Victoria and Albert Museum - Opening hours, Address, Tickets, What's On

About the Victoria and Albert Museum

One of the big museums of London, the V&A is primarily devoted to the arts and fashions.

It houses a large number of galleries, housing everything from interior furniture, to decorations and artwork.

The cast room is famous for its vast plaster cast models of famous international monuments, and a number of originals will be found in the medieval galleries.

Overseas collections are included, mostly from Asia, with some European.

The museum regularly has paid-for large exhibitions as well.

Address

Victoria and Albert Museum,
Cromwell Road,
London,
SW7 2RL

Admission Charges

Entry is FREE

Link to Victoria and Albert Museum's website

Victoria and Albert Museum Opening Hours

This Week

Sun
26th Jan
10:00am - 5:45pm
 
Mon
27th Jan
10:00am - 5:45pm
 
Tues
28th Jan
10:00am - 5:45pm
 
Wed
29th Jan
10:00am - 5:45pm
 
Thur
30th Jan
10:00am - 5:45pm
 
Fri
31st Jan
10:00am - 10:00pm
 
Sat
1st Feb
10:00am - 5:45pm
 

Next Week

Sun
2nd Feb
10:00am - 5:45pm
 
Mon
3rd Feb
10:00am - 5:45pm
 
Tues
4th Feb
10:00am - 5:45pm
 
Wed
5th Feb
10:00am - 5:45pm
 
Thur
6th Feb
10:00am - 5:45pm
 
Fri
7th Feb
10:00am - 10:00pm
 
Sat
8th Feb
10:00am - 5:45pm
 

 

Exhibitions Open Now

Free  
From ‘honey dew’ drinking parties to Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, discover Beatrix Potter’s response to the world of fairies and fairytales.
(Open 24th Jan 2020 to 3rd Aug 2020)
2020-01-24
2020-08-03
Victoria and Albert Museum
LondonSW7 2RL
£18  
As we approach another major turning point in automotive design, this exhibition looks at the role of the car in shaping the world we live in today.
(Open 23rd Nov 2019 to 19th Apr 2020)
2019-11-23
2020-04-19
Victoria and Albert Museum
LondonSW7 2RL
Free  
An immersive installation by contemporary American artist Darren Waterston, presenting a detailed reimagining of James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s famed Peacock Room.
(Open 25th Jan 2020 to 3rd May 2020)
2020-01-25
2020-05-03
Victoria and Albert Museum
LondonSW7 2RL
Free  
A selection from a gift of nine ‘manner posters’ displayed across Tokyo’s Seibu Railway network between 2016 and 2019.
(Open 24th Jan 2020 to 22nd Mar 2020)
2020-01-24
2020-03-22
Victoria and Albert Museum
LondonSW7 2RL
Free  
Discover the creative process behind designing for performance, from costume to set design
(Open 24th Jan 2020 to 29th Mar 2020)
2020-01-24
2020-03-29
Victoria and Albert Museum
LondonSW7 2RL
Free  
This exhibition reveals the architectural setting of swimming and bathing from Roman springs and Victorian bathhouses to contemporary swimming spaces.
(Open 24th Jan 2020 to 19th Apr 2020)
2020-01-24
2020-04-19
Victoria and Albert Museum
LondonSW7 2RL

 

Exhibitions Opening Soon

£12  
From designer handbags to despatch boxes, vanity cases to military rucksacks, the exhibition will explore our longstanding fascination with the bag.
(Open 25th Apr 2020 to 31st Jan 2021)
£15  
This exhibition brings together 200 rarely-seen masterpieces to present the early watercolour as a unified art form for the first time.
(Open 16th May 2020 to 20th Sep 2020)

Victoria and Albert Museum Map

Nearby Venues

1. Science Museum
2. Natural History Museum
3. Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum
4. Kensington Palace
5. National Army Museum
6. Carlyle's House
7. Chelsea Physic Garden
8. Apsley House
9. Wellington Arch
10. The Design Museum
11. 18 Stafford Terrace
12. The Royal Mews
13. The Queen's Gallery
14. Leighton House Museum
15. Guards Museum

16. Spencer House
17. Royal Institution (inc Faraday Museum)
18. Handel House Museum
19. Wallace Collection
20. British Dental Museum
21. Churchill War Rooms
22. The Photographers' Gallery
23. Mall Galleries
24. Anaesthesia Heritage Centre
25. Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
26. Sherlock Holmes Museum
27. British Council London
28. Jewel Tower
29. Tate Britain
30. Canada House Gallery