"TIME spotlighted the venue, which opened in Stratford's Queen Elizabeth Park in May last year, for its 'radically different approach' and the way that it 'reimagines the museum-going experience as a two-way conversation, not a top-down monologue'."
"Stacked with more than 250,000 objects and 350,000 books from the V&A's archives, it offers a peek behind the scenes to show how a working museum goes about cataloguing and caring for artefacts. It's the first public venue of its kind."
"Unlike a regular museum, there are no permanent displays and archivists can move the objects around at any time. There are no lengthy gallery texts, instead just library-like barcodes and the odd QR code. Essentially, it's a working museum storage facility that invites the public in."
The V&A East Storehouse, which opened in Stratford's Queen Elizabeth Park in May, has been recognized by TIME magazine as one of the world's greatest places. The venue houses over 250,000 objects and 350,000 books from the V&A's archives, offering visitors an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at how museums operate. Unlike traditional museums with permanent displays and extensive gallery texts, the Storehouse functions as a working storage facility open to the public, featuring library-style barcodes and QR codes instead of lengthy descriptions. Objects can be rearranged by archivists at any time. The venue includes a David Bowie Centre, featuring over 90,000 items from the artist's personal archive donated to the V&A in 2023.
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