The Victoria and Albert museum has secured the archive of David Bowie, with 80,000 items set to be made available to the public from 2025. David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust (Picture: V&A Images). From 2025, the archive will be available to the public through the creation of The David Bowie Centre for the Study of Performing Arts at V&A East Storehouse, in Stratford’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Cut up lyrics for ‘Blackout’ from ‘Heroes’, 1977 (Picture: The David Bowie Archive 2012 Image / V&A Images). Striped bodysuit for Aladdin Sane tour, 1973 (Picture: design by Kansai Yamamoto, photograph by Masayoshi Sukita, The David Bowie Archive 2012).
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