Victoria and Albert Museum

British

noun

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

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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

Her work has previously been showcased at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2024

Mark Jones, former head of the Victoria and Albert Museum, has served as interim director since then.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2024

An archival exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, “Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence,” running through Sept. 22, charts how these regions ultimately made the style their own.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 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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