THE VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM ANNOUNCED THAT VISITORS TO ITS WEBSITE CAN NOW FIND ONLINE OVER ONE MILLION RECORDS DETAILING OBJECTS IN ITS COLLECTION RANGING FROM WELL KNOWN TREASURES SUCH AS TIPPOO'S 'TIGER' TO LESS FAMILIAR PAINTINGS AND CERAMICS. PEOPLE USING SEARCH THE COLLECTIONS, AT collections.vam.ac.uk, WILL FIND IMAGES OF MORE THAN 100,000 OBJECTS WITH MORE IMAGES AND DETAILS TO FOLLOW AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. THE ONLINE RECORDS VARY FROM DETAILED STUDIES WRITTEN BY CURATORS TO MORE BASIC INVENTORY INFORMATION WHICH MIGHT INCLUDE THE MAKER, PROVENANCE, PRODUCTION TECHNIQUE AND STYLE. VISITORS CAN ALSO LOOK UP WHETHER AN OBJECT IS ON DISPLAY AND WHERE IN THE MUSEUM IT CAN BE FOUND. AS A LIVE DATABASE, 'SEARCH THE COLLECTIONS' WILL CONTINUALLY GROW AND BE UPDATED AS NEW RESEARCH AND PHOTOGRAPHY IS CARRIED OUT, OBJECTS ARE MOVED AND NEW ACQUISITIONS MADE. MARK JONES, DIRECTOR OF THE V&A, SAID: "THIS IS A VERY EXCITING DEVELOPMENT FOR THE V&A AS FOR THE FIRST TIME WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE OUR WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY. WE KNOW OUR VISITORS AND WEBSITE USERS WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE V&A COLLECTIONS, WHETHER IT IS A SCHOOL CHILD WORKING ON A PROJECT OR AN ARTIST OR CRAFTS-PERSON LOOKING FOR INSPIRATION." USERS EXPLORE THE SITE BY CLICKING ON IMAGES THAT SCROLL ACROSS THE SCREEN OR BY ACCESSING THE POWERFUL SEARCH ENGINE THAT IDENTIFIES OBJECTS BY TYPE, MAKER, DATE, MATERIAL OR LOCATION IN THE V&A.
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