Visit to the Blythe House Archive and Library Reading Room, Victoria and
Albert Museum
2.45pm December 3rd
**Places now available on this visit due to cancellations**
Located near Olympia in west London, the Blythe House Archive and
Library Reading Room houses the Victoria and Albert Museum Archives and
the research collections of the Theatre Museum (formerly housed at
Covent Garden). This visit will offer you a behind the scenes view of
the Archive of Art and Design, the Beatrix Potter Collections and the
V&A Archive, along with a chance to see the books, manuscripts,
archives, posters, photographs and ephemera of the Theatre collections.
You will also be given a tour of the study room and be given an
introduction to the range of services offered there. The visit is
likely to take around 2 hours. For further information please see:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/resources/archives/index.html
To book a place on this visit please contact Mandy Cumbridge, Learning
& Research Support Co-ordinator (School of Arts), Library Information
Services, University Library, City University, Northampton Square,
London EC1V 0HB. Tel: 020 7040 4167 or email:
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Details of where to meet will be sent to you after your booking has
been confirmed.
Victoria Worsfold
Senior Librarian, Onsite Access
Word & Image Department
Victoria and Albert Museum
South Kensington
London SW7 2 RL
Tel: 00 44 (0)207 942 2405
Fax: 00 44 (0)207 942 2401
Email: [log in to unmask]
The V&A's Word & Image Department incorporates the National Art Library
and the Museum's prints, drawings, paintings and photographs
collections.
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