Free talk by V&A director| March 21

Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)

Dr. Tristram Hunt, director of the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London, will give a speech titled “V&A: A Museum for the Future” in Shenzhen.

Hunt has been director of the V&A since February 2017. Formerly the U.K. Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent Central, he served as the Labour Party’s Shadow Secretary of State for Education. Between 2001 and 2010, Tristram combined his post as senior lecturer in history at Queen Mary University of London, with work as a history broadcaster, presenting a range of radio and television programs for the BBC and Channel 4. He is the author of several books, most recently “Ten Cities That Made an Empire” published in 2014.

During this talk, he will explore the V&A’s global story, from its foundations in the 1851 Great Exhibition, the first international exhibition of design and manufacturing, to the new V&A Gallery at Design Society in Shenzhen. The V&A’s founding commitment to design, education and industry frames these global conversations, and continues to define the V&A’s local, national and international purpose today. Hunt will consider how the V&A’s educational mission is promoting the design world to the widest possible audience.

世界一流的艺术、设计与表演博物馆——英国国立维多利亚与艾伯特博物馆（V&A）的现任馆长特里斯坦·亨特博士（Dr. Tristram Hunt）将在设计互联举行专题讲座。

特里斯坦·亨特博士自2017年2月起任V&A馆长。他曾任英国议会中特伦特河畔斯托克市（Stoke-on-Trent Central）议员，英国工党影子教育内阁大臣。2001至2010年间，亨特作为伦敦大学玛丽皇后学院的资深讲师教授历史；同时，他还为英国广播公司（BBC）与第四频道（Channel 4）主持了一系列历史主题的广播与电视节目。他著有多本出版物，包括最近的《铸就大英帝国的十座城市》（Ten Cities That Made an Empire，2014）。

在这场讲座中，他将带领我们探索V&A的故事，从1851年在英国伦敦举办的万国工业博览会（the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nation）——也是世界上第一个国际设计与制造展览，到设计互联旗下的V&A展馆。

V&A的立馆宗旨是致力于促进设计、教育与工业在全球范围内的交流与合作，并持续更新博物馆在伦敦、英国与国际上的使命。

特里斯坦·亨特博士将在这场讲座中，着重介绍V&A的教育宗旨——向尽可能广泛的观众推介设计及其环境（designed world）。

Time: 7-8 p.m., March 21

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Venue: Mountain View Theater, 3/F, Design Society|Sea World Culture and Arts Center, 1187 Wanghai Road, Shekou, Nanshan District (南山区蛇口望海路1187号设计互联|海上世界文化艺术中心三楼境山剧场)

Metro: Line 2 to Sea World Station (海上世界站), Exit A