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The Victoria & Albert Museum

The Victoria & Albert Museum
Phone: +44 171 938 85 | Web: Visit The Victoria & Albert Museum Website
South Kensington, London, England SW7 2RL
Facilities:  Disabled Facilities   Interior Visit   Toilets 

The V&A in London is the world's finest museum of the decorative arts. Founded in 1852 to support and encourage excellence in art and design, it was renamed the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1899 in honour of Queen Victoria.

The magnificent building is home to 145 galleries, including the national collections of sculpture, furniture, fashion and textiles, paintings, silver, glass, ceramics, jewellery, books, prints and photographs. The collections constitute a unique international resource.

Some four million objects are held by the museum, ranging from Constable paintings to oriental ceramics, the finest collection of Italian Renaissance sculpture outside Italy as well as the most impressive collection of Indian art and artefacts outside the subcontinent. In total, the objects span at least 3,500 years of mankind's creativity.

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Hotels near The Victoria & Albert Museum

There are 50 hotels within 0.8 miles of The Victoria & Albert Museum ranging in price from £22 at the cheap end to £277. The nearest hotels are The Rembrandt (0.2m) with rooms from £127, Grosvenor Kensington Hotel (0.2m) with rooms from £62, Egerton House (0.2m) with rooms from £265. For details on these hotels and others nearby go to our hotels near The Victoria & Albert Museum page.

The Rembrandt Details THE REMBRANDT
4 star hotel with rooms from £127* 0.2 mile from The Victoria & Albert Museum
Grosvenor Kensington Hotel Details GROSVENOR KENSINGTON HOTEL
3 star hotel with rooms from £62* 0.2 mile from The Victoria & Albert Museum
Egerton House Details EGERTON HOUSE
5 star hotel with rooms from £265* 0.2 mile from The Victoria & Albert Museum
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