A Conversation with Dr. Madeleine Haddon, Curator of V&A East, on the Future of Museums
Date: Monday, August 11th, 2025​
Time: 4:00PM
Location: Francine Kelly Gallery at Featherstone Center for the Arts
Fee: Free

Join Dr. Madeleine Haddon, Curator of V&A East, for a conversation about the future of museums and the vision behind V&A East, the newest campus of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Dr. Haddon will also speak about her current research project on the global history of carnival.​ 

Dr. Haddon is Curator of V&A East, the newest campus of the Victoria & Albert Museum, which opened V&A East Storehouse in May 2025. Prior to joining V&A East, Dr. Haddon has held positions at The Museum of Modern Art, Hispanic Society Museum & Library, The Frick Collection, and Princeton University Art Museum. She has served on advisory committees for Harvard Art Museums, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CORA Foundation, and Photo London. She is a patron of The National Gallery and the Serpentine Galleries. Dr. Haddon received her PhD from Princeton University, where she received a Fulbright Award in support of her research, and her BA in History of Art from Yale University.

​Dr. Haddon joins us in conjunction with the exhibition Interiority, on view from  July 27 until August 17 in the Francine Kelly Gallery at Featherstone.

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