Taylor Swift Cements Her Legacy With 'Easter Egg'-Filled Exhibit at Victoria and Albert Museum in London
Taylor Swift's legacy is being honored in a new London exhibit.
The pop icon, 34, and her decades in the music industry are currently being highlighted at the Victoria and Albert Museum in an installation called "Taylor Swift 'Songbook Trail," which will be running from now until September 8.
The exhibit boasts 13 authentic displays of Swift's outfits, props and many subtle "Easter eggs" about the "Karma" singer's future projects.
The first stop Swifties will make when they arrive at the space is the Lover tribute, which shows off one of her 2019 VMA awards for “The Man” music video. The outfit the blonde beauty wore while disguised as a male in the video, as well as the director's chair, is also placed behind the glass.
Attendees will then make their way over to the Reputation display, where the famous snake-printed boots she wore for the secret sessions in London are shown.
Other notable items fans can expect to see include the cardigan from Swift’s 2020 album Folklore, her sparkling tour outfits from the 1989 era and the ukulele she used during the Speak Now World Tour in 2011. The final stop of the exhibit takes you back to the chart-topper's childhood, which may hint at where she draws inspiration from.
The latest achievement for the Cats actress is another notch in her belt during her blockbuster year. “I’ve been raised up and down the flagpole of public opinion so many times in the last 20 years,” Swift explained in a 2023 interview of earning her success. “I’ve been given a tiara, then had it taken away.”
"It feels like the breakthrough moment of my career, happening at 33,” she continued. “And for the first time in my life, I was mentally tough enough to take what comes with that. This is the proudest and happiest I’ve ever felt, and the most creatively fulfilled and free I’ve ever been."
Swift has clearly put her heart and soul into everything she does. "I knew this tour was harder than anything I’d ever done before by a long shot," the songwriter noted.
“Every day I would run on the treadmill, singing the entire set list out loud,” she added of how she prepped. “Fast for fast songs, and a jog or a fast walk for slow songs. Then I had three months of dance training, because I wanted to get it in my bones. I wanted to be so over-rehearsed that I could be silly with the fans, and not lose my train of thought. I wanted to play a show that was longer than they ever thought it would be, because that makes me feel good leaving the stadium.”
Elite Daily first reported on the exhibit.