Room 48
Europe 1900 to the present
Visiting the gallery
Opening times
Daily: 10.00–17.00 (Fridays: 20.30)
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Advance booking advised
Gallery audio guides
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Room 48 examines changing ideas about how objects should look, and the desire to make well-designed objects available to a wider audience.
Many of the objects on display show how designers in the West have drawn inspiration from other cultures, past and present.
Highlights include Continental Art Nouveau, Germany's Darmstadt artists' colony and the Bauhaus, Russian Revolutionary porcelain and American applied arts between the two World Wars.
The Museum is actively collecting objects from the 20th century and the display continues to change as new acquisitions are made.
Take a virtual tour
See how design developed through the last century to now with a selection of household objects in Room 48.
Accessibility
- Some objects in this collection feature on the British Sign Language multimedia guide. This resource is temporarily unavailable. You can access a selection of BSL films on your own device.
- Step-free access.
- View sensory map.
Visit Accessibility at the Museum for more information.
