This dissertation examines the evolution in appearance and meaning of the bomb-damaged Victoria and Albert Museum Exhibition Road façade. It tracks and analyzes changes made to the site between its initial damaging in 1941 through its current appearance in 2019. Drawing upon conceptual frameworks of memory work and banal nationalism from James E. Young and Michael Billig, this dissertation argues that through the implementation of various design elements the V&A’s site of bomb damage takes a heritage-based approach to crafting a narrative of the Second World War.

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