Overview
- The V&A announced the tour on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, saying roughly 100 items from its David Bowie archive will travel across the UK.
- The first stop is V&A Dundee from November 2026 to February 2027, followed by Showtown, Blackpool (June–September 2027), The Bowes Museum, County Durham (October 2027–January 2028), Ferens Art Gallery, Hull (February–May 2028) and Bristol Museum and Art Gallery (June–September 2028).
- Highlights set to travel include Ziggy Stardust costumes by Freddie Burretti and Kansai Yamamoto, a Ziggy‑era acoustic guitar, Bowie’s Berlin apartment keys, concept art for Low, the Natasha Korniloff ‘Ashes To Ashes’ costume, a clapperboard from The Man Who Fell to Earth and his first Grafton alto saxophone.
- The show is organised into four themed sections that probe Bowie’s photography, stage personas, film and video work, and creative process, and it is curated by Harriet Reed as an intimate, object‑led view rather than a conventional career retrospective.
- The tour draws on the V&A’s David Bowie archive of more than 90,000 items, acquired in 2024 and housed at the V&A East Storehouse’s David Bowie Centre since September 2025, and the museum says over half of the objects on the road will be shown publicly for the first time.