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Victoria and Albert Museum

British  

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

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

From Seattle Times Mar. 28, 2024

Ms Steel said she then contacted Market Harborough-based auctioneer Gildings which confirmed its origins using Burges' design sketches kept at Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

From BBC Mar. 19, 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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