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Europe 1600-1815 Galleries, Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Rd, London, SW7 2RL
Wednesday 2 March 2016, 8.45am - 10.00am
The V&A's Europe 1600 - 1815 galleries will open to the public in December 2015, following the transofrmation of seven galleries for the redisplay of the Museum's unrivalled collection of seventeenth and eighteenth century European art and design. Europe 1600 - 1815 will be home to some of the most magnificent works held by the V&A many of which were made in Europe by its finest artists and craftsmen for the period's most discerning leaders of taste such as Louis XIV, Marie Antoinette, Catherine the Great and Napoleon. The displays will demonstrate how France succeeded Italy as the undisputed leader of fashionable art and design in Europe in the second half of the seventeenth century and will include some of the V&A's most exceptional examples of continental furniture of the period.
Members will enjoy a private visit before opening time, led by Lesley Miller, lead curator for the Europe 1600-1815 Galleries, and Leila Meinertas, senior curator in the Furniture, Textiles & Fashion department.
Cost: £25
Limit: 20 Members
This visit was advertised in the November 2015 edition of the newsletter. A few places are still available. Please contact the Events Secretary for details.