Stories from the Collection
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Instituto Cervantes in London is collaborating with the V&A East Storehouse to celebrate Spain’s National Day by organizing a cultural programme centered around the carved wooden ceiling from the Torrijos Palace. The programme includes a day of talks, workshops, pop-up performances, and a classical music concert.
V&A East Storehouse aims to activate the ceiling as a point of connection between past and present, and between diverse communities—especially the Spanish and Latin American populations of East London.
The Torrijos ceiling is one of five large-scale objects being unveiled to the public. Through the lens of the “Torrijos ceiling,” we seek to explore the multicultural stories embedded in this exceptional 15th-century Spanish ceiling, now part of the V&A collection, and the dynamic cultural exchanges that shaped it.
Stories from the Collection
Join expert Anna McSweeney, and curator Mariam Rosser-Owen for intimate back-ofhouse
guided tour. Explore objects connected to Islamic-Spanish histories, including
Nasrid combs, inlaid caskets, textiles, and ceiling panels.
