Victoria and Albert Museum
United Kingdom · founded 1852
The Victoria and Albert Museum (abbreviated V&A) in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects. The Victoria and Albert Museum collection is housed across six sites in the United Kingdom. This "family of museums" comprises;- V&A South Kensington, the museum's original London site which covers 12.5 acres (5.1 ha) in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London and has over 145 galleries.
- Visitors a year
- 3.5MVisitors a year
- Founded
- 1852Founded
What to see
Arab World Institute
1987.
At the museum · Photo by Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0
Kalpasutra
In the museum’s collection.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The Four Stages of Cruelty
William Hogarth.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Dame Edna Everage
Barry Humphries.
At the museum · Photo by Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0
The Day Dream
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1880.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Samson Slaying a Philistine
Giambologna, 1562.
At the museum · Photo by The original uploader was VAwebteam at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0
Plan your visit
Hours
Published on the museum’s own site. Confirm on www.vam.ac.uk before you travel.
Getting there
Cromwell Gardens.
On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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