Theatre Museum, London
Russell Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2E 7PR
England
Website
For more information
Statement on the closure of the Theatre Museum
theatremuseum.org/news/details.php?id=40
Education and Group Bookings
Telephone
General Enquiries /Administration
020 7943 4700
Education and Group Bookings
020 7943 4806
Adult events
020 7943 4750
Fax
General Enquiries /Administration
020 7943 4777
The Theatre Museum is Britain's only performing arts museum in a country renowned for its theatre. It serves as a museum, library, archive and education resource. Established in 1987 in its current building the old Covent Garden Flower Market, it is the National Museum of Performing Arts and is a branch of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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The Covent Garden branch will be permanently closing to the public on 7th January 2007, although education work on the premises will continue until August. Follow the link below to read a statement from the museum about the future of its collections.
Venue type
Museum
Additional info
Our library is open to the public by appointment only.
Russell Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2E 7PR
England
Website
For more information
Statement on the closure of the Theatre Museum
theatremuseum.org/news/details.php?id=40
Education and Group Bookings
Telephone
General Enquiries /Administration
020 7943 4700
Education and Group Bookings
020 7943 4806
Adult events
020 7943 4750
Fax
General Enquiries /Administration
020 7943 4777
A gift of 100,000 playbills, programmes, play-texts and prints of the London stage form the basis of the collection and is contstantly updated with daily press reviews and programmes from over 200 venues across Britain. In addition to this we have acquired Diaghilev costumes and scenic cloths, rock'n'pop artifacts, Royal Court Theatre and the D'Oyly Carte Company archives, amongst many other things.
Collection details
Archives, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Design, Film and Media, Performing Arts, Personalities, Photography
Key artists and exhibits
- D'Oyly Carte Company; Diaghilev; Royal Court Theatre; Redgrave family; Ballet Russes; Shakespeare; Shakespeare's Globe
Collections services
- General guide to collections available
- Object identification and/or written enquiry service
- Public access available to collections information
- Specialist publications on collections available
- Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)
Russell Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2E 7PR
England
Website
For more information
Statement on the closure of the Theatre Museum
theatremuseum.org/news/details.php?id=40
Education and Group Bookings
Telephone
General Enquiries /Administration
020 7943 4700
Education and Group Bookings
020 7943 4806
Adult events
020 7943 4750
Fax
General Enquiries /Administration
020 7943 4777
Russell Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2E 7PR
England
Website
For more information
Statement on the closure of the Theatre Museum
theatremuseum.org/news/details.php?id=40
Education and Group Bookings
Telephone
General Enquiries /Administration
020 7943 4700
Education and Group Bookings
020 7943 4806
Adult events
020 7943 4750
Fax
General Enquiries /Administration
020 7943 4777
