Inaugural V&A exhibition to recreate ocean liner experience

V&A Dundee’s first ever exhibition will be Ocean Liners: Speed and  Style, a show exploring the cultural impact of passenger ships.

The inaugural show, organised by the V&A in London and the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, will re-imagine the golden age of ocean travel.

Details were revealed after it was announced V&A Dundee would open on September 15.

Over 250 objects from public and private collections around the world will be showcased in the V&A’s temporary exhibition gallery.

Ocean Liners will include paintings, sculptures, ship and engine models, wall panels, furniture, fashion, textiles, photographs, posters and films, some of which have never been seen in Europe.

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