The South Kensington Museum opened on this site in 1857. It expanded and was renamed the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1899. A further expansion by Aston Webb opened in 1909.
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Victoria & Albert Museum
English Heritage Sir Henry Cole, 1808 - 1882, campaigner and educator, first...
This building, being the completion of the Victoria and Albert Museum, was op...
This was the Queen's last official appearance. Via Londonist we found this V&...
The text is engraved on the wall at the new (2017) entrance in Exhibition Roa...
Architect and collector. Born in Goring-on-Thames, son of a bricklayer. Archi...
Known as ‘The Strong Box of the Empire’, the Public Record Office was created...
One of a trio of museums, the others being the Royal Observatory and the Quee...
