Dear Arachnes, I thought it worth posting this as I don't think anyone has and it may avoid disappointment to intending visitors. I have to say last time I visited I found the Lace room and the textile study room very sad & tired-looking.
"The V&A are making some important changes to their textile collections: They will move to a new purpose built-centre. Based at Blythe House in Kensington Olympia, the Clothworkers' Centre will be a dedicated facility to study, conserve, and store the textiles and fashion collection. To allow the collection to be carefully packed and moved, existing textiles and fashion stores and galleries will close from 2011 and access to the stored collection will be suspended. Please visit the Gallery Closures<http://www.vam.ac.uk/your_visit/gallery_closures/index.html> page for updates as the project progresses. The Clothworkers' Centre will open in 2013." The galleries will start packing up and closing from February 2011. Here is the link. http://www.vam.ac.uk/your_visit/gallery_closures/index.html Louise In cold but sunny Cambridge, Spring might be on its way. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
