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Victoria and Albert Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Road
South Kensington
London
SW7 2RL
England

Collection details
Archaeology
Architecture
Archives
Costume and Textiles
Decorative and Applied Art
Design
Fine Art
Music
Performing Arts
Personalities
Photography
Social History
Toys and Hobbies
Weapons and War
World Cultures

Facilities

Food: yes
Shop: yes
Guided tours: yes
Baby changing facilities: yes
Library: yes
Study area: yes
Wheelchair access: yes
Visual disability facilities: yes
Hearing disability facilities: yes

Contact details
Information/Switchboard (Tel) : 020 7942 2000
General information (Fax) : 020 7942 2266
E-mail : vanda@vam.ac.uk
Website : www.vam.ac.uk

Open
Daily 1000-1745
Wed and last Fri of month 1000-2200

Closed
24-26 December

Admission charges
Admission to Museum is free
There may be a charge for some special exhibitions and events

Description
The V&A is one of the world’s greatest museums of art and design. More than seven miles of galleries are filled with outstanding collections of objects dating from 3000BC to the present day, including glass, textiles, ceramics, photography, jewellery and fashion. Highlights include the breathtaking Cast Courts, paintings by Constable, and the largest collection of Italian renaissance sculpture outside Italy. In addition, there is an exciting programme of exhibitions, displays, activities and contemporary events.

Key artists and exhibits
The British Galleries 1500-1900 tell the story of British design from the Tudor age to the Victorian era. Fifteen completely refurbished galleries are filled with exhibits reflecting all of the top British designers of the times. The galleries are enhanced by computer interactives, objects to handle, video screens and audio programmes. Highlights include the gigantic Great Bed of Ware (mentioned in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night) and the wedding suit worn by James II. Inspirational, beautiful and unmatched in scope, the British Galleries offer an entirely new visitor experience in a stunning and innovative setting.

Articles
The Rolling Stones Tongue And Lips Logo Acquired By The V&A
Fashion V Sport - New V&A Show Gives Fashion A Sporting Stance
Mary Wilson And The Story Of The Supremes At The V&A
London's Exhibition Road Gears Up For Musical Extravaganza
Collecting Cultures - HLF Announces Grants For Acquisitions
Gypsy History Month
The New Bollinger Jewellery Gallery At The V&A London

Trails
V&A dress collections and sexual identity
The Female Nude and Lesbian Spectatorship
Antony Gormley Across Britain - From The Angel Of The North To The Iron Man
Gay History - A Trail Exploring LGBT Heritage In London Collections
A Trail Of Anglo-Sikh Heritage Around London
A Rebellion Of Substance And Style: The Arts And Crafts Trail
Arts & Crafts Trail: Victoria And Albert Museum, Greater London And The South
Where To Find The Pre-Raphaelite Collections
The London Pre-Raphaelite Collections

Events
From Homespun to Haute Couture: History of Fashion  Lecture
Collaborators: UK Design for Performance  Exhibition
Display: Unseen Hands- 100 Years of Structural Engineering  Exhibition
Display: The Art of Drinking  Exhibition
Display: Winnie-the-Pooh: Drawings by E.H. Shepard  Exhibition
Display: Medieval & Renaissance: Makers & Markets  Exhibition
Display: Seasons Through the Looking Glass  Exhibition
Display: Libraries of Light: Photographic Books  Exhibition
Display: 'Most Magnificent and Generous': Master Drawings, Watercolours and Prints from the Constantine Ionides Bequest  Exhibition
Display: Beatrix Potter: 'All the Little Slide Shows'  Exhibition
The Story of the Supremes from the Mary Wilson Collection  Exhibition
Display: Yung Ho Chang  Exhibition
Display: Georg Jensen Silversmiths  Exhibition
Fashion V Sport  Exhibition
Zen Calligraphy & Swordsmanship  Lecture
Digital Storytelling  Workshop (Event)
Digital Skills for Art Historians  Workshop (Event)
British Printed Images Pre-1700  Lecture
V&A Screen - Dream Girls  Performance
The Art of Zen Calligraphy  Lecture
Zen Calligraphy Workshop  Lecture
Digital Textile Design  Workshop (Event)
Peter Saville: Talking Design  Lecture
The Maker's Eye: Dorothy Hogg  Lecture
Cold War Modern: Design 1945-1970  ; Exhibition
French Connection Friday Late Close Up  Performance; Workshop (Event)
Be-Dazzled: A History of Jewellery  Lecture
From Arts and Crafts to Post-Modernism: Interior Design of the 20th Century  Lecture
Comics and Graphic Novels: Archetypes vs Stereotypes  Lecture
Fear of the Unknown  Lecture

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