Museum and Contemporary Collection, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Museum and Contemporary Collection
Southampton Row
London
WC1B 4AP
England

Website

courses.csm.arts.ac.uk/museum/

E-mail

museum.collection@csm.arts.ac.uk

Telephone

0207 514 7146

Fax

0207 514 7024

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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Awarded full registered museum status in 2001, the Lethaby Gallery and the Museum and Contemporary Collection at Central Saint Martins house an exceptional range of artworks and artefacts reflecting the distinguished history and present of this prestigious college. With an active policy of collecting work by staff, students and alumni, the collection is constantly expanding and represents an increasingly broad scope of practices related to the creative industries.

Supported by a consistently engaging programme of exhibitions and events, the collection offers a unique view into changing perspectives and methods of artistic practice, with objects dating from the 15th to the 21st century. The Lethaby Gallery and Cochrane Theatre are well-established venues, showcasing work by students past and present, touring exhibitions featuring work by internationally acclaimed practitioners, theatre productions, lectures by leading lights of the creative industries, and themed exhibitions utilising the myriad treasures of the historical and contemporary collections.

An online database of the Museum Collection is available at: http://courses.csm.arts.ac.uk/museum/ The database provides browsers with further information on the history of the collection, biographies of artists and craftspersons represented in the collection, as well as information and images on specific items.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

Museum Collection - Mon-Thurs 10.00-17.00

Museum Collection closed -
Fri, Sat, Sun
Public holidays

 Admission charges

Admision free, by appointment only

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Cafeteria
 Disability access
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities

Additional info

Public access to collections information via online database at:

http://courses.csm.arts.ac.uk/museum/

The database provides browsers with further information on the history of the collection, biographies of artists and craftspersons represented in the collection, as well as information and images on specific items.

Anybody wishing to view items from the collection not on display in the Lethaby Gallery must make an appointment by telephone or e-mail.

Items from the collection are available for loan - though loans are restricted to other institutions and special exhibitions. Members of the public can not borrow items from the collection.

Disabled parking is available and should be booked ahead of your visit - please make the necessary arrangements with the collection administrator.

Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Museum and Contemporary Collection
Southampton Row
London
WC1B 4AP
England

Website

courses.csm.arts.ac.uk/museum/

E-mail

museum.collection@csm.arts.ac.uk

Telephone

0207 514 7146

Fax

0207 514 7024

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Mission Statement of the Museum and Contemporary Collection, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design


The Museum and Contemporary Collection aims to:

·Highlight the importance of Central Saint Martins and its founding colleges by collecting, preserving and conserving outstanding work in all fields by former staff and students as well as other examples of arts and design work reflecting the broad range of subjects taught at the College;
·Promote awareness of the influence of the College in the development of art and design education from the time of the Teaching Examples Collection, founded at the Central School in 1896, to the present day;
·Creatively enhance collections-based learning both within the university and externally;
·Make collections as widely available as possible for study and research through the data-base and in-house study facilities;
·Regularly display collections in the Lethaby Gallery and public places in the College;
·Arrange touring exhibitions and facilitate loans from the Collection in the UK and overseas.


The Lethaby Gallery, Southampton Row

·Provides an important show - case for exhibitions and events that reflect and promote the creative and innovative art and design work of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.
·The gallery is committed to exhibiting work that is generated from within the College by is courses, staff and alumni.
·It will also exhibit externally generated projects where there are links with the work of the College.

Collection details

Architecture, Archives, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Design, Fine Art, Performing Arts, Personalities, Photography

Collections services

  • Public access available to collections information
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Museum and Contemporary Collection
Southampton Row
London
WC1B 4AP
England

Website

courses.csm.arts.ac.uk/museum/

E-mail

museum.collection@csm.arts.ac.uk

Telephone

0207 514 7146

Fax

0207 514 7024

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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