Victoria and Albert Museum | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-05

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00:02:27 1 History
00:02:37 1.1 Foundation
00:06:12 1.2 1900–1950
00:07:42 1.3 Since 1950
00:09:43 2 Partnerships
00:11:39 3 Architecture of the museum
00:19:09 3.1 Edwardian period
00:21:01 3.2 Post-war period
00:22:51 3.3 Recent years
00:25:22 3.4 Garden
00:26:49 4 Collections
00:28:20 4.1 Architecture
00:30:56 4.2 Asia
00:31:23 4.2.1 Islamic art
00:32:46 4.2.2 South Asia
00:34:45 4.2.3 East Asia
00:38:06 4.3 Books
00:43:12 4.4 British galleries
00:47:57 4.5 Cast courts
00:48:59 4.6 Ceramics and glass
00:53:23 4.7 Contemporary
00:53:41 4.8 Prints and drawings
00:55:08 4.9 Fashion
00:58:11 4.10 Furniture
01:02:41 4.11 Jewellery
01:04:10 4.12 Metalwork
01:07:00 4.13 Musical instruments
01:08:24 4.14 Paintings (and miniatures)
01:13:31 4.15 Photography
01:16:01 4.16 Sculpture
01:22:12 4.17 Textiles
01:24:31 4.18 Theatre and Performance
01:26:13 5 Departments
01:26:23 5.1 Education
01:27:30 5.1.1 V&amp;A Publishing
01:27:45 5.1.2 Activities for children
01:28:06 5.1.3 Activities for adults
01:28:31 5.2 Research and conservation
01:30:05 6 Exhibitions
01:30:37 7 Galleries
01:31:05 8 See also



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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. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
The V&A is located in the Brompton district of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in an area that has become known as "Albertopolis" because of its association with Prince Albert, the Albert Memorial and the major cultural institutions with which he was associated. These include the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum, the Royal Albert Hall and Imperial College London. The museum is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. As with other national British museums, entrance is free.
The V&A covers 12.5 acres (5.1 ha) and 145 galleries. Its collection spans 5,000 years of art, from ancient times to the present day, from the cultures of Europe, North America, Asia and North Africa.  However, the art of antiquity in most areas is not collected.  The holdings of ceramics, glass, textiles, costumes, silver, ironwork, jewellery, furniture, medieval objects, sculpture, prints and printmaking, drawings and photographs are among the largest and most comprehensive in the world. 
The museum owns the world's largest collection of post-classical sculpture, with the holdings of Italian Renaissance items being the largest outside Italy. The departments of Asia include art from South Asia, China, Japan, Korea and the Islamic world. The East Asian collections are among the best in Europe, with particular strengths in ceramics and metalwork, while the Islamic collection is amongst the largest in the Western world. Overall, it is one of the largest museums in the world.
Since 2001 the museum has embarked on a major £150m renovation programme. New 17th- and 18th-century European galleries were opened on 9 December 2015. These restored the original Aston Webb interiors and host the European collections 1600–1815.  The V&A Museum of Childhood in East London is a branch of the museum, and a new branch in London is being planned.