London Photo Gallery - V&A East Storehouse

In 2015, the government announced they would sell Blythe House, which was used by the V&A, British Museum, and Science Museum for storage, prompting the need to find a new space. Each went their own ways and built their own new facility.
The 4-storey V&A East Storehouse opened in Stratford in May 2025, repurposing the media centre from the 2012 Olympics into a warehouse-style museum that gives a behind-the-scenes view. Items are put on display racks and the larger ones have their own dedicated spaces, such as a chunk of the demolished Robin Hood Gardens, a 15th century wooden ceiling from Spain, and the Kaufmann Office.
Drop off your bags into the lockers and head upstairs into the central hall, which rises 20m with rows of metal shelves surrounding you. As only a very small proportion of the museum's collection is on display, this museum hopes to bring a little more of it into view. They are not laid out in chronological order, but mixed all together while staff work on conserving objects nearby.

The Brutalist Robin Hood Gardens in Poplar was recently demolished to make way for new housing. Completed in 1872, the council estate was designed by the husband and wife team Alison and Peter Smithson. The museum acquired a 3-storey fragment, which includes the interiors of a maisonette flat, to put on display here.

The carved ceiling from a Spanish palace is also laid out on display with lounge chairs so you can lie down and look up at the details. Built in the late 15th century with interlacing strips of wood, the carved Arabic phrases suggest this room was used for entertainment. The V&A bought the ceiling in 1905 when the owners sold the intact parts.

The Kaufmann Office is the only complete interior designed by Frank Lloyd Wright on permanent display outside the US. Edgar J Kaufmann St, a retail tycoon from Pittsburgh, commissioned this room for his department store. After his death, his son donated the office to the V&A in 1974.

This type of Frankfurt kitchen was installed across housing projects in Franfurt. The designer talked to housewives about their daily routine to create pull-out chopping boards and easy clean surfaces to make their work easier.

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In 2015, the government announced they would sell Blythe House, which was used by the V&A, British Museum, and Science Museum for storage, prompting the need to find a new space. Each went their own ways and built their own new facility. The 4-storey V&A East Storehouse opened in Stratford in May 2025, repurposing the media centre from the 2012 Olympics into a warehouse-style museum that gives a behind-the-scenes view. Items are put on display racks and the larger ones have their own dedicated spaces, such as a chunk of the demolished Robin Hood Gardens, a 15th century wooden ceiling from Spain, and the Kaufmann Office. Drop off your bags into the lockers and head upstairs into the central hall, which rises 20m with rows of metal shelves surrounding you. As only a very small proportion of the museum's collection is on display, this museum hopes to bring a little more of it into view. They are not laid out in chronological order, but mixed all together while staff work on conserving objects nearby.





























The Brutalist Robin Hood Gardens in Poplar was recently demolished to make way for new housing. Completed in 1872, the council estate was designed by the husband and wife team Alison and Peter Smithson. The museum acquired a 3-storey fragment, which includes the interiors of a maisonette flat, to put on display here.



The carved ceiling from a Spanish palace is also laid out on display with lounge chairs so you can lie down and look up at the details. Built in the late 15th century with interlacing strips of wood, the carved Arabic phrases suggest this room was used for entertainment. The V&A bought the ceiling in 1905 when the owners sold the intact parts.














The Kaufmann Office is the only complete interior designed by Frank Lloyd Wright on permanent display outside the US. Edgar J Kaufmann St, a retail tycoon from Pittsburgh, commissioned this room for his department store. After his death, his son donated the office to the V&A in 1974.




This type of Frankfurt kitchen was installed across housing projects in Franfurt. The designer talked to housewives about their daily routine to create pull-out chopping boards and easy clean surfaces to make their work easier.