Victoria And Albert Museum London
It was renamed the victoria and albert museum in 1899 when queen victoria laid the foundation stone of new buildings along exhibition road and cromwell road.
Victoria and albert museum london. The v a is located in the royal borough of kensington and chelsea in an area known as. In 2012 the museum opened its first gallery to be exclusively dedicated to furniture. The victoria and albert museum is also responsible for the museum of childhood in bethnal green a district in the borough of tower hamlets. The v a museum facts.
This is the version of our website addressed to speakers of english in the united states if you are a resident of another country or region please select the. When it was established in 1857 the museum was called the south kensington museum. The victoria and albert museum v a in london is the world s largest museum of applied and decorative arts and design and sculpture. The victoria and albert museum is the world s leading museum of art design and performance representing more than 3 000 years of human creativity with collections unrivaled in their scope and diversity and an inspiring range of events.
It was founded in 1852 and named after queen victoria and prince albert. The museum houses a collection of over 2 million objects. The wellington museum in apsley house at the southeastern corner of hyde park and the theatre museum near covent garden westminster were branches of the victoria and albert museum until the 2000s. In recent years the v a has undergone a dramatic programme of renewal expansion and restoration.