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| The lobby of V&A museum. |
As usual, we are going to continue with the next
place I visited in London, that is Victoria and Albert Museum or much popular
with V&A. Victoria and Albert Museum is a museum dedicated to decorative
art and now become the world’s largest museum by housing a permanent collection
of over 2.3 million objects. My visit to V&A just after short visited to the
Natural History Museum for the first time. So the visit to this museum is around
4 hours (of course it’s not enough).
The history of this museum was closely related
to the Science Museum as they share the same buildings in their early establishment
in 1852. As the collection of arts getting larger and larger the Science Museum
needs to separate itself to another location and ended up where it is now.
V&A is a very important museum of arts, even
though there are many other art museums and galleries all across London and all
around Europe. From its early stage, V&A actively collecting art from other
countries includes Europe, North America, Asia, and North Africa. At some points,
V&A still have their samples preserved in good condition compared to their
original pieces.
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| Some of the laquerware from all around the world. |
Here in V&A, they collected all types of
arts from sculptures, paintings, ceramics, glass, textiles, woods, silvers, jewellery,
ironwork, prints, photographs, furniture, and many others (yes, all types of
arts). That’s what makes V&A one of important museum here in London. It’s
opened up your eyes to the whole world of arts, and why it is so important to
the development of human cultures.
As usual, you can join in any of their free museum
tours conducted by knowledgeable friendly staffs or volunteers. This will speed
up your learning process about the topics that they will share. As this museum
is so big, you might, unsure where you should start and where it should end, unless
you planned it in advanced.
With a total size of 12.5 acres (5.1 ha),
V&A consist of 145 galleries - make sure you check the floor plan carefully,
if you are looking for something specifics. Here, there are many things to see
and learn about. Instead of just looking at the art pieces, here in V&A
there always many things to do. Other than special exhibition, there are also
courses, family events, workshops, talks and resources for you to learn more
about the arts (library of books and items). The whole museum itself is result
of beautiful architecture with lots of art on it.
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| Museum tour with Jeremy Strachan, educative and entertaining. |
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| Important piece from Shah Jahan dynasty, India. |
As usual, you are encouraged to visit their
website to know more about V&A before you visit it. This will allow you to
maximize your experience during your visit. You also can communicate with them
if you have any question - so, they will be able to assist you (in case you
require something not available on the exhibition).
At the end of the visit, what I can say is - I need
to come back to V&A to see more of the things that I missed on my first
visit. I also included another photo album of this museum on my fanpage, you can
visit it through the link. Wish I have more time on my next visit to V&A.
Kindly share if you have anything to share
about this museum in the comments section below, or send it to my email (check the
contact form on the web view).
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| Coloured tiles from Islamic cultures. |
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| Miniature pieces. |
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| One of many sculptures. |
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| 11-metre high, blown glass chandelier by Dale Chihuly. |
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