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Victoria and Albert Museum

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noun

  1.  V and A.  a museum of the fine and applied arts in London, originating from 1856 and given its present name and site in 1899

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In 2024, the Manhyia Palace Museum received 67 restituted or loaned cultural objects from institutions including the British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Fowler Museum in Los Angeles.

From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025

The east London venue, a branch of the Victoria and Albert Museum, reopened in July 2023 after being closed for a three-year £13m redevelopment.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2024

The British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum announced plans in recent weeks to also return items that once belonged to the Asante royal court, but on a loan basis.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2024

Outside pressure led the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London to announce a deal late last month that temporarily returns 32 gold and silver artifacts to the Asante people.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2024

Sometime in her teens a friend of Cecilia’s father who worked in the Victoria and Albert Museum had come to examine the vase and declared it sound.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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