Victoria and Albert Museum

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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. Young V&A, opened as the V&A Bethnal Green Museum in 1872, became the Museum of Childhood in 1974 and then the Young V&A in 2023. V&A Dundee, opened in September 2018 V&A Wedgwood Collection, the former Wedgwood Museum in Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent acquired in 2014 V&A East Storehouse, opened in June 2025 V&A East Museum, opened in April 2026. The sites share a common website which also hosts the "Order an Object" service allowing members of the public to view individual objects at V&A East...

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