V&A to Open David Bowie Center for the Study of Performing Arts in 2025, Featuring 80,000 Items from the Late Singer’s Career.

The Victoria & Albert Museum announced Thursday that it will open the David Bowie Center for the Study of Performing Arts in 2025, featuring more than 80,000 items from the late singer’s career. The archive will include 70,000 images taken by esteemed photographers, as well as personal letters, sheet music, costumes, instruments, awards and other memorabilia.

The collection will also include handwritten lyrics to iconic Bowie songs like “Fame” and “Heroes.” According to a press release from the V&A, the archive aims to reveal “the creative processes of one of the most pioneering and influential figures in the history of live and recorded music, film, fashion and beyond.”

The items were acquired from Bowie’s estate, and will be available for public viewing in the museum. “With David’s life’s work becoming part of the U.K.’s national collections, he takes his rightful place amongst many other cultural icons and geniuses,” said a statement on the late singer’s website.

The David Bowie Center for the Study of Performing Arts will be a unique opportunity for fans and scholars alike to explore the life and work of one of the most influential figures in music and culture. The V&A is currently working to prepare the archive for its opening in 2025.