The V&A Reading Rooms, at 8 Exhibition Road in South Kensington is a stand alone, off-site bookshop which incorporates a wine bar.
Small and intimate; the Rooms retain their original architectural features - high ceilings, fine cornices and bay windows - combined with the style and quirkiness of the V&A Shops. Customers are able to read and to shop with, if they so choose, a glass of chilled chablis in hand.
The V&A has a reputation for the quality and originality in its commercial ventures. Every purchase supports the Victoria and Albert Museum, the world's leading museum of art and design.
Rediscover the delights of browsing.
In the V&A Reading Rooms you can encounter the wonderful and obscure, reacquaint yourself with the pleasure of reading, and take time to choose the ideal book, over a glass of wine, before you decide to buy.
In the V&A Reading Rooms you can encounter the wonderful and obscure, reacquaint yourself with the pleasure of reading, and take time to choose the ideal book, over a glass of wine, before you decide to buy.
No three-for-two offers on books you didn't really want to read: instead, an eclectic and exciting collection of titles to fascinate, amuse and even shock. Here novellas sit alongside biographies; graphic novels nestle alongside guides to the beautiful and bizarre.
In the intimate book-lined space of the V&A Reading Rooms embark on a literary journey of the unexpected. From vintage bindings to the latest in contemporary book design the V&A Reading Rooms promote a small, but perfectly formed range for book lovers to indulge themselves, and to find the perfect gift solution.
Chilli Fried &
Salted Broad Beans
£1.80
Provencal Mixed Olives
£2.90
Lemon Almonds
£3.20
Selection of Cured Meats
with Toast
£9.20
Sugared Napoli Biscuits
£1.90
Fresh Leaf Mint Tea
£2.00
Cappuccino
£2.20
Fresh Pressed Lemonade
£1.80
Coopers Sparkling Ale 375ml
£4.20
Hot Toddy
£5.50
Prosecco di Conegliano
AA Bellenda 2008, Italy, 100ml
£5.40
Pouilly-Fuisse
Arnold Combier 2008, Burgundy 125ml
£6.80
Freisa dAsti
Giacomo Borgogno 2008, Piedmont, Italy 125ml
£5.50
Marcillac 'Lo Sang del Pais'
Domaine du Cros 2009, SW France 125ml
£4.90
The V&A Reading Rooms are part of the V&A Shops. An emporium of over 2000 products of every colour, size and price, the V&A Shop responds to different sources of inspiration from across the collections of the V&A, and includes exclusive commissions, one-off vintage pieces, and products already part of design history, represented in the V&A's own collections.
Combined with this is a broad range of inexpensive but inspiring ideas to suit all ages and pockets. Jewellery, furniture, books, craft, toys, ceramics, fashion, design, glass, accessories and textiles are selected and commissioned from all over the world. The shop features leading design names from past and present including: Erdem, Roja Dove, Tata Naka, Alexis Bittar, Angie Lewin, Rob Ryan, and Edmund de Waal.
In addition, the V&A Bookshop is devoted to books and provides a destination store for specialists, students and fashion fans alike.
In addition, the V&A Bookshop is devoted to books and provides a destination store for specialists, students and fashion fans alike.
The V&A Bookshop is designed to encourage appreciation of all that the V&A has to offer, and across all aspects of the designed world. The V&A Bookshop offers a full range of the V&A's own publishing: a justly renowned list of over 120 fabulously illustrated books featuring the research, collections and exhibitions of the V&A.
No.8 Exhibition Road
South Kensington
London SW7 2HF
020 7225 0594
7 days a week
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South Kensington
London SW7 2HF
020 7225 0594
7 days a week
View on Google Maps
Events
The V&A Reading Rooms plays
host to a programme of regular
monthly events that celebrate
creativity and knowledge, all to
be experienced and enjoyed in
an intimate setting over a bottle
of wine. Designers, bloggers,
chefs, authors, curators,
illustrators and printmakers hold
court at informal talks and leading
makers with whom the V&A Shop
collaborates are all invited to
present craft nights.
The V&A Reading Rooms is
also available for private hire.
Email the team for details
The V&A Reading Rooms plays
host to a programme of regular
monthly events that celebrate
creativity and knowledge, all to
be experienced and enjoyed in
an intimate setting over a bottle
of wine. Designers, bloggers,
chefs, authors, curators,
illustrators and printmakers hold
court at informal talks and leading
makers with whom the V&A Shop
collaborates are all invited to
present craft nights.
The V&A Reading Rooms is
also available for private hire.
Email the team for details
Evenings at the V&A Reading Rooms
Thursdays at 7pm
May 10th
Edward Bawden, the Accidental Londoner with Peyton Skipwith and Brian Webb
Join Peyton Skipwith and Brian Webb, authors
of V&A Publishing's Edward Bawden's London,
as they discuss Bawdens love of London and
his extensive career.
Click here for more dates and evenings
Thursdays at 7pm
May 10th
Edward Bawden, the Accidental Londoner with Peyton Skipwith and Brian Webb
Join Peyton Skipwith and Brian Webb, authors
of V&A Publishing's Edward Bawden's London,
as they discuss Bawdens love of London and
his extensive career.
Click here for more dates and evenings
Craft Tuesdays at the V&A Reading Rooms
Check back soon for next event.
Details of our most recent event can be found at the link below.
Click here for more info
Check back soon for next event.
Details of our most recent event can be found at the link below.
Click here for more info
