Victoria and Albert Museum

E78495
art museum decorative arts museum design museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum is a major London museum renowned for its vast collections of decorative arts and design spanning centuries and cultures.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
South Kensington Museum 1
South Kensington Museum extensions 1
V&A Fashion Gallery 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art museum ⓘ
decorative arts museum ⓘ
design museum ⓘ
architecturalStyle Victorian architecture ⓘ
category Art museums and galleries in London ⓘ
Museums in Kensington and Chelsea ⓘ
collectionSize over 2 million objects ⓘ
collectionType ceramics ⓘ
decorative arts ⓘ
design ⓘ
fashion ⓘ
furniture ⓘ
jewellery ⓘ
metalwork ⓘ
photography ⓘ
prints and drawings ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
theatre and performance ⓘ
coordinateLocation 51.4963°N 0.1722°W ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dedicatedTo decorative arts and design ⓘ
director Tristram Hunt ⓘ
formerName Museum of Manufactures ⓘ
Victoria and Albert Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: South Kensington Museum
foundedAs Museum of Manufactures ⓘ
hasBranch V&A Dundee ⓘ
V&A East ⓘ
Victoria and Albert Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: V&A Museum of Childhood
hasPart Cast Courts ⓘ
John Madejski Garden ⓘ
National Art Library ⓘ
V&A Exhibition Road Quarter ⓘ
Victoria and Albert Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: V&A Fashion Gallery

Victoria and Albert Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: V&A Sculpture Galleries
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building ⓘ
inception 1852 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locatedIn London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

South Kensington ⓘ
namedAfter Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ
surface form: Prince Albert

Queen Victoria ⓘ
ownedBy UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport ⓘ
partOf National museums of the United Kingdom ⓘ
publicTransitAccess South Kensington Underground station NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent renamed as Victoria and Albert Museum in 1899 ⓘ
streetAddress Cromwell Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
visitorStatistics millions of visitors per year ⓘ
website https://www.vam.ac.uk/ ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tristram Hunt → affiliation → Victoria and Albert Museum ⓘ
Kensington and Chelsea → contains → Victoria and Albert Museum ⓘ
Tristram Hunt → employer → Victoria and Albert Museum ⓘ
Victoria and Albert Museum → formerName → Victoria and Albert Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Kensington Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum → hasBranch → Victoria and Albert Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: V&A Museum of Childhood
Kensington → hasCulturalInstitution → Victoria and Albert Museum ⓘ
Kensington → hasLandmark → Victoria and Albert Museum ⓘ
Victoria and Albert Museum → hasPart → Victoria and Albert Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: V&A Sculpture Galleries
Victoria and Albert Museum → hasPart → Victoria and Albert Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: V&A Fashion Gallery
Hyde Park (western edge) → near → Victoria and Albert Museum ⓘ
Natural History Museum, London → nearby → Victoria and Albert Museum ⓘ
Science Museum, London → nearby → Victoria and Albert Museum ⓘ
Aston Webb → notableWork → Victoria and Albert Museum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Victoria and Albert Museum main building
Aston Webb → notableWork → Victoria and Albert Museum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Victoria and Albert Museum Cromwell Road frontage
Aston Webb → notableWork → Victoria and Albert Museum ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Kensington Museum extensions
South Kensington tube station → providesAccessTo → Victoria and Albert Museum ⓘ
Science Museum, London → separatedFrom → Victoria and Albert Museum ⓘ