V&A Museum London: one of the must see museums when in London.

V&A Museum London

Without a doubt, one of the best museums in London to visit is the stunning V&A (Victoria and Albert) in South Kensington. Located close to many other major museums, the Natural History and Science, it attracts large crowds of all ages and types - both locals and many tourists.


Like all museums in the UK, entry is free although they do encourage you to make a donation on entry, and then they run many paid for exhibitions as well within the museum.


The grand building, built around the 1900s, is named after the then Queen and her husband to house the growing collection of design items. Today the museum is best known for its large fashion and clothes collection (and will usually also have running exhibitions featuring major designer retrospectives), as well as glassware, statues and items from around the world.


There is also a very large and impressive cafe/ restaurant which has a mixture of modern areas and then grand areas. There are many stations offering a wide selection of food and drinks. Many years ago, a well meaning marketing/ agency ran an ad when it opened promising a great cafe with a good museum attached. The museum professionals were less impressed, but created a lot of buzz.


The museum does attract a lot of students of design and fashion, and despite being a museum does have an energy and passion about it. Partly as is so busy, also due to the cafe and then the large and very interesting shops inside selling books, cards and many items based on items and designs in the museum.


Highly recommended!


The official website is at http://www.vam.ac.uk/

V&A Museum London

V&A Museum London

V&A Museum London

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