V&A offers a series of courses to expand your history learning and to aid in your professional development in the museum space. These are 4-12 week courses that can include lectures, group discussion, workshops, practicals, PDF material, and recorded material. Each course is directed by a course leader who is an experienced curator of the topic of the course.
The December courses are coming to an end, so here is a list of the January courses you might be interested in as a history student:
- Classicism: Christianity to Enlightenment
- Dates: Monday, 13 January 2025 - Monday, 31 March 2025
- Price: £425.00
- Italian Fashion History
- Dates: Tuesday, 14 January 2025 – Tuesday, 18 February 2025
- Price: £130.00
- Late Medieval to Early Renaissance Europe: 1350-1450
- Dates: Tuesday, 14 January 2025 – Tuesday, 1 April 2025
- Price: £425.00
- A History of London: 1666 to 1851
- Dates: Wednesday, 15 January 2025 - Wednesday, 2 April 2025
- Price: £425.00
- Fashion Collections and Curation
- Dates: Wednesday, 29 January 2025 – Wednesday, 5 March 2025
- Price: £360.00
The courses are pricey, but the museum also offers one-day courses which are cheaper:
- Staging the Exhibition: The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence
- Date: Tuesday, 21 January 2025
- Price: £75.00
- Engaging and supporting teachers: CPD and learning resources
- Date: Tuesday, 22 January 2025
- Price: £65.00