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The Victoria & Albert Museum, known as the V&A, has the world's greatest collection of fine and applied arts. Founded in 1852 due to the success of the Great Exhibition, the museum has been housed in Aston Webb's grand building since 1909. The building has a impressive facade and main entrance. As the museum grew new buildings were erected when needed. Many of these buildings were intended to be semi-permanent exhibition halls but all have survived and represent one of the finest groups of Victorian buildings in the country. The Victoria & Albert Museum has around four million exhibits from all periods and areas of the world. Displays include sculpture, jewellery, enamels, silver, miniatures, water-colours, pottery, glass, furniture, weapons, musical instruments and costume. The 145 of galleries cover ten acres and are spread over four floors. The Art and Design galleries are arranged by themes and by place and date, for example the Materials & Techniques galleries are arranged by the type of material. The Victoria & Albert Museum, which held its first photographic exhibition in 1858, is also the home of the National Collection of Art of Photography. The Canon Photography Gallery has regularly changing displays. Daniel Libeskind's controversial eight-storey ceramic 'Spiral' extension to the Victoria & Albert Museum is due to be completed in 2004. Shop, restaurant, cafe Travel: South Kensington Underground 2 minute walk to the South West Gloucester Road Underground 6 minute walk to the South West Knightsbridge Underground 7 minute walk to the North East Sloane Square Underground 9 minute walk to the South East High Street Kensington Underground 10 minute walk to the North West Parking: Union Car Parks 2 minute walk to the North East Knightsbridge Green NCP 6 minute walk to the North East Pavilion Road NCP 6 minute walk to the North East Cadogan Place NCP 8 minute walk to the North East Young Street NCP 9 minute walk to the North West London hotels near Victoria Albert Museum with online reservations Holiday Inn London Kensington Hotel, 100 Cromwell Road, Kensington, London SW7 4ER Holiday Inn London Kensington Forum Hotel, 97 Cromwell Road, Kensington, London SW7 4DN Eden Plaza Hotel, 68 - 69 Queensgate, South Kensington, London SW7 5JT Kensington Manor Hotel, 8 Emperors Gate, South Kensington, London SW7 4HH The Abcone Hotel, 10 Ashburn Gardens, London SW7 4DG The Rembrandt, 11 Thurloe Place, Knightsbridge, Kensington & Chelsea, London, Greater London, United Kingdom SW7 2RS Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London Kensington, 4-18 Harrington Gardens, London SW7 4LH Millennium Bailey's Hotel, London Kensington, 140 Gloucester Road, London SW7 4QH Radisson Edwardian Vanderbilt Hotel, 68 - 86 Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BT Jurys Kensington Hotel, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London, SW7 5LR London Cromwell Road Hotels |
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