The Wilton’s Music Hall archives are housed at the V&A Museum. They hold a wealth of material relating to Wilton’s from the 1860s to the present day, including building plans, photographs, material relating to productions, programmes and posters.
The catalogue is available online here. Please note that the Wilton’s Music Hall Archive will be temporarily closed to visitors while the V&A is working on their exciting plans to transform how you can access, explore and experience their world-class collections of art, design and performance through their V&A East project.
To prepare for this major move, they will be temporarily closing the Theatre and Performance Reading Room at Blythe House before re-opening in their new home in Stratford, East London in 2025.
Explore our digital archive on Google Arts & Culture
For more information about V&A East please click here.
Latest Acquisition
Wilton’s archive holds the treasures of our heritage; it
ensures that our legacy is recorded by safeguarding our historic records and
also by documenting Wilton’s today. Programmes, flyers, newsletters and press
cuttings regularly enter the archive, as well as more unusual items. Our latest
acquisition comes from the fantastic Hackney Colliery Band who played here
12-13th May 2016. The band’s performance has been recorded and
filmed for a future live album; these EPs were given to audience members and we
are very pleased to have number 451/1000 preserved in the Wilton’s archive.