Victoria And Albert Museum

Welcome to the v a the world s leading museum of art and design.

Victoria and albert museum. 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. Find out more exhibitions. We ve introduced free timed entry tickets to make sure we have enough space for you to enjoy the museum safely. Follow the v a plan a visit news welcome back.

Named after queen victoria and. It was founded in 1852 and named after queen victoria and prince albert. The victoria and albert museum v a in london is the world s largest museum of applied and decorative arts and design and sculpture. In recent years the v a has undergone a dramatic programme of renewal expansion and restoration.

Objects featured here include those from recent publications famous and less well known objects and those which cannot be permanently on display. Our collections are unrivalled in their diversity. The museum houses a collection of over 2 million objects. Victoria and albert museum cromwell road london sw7 2rl.

Free timed tickets. 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. Explore historical and contemporary art.

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. Search over one million objects from the v a collections including ceramics fashion furniture glass metalwork paintings photographs prints sculpture and textiles. The victoria and albert museum v a vam is the world s largest museum of decorative arts and design housing a permanent collection of over 4 5 million objects. The victoria and albert museum often abbreviated as the v a in london is the world s largest museum of applied and decorative arts and design as well as sculpture housing a permanent collection of over 2 27 million objects.