Victoria and Albert Museum

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

21st Apr

10:00am - 5:45pm

Mon

22nd Apr

10:00am - 5:45pm

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23rd Apr

10:00am - 5:45pm

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24th Apr

10:00am - 5:45pm

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25th Apr

10:00am - 5:45pm

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26th Apr

10:00am - 10:00pm

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27th Apr

10:00am - 5:45pm

Next Week

Sun

28th Apr

10:00am - 5:45pm

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29th Apr

10:00am - 5:45pm

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30th Apr

10:00am - 5:45pm

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1st May

10:00am - 5:45pm

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2nd May

10:00am - 5:45pm

Fri

3rd May

10:00am - 10:00pm

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4th May

10:00am - 5:45pm

Exhibitions Open Now

Free A Home for All: Six Experiments in Social Housing

This display presents six innovative projects from the collections of the RIBA and the V&A, each demonstrating a unique experiment in social housing design.
(Open 24th Nov 2018 to 26th May 2019)

Free Beatrix Potter's Art: 'drawn with design'

This display showcases examples of her childhood sketches and domestic projects alongside her famous illustrations that came later.
(Open 18th Feb 2019 to 29th Aug 2019)

£24 Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams

From 1947 to the present day, this exhibition traces the history and impact of one of the 20th century’s most influential couturiers, and the six directors who have succeeded him, to explore the enduring influence of the fashion house.
(Open 2nd Feb 2019 to 14th Jul 2019)

Exhibitions Opening Soon

£18 Cars: Accelerating The Modern World

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)

£17 FOOD: Bigger than the Plate

This exhibition explores how innovative individuals, communities and organisations are radically re-inventing how we grow, distribute and experience food.
(Open 18th May 2019 to 20th Oct 2019)

Forthcoming events at Victoria and Albert Museum

Free Lunchtime Lecture: Laughing Matters - The State of a Nation

Join Senior Curator Simon Sladen as he introduces a new display in the British Galleries exploring comedy’s impact on society.

Wednesday, 1st May: 1pm to 1:45pm

Free Lunchtime Lecture: Christian Dior and the Avant Garde

In this talk, Dr Alison Bancroft will uncover the links between avant garde thinking in art, and the fashion from Christian Dior.

Wednesday, 15th May: 1pm to 1:45pm

Free Lunchtime Lecture: The Huguenot Contribution to Early English porcelain Manufactories

Tessa Murdoch will introduce Huguenot craftsmen and entrepreneurs responsible with examples from the V&A’s Ceramic collections.

Wednesday, 22nd May: 1pm to 1:45pm

£18.00 Creating the V&A: Victoria and Albert's Museum

In conjunction with a book of the same name, the talk will explore how the young royal couple played key roles as public supporters and as large-scale lenders, before the museum grew its own collections.

Thursday, 23rd May: 7pm to 8:45pm

£18.00 Cloisters: Remarkable Cathedral Survivors

Janet Gough OBE explores the development of England’s cathedral cloisters with spectacular photos, to encourage visitors to look beyond cathedral churches.

Monday, 1st Jul: 7pm to 8:45pm