Poster Parade
Sarah Campbell, Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection curator talks us through the current temporary display at the London Transport Museum, Poster Parade, which features the work of five Central Saint […]
Museum and Study Collection
Judy Willcocks, Head of the Museum and Study Collection on its history
The Museum and Study Collection tells the story of Central Saint Martins’ rich history. The collection contains work produced by staff and students, a large art and design teaching collection, the British Artists’ Film and Video Collection, and some historical college records.
The teaching collection spans the 13th century to the present, and includes early printed books, prints, illuminated manuscripts, embroideries, 1920s German film posters, textiles and garments. We hold material created by CSM staff and students over the last one hundred years, and have collected from degree shows for the past two decades. The collection is open to everyone for inspiration and information.
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See our collection displayed in new ways in the Museum Window Gallery on The Crossing or the Lethaby Gallery
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Find out about our public study room, how to book a research visit or group sessions, and how to bring objects to CSM classes
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Collection strengths
Discover the collection’s diversity and depth
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Howard Asher's geometric designs inspire many students making new works in the digital age.
Curator Sarah Campbell on a piece by MA Industrial Design grad Thomas Ballhatchet
Head of the Museum & Study Collection Judy Willcocks talks about conservation
Anna Buruma on Joyce Clissold, textile designer, printmaker, former teacher and alum.
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@CMMuseum Tweets
@CsmMuseum: 8 October 2018
Object of the day is this cat print, silk fabric sample by artist Sal Marsh (1981-1982). https://t.co/RFEIk3FEFO
@CsmMuseum: 4 October 2018
Object of the day is this 1974 illustration by Elizabeth Suter with a selection of hats perfect for Autumn. https://t.co/a17FJbgvP0
@CsmMuseum: 28 September 2018
Think museums are just about history? Think again. See what we've been up to with local group @Claremont_Pro connecting wellbeing with the @CsmMuseum collection in a Knowledge Exchange program https://t.co/0yVh6Z7uMh #Claremontproject #csm #wellbeing #museums
@CsmMuseum: 27 September 2018
Welcome to all our new students from @CsmMuseum! We hope to see you on one of the tours of the collection happening today. https://t.co/EKiZVEK17O
Museum and Study Collection stories
Judy Willcocks on Socially Engaged Practice
Head of Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection Judy Willcocks shares her knowledge and expertise on socially engaged practice and the museum’s recent series of workshops in collaboration with […]
Enid Marx: CSM Museum & Study Collection and House of Illustration
Enid Marx: Print, Pattern and Popular Art at our neighbouring gallery House of Illustration, is the most comprehensive retrospective of Marx’s work mounted in the last 40 years. In 1921, […]
Normal to Dissent.
2018 marks the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918, which extended voting rights to women who met certain, limited criteria, but left 60% of the female population […]
Temporalities: Celebrating Central Saint Martins’ moving image history
Since the 1960s Central Saint Martins has played a crucial role in artists’ moving image culture in the UK – from feminist practice to the avant-garde. Celebrating this rich history, Temporalities, […]
I Don’t Know Her Name, But I Know Her Work
Museum & Study Collection curator Sarah Campbell introduces I Don’t Know Her Name, But I Know Her Work, a display that questions the lack of representation of women in graphic […]