The Arts, Design, Industrial and Commercial Arts, Illustration, History of Design
The Lives of the Objects

The Lives of the Objects: Collecting Design

Hardback Published on: 31/12/2019
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Synopsis

In this intriguing insight into the work and history of a museum, V&A director and historian Dr Tristram Hunt brings together ten renowned V&A curators to tell the stories behind ten of their most treasured objects. 'Tipu's Tiger' (an almost life-size wooden semi-automaton mauling a European soldier), the 'Great Bed of Ware' (an Elizabethan bed for 8 people) and a Shakespeare First Folio are among the featured highlights whose route to the V&A collections are entertainingly revealed.

Through these stories, this insightful history of museum curation - a world of careful study and sometimes remarkable fortuity - shows how the priorities of a museum are shaped and change over time.
Published to explore in more depth some of the stories featured in the BBC six part series *Secrets of the Museum*

Publisher information

  • Publisher: V&A
  • ISBN: 9781851779727
  • Number of pages: 272
  • Dimensions: 234 x 193 x 30 mm
  • Weight: 1028g
  • Languages: English