed ceramics silk embroideries from officials robes and gleaming boxes inlaid with mother of pearl made between 500 ad and 2000 himalayan works include important early nepalese bronze sculptures repoussé work and embroidery tibetan art from the 14th to the 19th century is represented by 14th and 15th century religious images in wood and bronze scroll paintings and ritual objects art from thailand burma cambodia indonesia and sri lanka in gold silver bronze stone terracotta and ivory represents these rich and complex cultures the displays span the 6th to 19th centuries refined hindu and buddhist sculptures reflect the influence of india items on the show include betel nut cutters ivory combs and bronze palanquin hooks books edit the south kensington building houses the national art library a public library containing over 750 000 books photographs drawings paintings and prints it is one of the world s largest libraries dedicated to the study of fine and decorative arts 147 the library includes special collections covering illuminated manuscripts rare books and artists letters and archives the library consists of three large public rooms with around a hundred individual study desks one of the great treasures in the library is the codex forster one of 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