The Weston Cast Court, Victoria & Albert Museum
Details
The Cast Courts in the Victoria & Albert Museum were among the wonders of the new South Kensington Museum when they were purpose-built and opened as The Architectural Courts in 1873. They are now restored to their full glory and house copies of some of the world's most significant works of art reproduced in plaster, electrotype, photography, and digital media
Venue
The Victoria & Albert Museum, South Kensington, London, SW7 2RL
Event Organisers
Sarah Bowles and Philippa Barton
Cost
Cost of the visit is £40.00- plus Eventbrite booking fee
Programme
10.30am
Coffee
11.00am
Visit to the Cast Courts with Sarah Bowles and Philippa Barton
The two magnificent Cast Courts house casts of some of the great works of art and architecture . Highlights include the full-size casts of Trajan’s column – in two parts – a monumental feat of moulding, electrotyping, casting and engineering, the extraordinary Pórtico de la Gloria from the Cathedral at Santiago de Compostela and Michelangelo’s David, over five meters high – a gift from the Grand Duke of Tuscany to Queen Victoria.