presented a combined concert/lecture by British progressive folk-rock
band Gryphon, who explored the lineage of mediaeval music and
instrumentation and related how those contributed to contemporary music 500
years later. This innovative approach to bringing
young people to museums
was a hallmark of the directorship of Roy Strong and was subsequently
emulated by some other British museums.
In the 1980s, Sir Roy Strong renamed the museum as "The Victoria and
Albert Museum, the National Museum of Art and Design". Strong's
successor Elizabeth Esteve-Colloversaw a turbulent period for the institution
in which the museum's curatorial departments were re-structured, leading to
public criticism from some staff. Esteve-Coll's attempts to make the V&A
more accessible included a criticised marketing campaign emphasising the
café over the collection.
In 2001, "FuturePlan" was launched, which involves redesigning all the
galleries and public facilities in the museum that have yet to be remodelled.
This is to ensure that the exhibits are better displayed,
more information is
available and the museum meets modern expectations for museum facilities; it
should take about ten years to complete the work.
The museum also runs the Museum of Childhood at Bethnal Green and used
to run the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden and Apsley House. The Theatre
Museum is now closed and the V&A Theatre Collections are now displayed
within the South Kensington building.
Regional partnerships
The V&A has no museums or galleries of its own outside London.
Instead it works with a small number of partner organisations
in Sheffield, Dundee and Blackpool to provide a regional presence.
The V&A is in discussion
with the University of Dundee, University of
Abertay, Dundee City Council and the Scottish Government with a view to
opening a new £43 million gallery in Dundee that would use the V&A brand
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although it would be funded through and operated independently.
As of 2013,
with costs estimated at £45 million, it is the most expensive gallery project
ever undertaken in Scotland.
The
V&A Dundee
will be on the city's
waterfront and is
intended to focus on fashion, architecture, product design,
graphic arts and photography. It is planned that
it could open within five
years.
Dundee City Council is expected to pay a major part of the running
costs. The V&A is not contributing financially, but will be providing
expertise, loans and exhibitions.
Plans for a new gallery in Blackpool are also under consideration.
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This
follows earlier plans to move the theatre collection to a new £60m museum in
Blackpool, which failed due to lack of funding.
he V&A exhibits twice a year
at the Millennium Galleries in partnership with Museums Sheffield.
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