V&a museum

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Victoria & Albert Museum

Ivanova Maria

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• V&A-is the national museum of art and design that was founded in 1852 with a view to make art accessible, educate working people and inspire designers and manufacturers.

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• V&A- is one of Europe’s great museums• It spreads across an area of 10 km of galleries• This is the place where exquisite exhibits from

across the world and across the centuries are on display

• The range of objects is staggering- sculpture, ceramics, glass, furniture, photography and so on

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• In 2000, a 11 metre high, blown glass chandelier by Dale Chihuly was installed as a focal point at the V&A's main entrance.

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The structure of V&A

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The Hall of Medieval Treasury• Limoges enamel

Becket Casket, dating from 1180 is on the top of the collection

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• It is covered with images depicting the death of St Thomas Becket at the hands of 4 knights loyal to King Henry II, whom Becket had angered by refusing to let Church authority be comprised by the Crown

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Some more treasures

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The Nehru Gallery of Indian Art

• Features a fine display of textiles and paintings together with a variety of other interesting artefacts

• White jade wine cup and thumb ring belonging to Shah Jehan (17th century)

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• One of museums most bewildering items is Tipu’s Tiger(1790)

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The Dress Collection

• Traces the development of men’s, women’s and children’s clothing through the ages

• It gives a chance to smirk at the fashions of your forebears. Admire the often sumptuous dresses of centuries past or marvel at historical oddities such as the 1.5 m wide mantua

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The Morris,Gamble and Poynter Rooms

• The hugely influential William Morris, who designed furniture and textiles

• James Gamble, who worked as part of the museum’s design team and produced glass and ceramics

• Artist Edward Poynter

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• They refreshed public rooms in the V&A museum

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The Cast Rooms

• Contain some of the museum’s largest exhibits

• The rooms are packed with statues, windows, altars

• Parts of Trajan Column are on display

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The Silver Gallery

• Traces the history of silver from the 14th century with examples of every size

• Exhibits range from the dramatic18th century Macclesfield Wine Service testimony to the silver snuff boxes