Jewellery & Adornment

This resource shows how primary and secondary school teachers can use the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection of jewellery to support teaching and learning in the Religious Education, Art & Design, History and English areas of the curriculum. The activities can be adapted for students at Key.

The activities are designed to encourage students to consider body adornment in broader terms than jewellery and fashion, and to think about related social and cultural issues. Each activity includes suggestions on preparing a visit, activities to do at the V&A, and ways to follow up back at school.

The Jewellery gallery is currently closed as part of FuturePlan, the V&A's major redevelopment project, and it will reopen in 2009. However, there are many fine examples of jewellery in the other galleries. This resource focuses particularly on the British Galleries (Rooms 52-58 and 118-125) and the South Asia gallery (Room 41).