Attached is the first description of what the V&A’s Storehouse will be like, due to open on the north-west side of Olympic Park, a potentially amazing project giving convenient public access to the great wealth of the V&A’s reserve collection. I used to love taking students to see the V&A’s stores, most especially the amazing wealth of the textile stores, which were so meticulously cared for and documented in a way which was entirely invisible in the public galleries; and I also always remember the carpets rolled up in the stores at Blythe Road. So, it will be wonderful that this sense of discovery will be available to a much wider public.
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