Victoria and Albert Museum in London
Established in 1852, the Victoria and Albert Museum showcases 2000 years of decorative art from around the world. It also features: metalwork, furniture, textiles, paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture and much more. The building has a impressive facade and main entrance. As the museum grew new buildings were erected when needed. Many of these buildings were intended to be semi-permanent exhibition halls but all have survived and represent one of the finest groups of Victorian buildings in the country. The collection has grown since that time and the museum now contains the most extensive collection of decorative art in the world, displayed in beautiful surroundings.
The museum contains a remarkable collection of reproductions in the Cast Courts. While not “real” objects, these reproductions are often in better condition than the originals and comprise one of the few remaining collections of such objects. The six-storey Henry Cole Wing holds the V&A’s collection of paintings, drawings and prints. In 2001 the restored British Galleries reopened to the public. These cover British art and design from 1500 - 1900 and include James II’s wedding suit and the Great Bed of Ware.
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British Museum : London
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London - Getting There
By Bus or Train:
Travelling from abroad, visitors will arrive at Victoria's train station, which serves the English channel ports, or its coach station, some hundred yards south down Buckingham Place Road or at Waterloo, whose international rail terminal serves Eurostar trains using the Channel Tunnel. If you arrive by train from elsewhere in Great Britain, you will reach one of London's numerous mainline stations, which are all connected directly with the city's underground network.
By air:
London has four international airports - Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Luton. All of them are less than an hour from the city centre.
Heathrow:
Kensington Palace at London
Kensington Palace was the home of the late Princess Diana after her divorce from Prince Charles in 1996. This beautiful and spacious palace in central London is open to the public. It was here that Queen Victoria was born and lived until she became ruler of England. In this photograph Kensington Palace appears accross the appropriately named Round Pond. Today Kensington Palace accommodates the offices and private apartments of a number of members of the Royal Family. Although managed by Historic Royal Palaces, the Palace is furnished with items from the Royal Collection.
The original building was
