Information Technology and Museums: Victoria and Albert Museum launched a new digital platform Explore the Collections

London's Victoria and Albert Museum launched Explore the Collections. It is a new digital platform that enables everyone from around the world to search, explore and discover over 1.2 million objects from the museum’s collections.

This new online experience forms a key part of the V&A’s goal to revolutionise access to national collections, which will culminate in our new collections and research centre at V&A East – an entirely new cultural experience and the first of its kind in the UK. For the first time, Explore the Collections brings together data, stories, images and content about the museum’s vast and fascinating collection in one place.

With a completely redesigned user experience, it provides a new, fluid and story-led approach, where audiences can search for specific objects or allow the site to recommend content based on their interests.