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David Bowie's V&A Archive to Go on Tour Across the UK
The touring exhibition includes about 100 archive items, with costumes, instruments and film artefacts, as the V&A expands access to Bowie’s legacy nationwide.
- On Wednesday, the Victoria and Albert Museum announced a national tour of its David Bowie archive, bringing 100 items related to the iconic star to venues across the UK for the first time.
- The V&A's David Bowie archive, acquired in 2024, comprises more than 90,000 items spanning his career, from iconic costumes to handwritten lyrics and personal papers. V&A Touring and V&A National Programmes developed the exhibition in collaboration with partner venues.
- Touring highlights include Ziggy Stardust-era costumes, a 1988 British passport, and unseen Polaroids, with the program launching at V&A Dundee this November before visiting Blackpool's Showtown, the Bowes Museum, the Ferens Art Gallery, and Bristol Museum and Art Gallery.
- V&A Director Sir Tristram Hunt called the project a "landmark national partnership," while Spencer Phillips, Chairman of the Blackpool Heritage and Museum Trust, noted the 2027 stop coincides with the 60th anniversary of Bowie's first resort performance.
- This initiative expands on the David Bowie Centre's opening at the V&A East Storehouse last September, fulfilling the museum's commitment to ensuring audiences across the UK can experience national collections where they live.
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