victoria and albert museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

• Often abbreviated as the V&A

• One of the largest and most visited museum in the world

• Located in Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London – “Albertopolis“

• Entrance to museum is free, support of Department of Culture, Media and Sport

The foundation• Origins in the Great Exhibition of 1851• Profits from the Exhibition were used to

establish the Museum• Established in 1852• Former names- Museum of

Manufactures, South Kensington Museum • 1889 Victoria and Albert Museum (named after Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert)

Architecture of the museum• Construction started during victorian period• The museum grew rapidly – new building added• Sir Aston Webb

The collections• 145 galleries• There are over 6.5 million

objects• Focused on art (cultures of

Europe, North America, Asia and North Africa.• Ceramics, costumes, silver,

ironwork, jewellery, prints, photographs...

BOOKS• 750,000 books,

photographs, drawings, paintings, and prints.• illuminated manuscripts• early editions in Greek

and Latin of the poets and playwrights• manuscripts of the most

famous British writers • 4,200 comics

Book of Hours

Leonardo da Vinci´s Foster Codices

FASHION• 14,000 outfits, accessories, costume

sketches and design notebooks• Clothes worn throughout history

(medieval vestments, famous designers works)

Wedding suit worn by James II

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