The Cromwell Road entrance to the Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum (the V&A) is on Cromwell Road in Kensington, West London. It specialises in applied and decorative arts. Victoria and Albert Museum main entrance, Cromwell Road, London, October 2003. ... Victoria and Albert Museum main entrance, Cromwell Road, London, October 2003. ... Cromwell Road is a major road in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, and is designated part of the A4. ... Categories: Stub | Middlesex | London Districts ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben Tower Bridge at night A red double-decker bus crosses Piccadilly Circus. ...

The museum was established in 1852 as the South Kensington Museum, following the success of the Great Exhibition of 1851. It was renamed in 1899 in honour of Queen Victoria and her late consort Albert. 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Great Exhibition was an international exhibition held in Hyde Park London, from 1 May to 15 October 1851 and the first in a series of Worlds Fair exhibitions of culture and industry that were to be a popular 19th century feature. ... Events January 23 - The flip of a coin determines whether a new city in Oregon is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland winning. ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Her Majesty Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria Wettin, née Hanover) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom from 20 June 1837, and Empress of India from 1876 until her death. ... Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Francis Charles Augustus Albert Emmanuel, of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha branch of the House of Wettin) (26 August 1819 - 14 December 1861) was the husband and consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ...

The building is Victorian and Edwardian. It covers 11 acres (45,000 m²), has 145 galleries and a collection of 4 million items. Entrance has been free since November 22, 2001. November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

One part of the museum is the Cast Courts, comprising two large, skylighted rooms two storeys high housing hundreds of plaster casts of sculptures, friezes and tombs. One of these is dominated by a full-scale replica of Trajan's Column, cut in half in order to fit under the ceiling. The other includes reproductions of various works of Italian Renaissance sculpture and architecture, including a full-size replica of Michelangelo's David. Replicas of two earlier Davids by Donatello and Verrocchio, are also included, although for some reason the Verrocchio replica is displayed in a glass case. This article is about the building material. ... Ancient Greeks depiction of ideal form of the body is expressed through sculpture such as this one. ... Frieze of the Tower of the Winds. ... A tomb is a small building (or vault) for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. ... Trajans Column is a monument in Rome raised by order of emperor Trajan. ... By Region: Italian Renaissance Northern Renaissance -French Renaissance -German Renaissance -English Renaissance The Renaissance was an influential cultural movement which brought about a period of scientific revolution and artistic transformation, at the dawn of modern European history. ... Michelangelos David Michelangelos David, finished by Michelangelo Buonarroti in 1504 (started in 1501) is widely considered to be a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture, and one of Michelangelos two greatest works of sculpture, along with the Pietà. David portrays the Biblical David at the moment that he decides... Michelangelos David This page is about the Biblical king David. ... Statue of Donatello at the Uffizi Donatello (Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi) (1386 - December 13, 1466) was a famous Florentine artist and sculptor of the Early Renaissance. ... Categories: Stub | 1435 births | 1488 deaths | Italian painters | Italian sculptors ...

The two Courts are divided by corridors on both storeys, and the partitions that used to line the upper corridor were removed in 2004 in order to allow the Courts to be viewed from above. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The V&A also houses Britain's national collection of sculpture; including Bernini's fountain of Neptune and Triton and Canova's Three Graces. A self portrait: Bernini is said to have used his own features in the David (below, left) Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini) (December 7, 1598 - November 28, 1680), who worked chiefly in Rome, was the pre-eminent baroque artist. ... An ornamental lit fountain photographed at night for about 6 seconds. ... This article is about the Greek god. ... In Greek mythology, Triton is the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, the personification of the roaring waters, represented as having the upper body of a human and the tail of a fish. ... Antonio Canova (November 1, 1757 - October 13, 1822) was an Italian sculptor who became famous for his marble sculptures that delicately rendered nude flesh. ... The Three Graces, from Sandro Botticellis painting Primavera Uffizi Gallery In Greek mythology, the Charites were the graces. ...

Recently, controversy surrounded the Museum's proposed building of an £80 million extension called The Spiral, designed by Daniel Libeskind, which was criticised as out of keeping with the architecture of the original buildings. The Spiral's design was described by some as looking like jumbled cardboard boxes. In September 2004, the Museum's Board of Trustees voted to abandon the design after failing to receive funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The aluminium clad east face of the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester. ... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A play here! sign outside a newsagent, incorporating the National Lotterys logo of a stylised hand with crossed fingers. ...

In 2005 some of the sculpture galleries were closed in preparation for a major reorganisation which, it is claimed, will better allow the works to be viewed in their historical context. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

The museum also runs Apsley House; the Museum of Childhood at Bethnal Green; and the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden. Apsley House was the London residence of the First Duke of Wellington and is located at Hyde Park Corner; the south-east corner of Hyde Park, facing south. ... Bethnal Green is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the heart of Londons East End. ... Covent Garden is a shopping and entertainment complex in central London. ...

The museum is close to the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum. The closest London Underground station is South Kensington. A tunnel links the station to the museums, and a new entrance was recently opened linking the V&A's basement directly to the tunnel. The Natural History Museum in South Kensington, London, has an ornate terracotta facade typical of high Victorian architecture. ... Science Museum The Science Museum on Exhibition Road, Kensington, London, is part of the National Museum of Science and Industry. ... Slight modifications to the famous London Underground roundel indicate the name of each station on platform and some outdoor signs. ... South Kensington station entrance South Kensington station building South Kensington tube station is the closest London Underground station to the Natural History, Science and Victoria and Albert Museums, as well as to Imperial College. ...

In 2000, a 30ft high, blown glass, chandelier by Dale Chihuly was installed as a focal point in the rotunda at the V&A's main entrance.

A plaster copy of Trajan's Column dominates the cast room in the sculpture wing.

Download high resolution version (768x1097, 394 KB)The Rotunda, or main entrance, of the Victoria and Albert Museum now sports a magnificent, 30ft high, blown glass chandelier by Dale Chihuly. ... Download high resolution version (768x1097, 394 KB)The Rotunda, or main entrance, of the Victoria and Albert Museum now sports a magnificent, 30ft high, blown glass chandelier by Dale Chihuly. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chandelier in the Vice Presidents Ceremonial Office in the White House A chandelier is a ceiling-mounted fixture with two or more arms bearing lights. ... Dale Chihuly has become famous for his intricate, vividly-colored, eye-catching glasswork. ... Download high resolution version (768x1046, 233 KB)The two halves of a full-size plaster cast of Trajans Column dominates one of the two cast rooms in the sculpture section of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. ... Download high resolution version (768x1046, 233 KB)The two halves of a full-size plaster cast of Trajans Column dominates one of the two cast rooms in the sculpture section of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. ... Trajans Column is a monument in Rome raised by order of emperor Trajan. ...

External links

• Official site
• Website with image of Spiral
• BBC story on axing of Spiral extension