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The Princess of Wales was given a behind-the-scenes tour by the V&A’s curatorial team and met with V&A East Storehouse’s new collections access team, who have been recruited locally, and understand the V&A’s goals to make the collections accessible for everyone.

She has personally worked with the museum's curatorial team to select eight significant works from across its large collection for her 'Makers and Creators' exhibition,

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❥ 30 JULY 2025 | The Princess of Wales has written a special message for ‘Makers and Creators’ exhibition at the V&A East Storehouse in London.

The message accompanying the display says :

Objects can tell a story. A collection of objects can create a narrative, both about our past and as inspiration for the future.

This display celebrates our past makers and creators and illustrates how much historic objects can influence fashion, design, film, art and creativity today. Individual, unique objects can come together to create a collective whole that helps us to explore our social and cultural experiences, and the role we play in the wider tapestry of life.

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THE PRINCESS OF WALES HAS CURATED A MINI DISPLAY AT THE V&A STOREHOUSE FOR THE 'MAKERS AND CREATORS' EXHIBITION ✨️

The Princess of Wales, Patron of the V&A, has curated her own ‘mini display’ at the V&A East Storehouse in London.

The Princess personally worked with the museum's curatorial team to select eight significant works from across its large collection for her ‘Makers and Creators’ exhibition.

The Makers and Creators display brings together objects chosen by The Princess to celebrate past makers and creators, and show how historic objects can influence fashion, design, film, art and creativity today.

It aims to show how 'individual, unique objects can come together to create a collective whole that helps us to explore our social and cultural experiences, and the role we play in the wider tapestry of life'.

The objects selected by The Princess of Wales include :

Oliver Messel's costume for the Fairy of the Woodland Glades worn by Diana Vere in The Royal Ballet's 1960 production of The Sleeping Beauty

A watercolour study of a forest glade by well-known children's author Beatrix Potter and a childhood photograph album belonging to her father, Rupert Potter

A 15th century earthenware tile, impressed with a design of interlacing bands from South Cadbury Church in Somerset

A Morris & Co furnishing screen designed by William Morris's assistant J.H.Dearle in the mid-1880s

A hand quilted bedcover, made in Wales circa. 1830-40

An oil painting entitled 'A Woman Holding a Mirror and a Rose' by Anglo-American artist George Henry Boughton

A Qing dynasty porcelain vase from Jingdezhen, China, circa. 1662-1722

A sculpture by Clemence Dane, which is a physical representation of the artist's hands created in the mid-20th century

Visitors to the Storehouse will be able to view the collection as part of the self-guided experience from today until early 2026.