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{{Infobox Museum | {{Infobox Museum | ||
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| − | |Name = | + | |Name = Victoria and Albert Museum |
|Original name = | |Original name = | ||
| − | |Alternative names = | + | |Alternative names = V&A |
| − | |Location = | + | |Location = London, Uk |
|Coordinates = | |Coordinates = | ||
| − | |Director = | + | |Director = Dr. Tristram Hunt |
| − | |Founded = | + | |Founded = 1852 |
| − | |Founder = | + | |Founder = Sir Henry Cole |
|Architect = | |Architect = | ||
|Collections = | |Collections = | ||
|Collections location = | |Collections location = | ||
|Carpet Collection Size = | |Carpet Collection Size = | ||
| − | |Website = | + | |Website = https://www.vam.ac.uk/ |
|To know more = | |To know more = | ||
|additional info = | |additional info = | ||
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| − | + | '''Victoria and Albert Museum''' (V&A), is the world’s leading museum of decorative arts and design art, founded in 1852, in London, Uk. The Museum holds many of the UK's national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of carpets, architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance. | |
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==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | + | This history of the V&A is a story like no other. From its early beginnings as a Museum of Manufactures in 1852, to the foundation stone laid by Queen Victoria in 1899, to today's state-of-the-art galleries, the Museum has constantly evolved in its collecting and public interpretation of art and design. Its collections span 5,000 years of human creativity in virtually every medium, housed in one of the finest groups of Victorian and modern buildings in Britain. | |
| + | <ref>https://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/the-va-story/</ref> | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
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File:Ushak Carpet-Victoria Albert Museum-WikiRug.jpg|frameless|left|Ushak Carpet (1500), [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O85243/the-ushak-carpet-carpet-unknown/ Victoria Albert Museum] | File:Ushak Carpet-Victoria Albert Museum-WikiRug.jpg|frameless|left|Ushak Carpet (1500), [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O85243/the-ushak-carpet-carpet-unknown/ Victoria Albert Museum] | ||
File:Black Wings Carpet-Victoria Albert Museum-WikiRug.jpg|frameless|left|Black Wings Carpet (1936), [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O368088/black-wings-carpet-john-duncan-miller/ Victoria Albert Museum] | File:Black Wings Carpet-Victoria Albert Museum-WikiRug.jpg|frameless|left|Black Wings Carpet (1936), [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O368088/black-wings-carpet-john-duncan-miller/ Victoria Albert Museum] | ||
| − | File:Polonaise Carpet-Victoria Albert Museum-WikiRug.jpg|frameless|left|Polonaise Carpet (1600-1625), [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O85114/polonaise-carpet-carpet-unknown/ Victoria Albert Museum] | + | File:Polonaise Carpet-Victoria Albert Museum-WikiRug.jpg|frameless|left|[[Polonaise Carpet]] (1600-1625), [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O85114/polonaise-carpet-carpet-unknown/ Victoria Albert Museum] |
File:Saaren Vaahtera Carpet-Victoria Albert Museum-WikiRug.jpg|frameless|left|Saaren Vaahtera Carpet (1969), [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O367407/saaren-vaahtera-carpet-puotila-ritva/ Victoria Albert Museum] | File:Saaren Vaahtera Carpet-Victoria Albert Museum-WikiRug.jpg|frameless|left|Saaren Vaahtera Carpet (1969), [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O367407/saaren-vaahtera-carpet-puotila-ritva/ Victoria Albert Museum] | ||
File:Perfect Co-ordination Carpet-Victoria Albert Museum-WikiRug.jpg|frameless|left|Perfect Co-ordination Carpet (1984-1985), [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O367406/perfect-co-ordination-carpet-temple-malcolm/ Victoria Albert Museum] | File:Perfect Co-ordination Carpet-Victoria Albert Museum-WikiRug.jpg|frameless|left|Perfect Co-ordination Carpet (1984-1985), [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O367406/perfect-co-ordination-carpet-temple-malcolm/ Victoria Albert Museum] | ||
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File:Artkurl Carpet-Victoria Albert Museum-WikiRug.jpg|frameless|left|Artkurl Carpet (1958), [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O154272/artkurl-carpet-samples-galloway-james/ Victoria Albert Museum] | File:Artkurl Carpet-Victoria Albert Museum-WikiRug.jpg|frameless|left|Artkurl Carpet (1958), [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O154272/artkurl-carpet-samples-galloway-james/ Victoria Albert Museum] | ||
File:Animal Carpet-Victoria Albert Museum-WikiRug.jpg|frameless|left|Animal Carpet (1970), [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O294492/animal-carpet-sample-hugh-mackay-carpets/ Victoria Albert Museum] | File:Animal Carpet-Victoria Albert Museum-WikiRug.jpg|frameless|left|Animal Carpet (1970), [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O294492/animal-carpet-sample-hugh-mackay-carpets/ Victoria Albert Museum] | ||
| − | + | File:Animals Carpet-Victoria Albert Museum-WikiRug.jpg|frameless|left|Animals Carpet (1970), [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O294496/animal-carpet-sample-hugh-mackay-carpets/ Victoria Albert Museum] | |
| − | + | File:Morris Carpet 2-Victoria Albert Museum-WikiRug.jpg|frameless|left|[[Morris Carpet]] (1875-1880), [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O101868/bellflowers-carpet-morris-william/ Victoria Albert Museum] | |
| − | + | File:Anderson Aagaard Carpet-Victoria Albert Museum-WikiRug.jpg|frameless|left|Anderson Aagaard Carpet (1956), [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O366819/unikataeppe-aaa5-carpet-anderson-aagaard/ Victoria Albert Museum] | |
| + | File:Animal Carpets-Victoria Albert Museum-WikiRug.jpg|frameless|left|Animal Carpets (1970), [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O294494/animal-carpet-sample-hugh-mackay-carpets/ Victoria Albert Museum] | ||
| + | File:British Rail Carpets-Victoria Albert Museum-WikiRug.jpg|frameless|left|British Rail Carpet (1937), [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O561820/b284-carpet-design-t-f-firth/ Victoria Albert Museum] | ||
| + | File:Morris Carpet 1-Victoria Albert Museum-WikiRug.jpg|frameless|left|[[Morris Carpet]] (1877), [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O368037/rose-carpet-morris-william/ Victoria Albert Museum] | ||
| + | File:Wilton Carpet 1-Victoria Albert Museum-WikiRug.jpg|frameless|left|Wilton Carpet (1914), [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O101826/the-pool-of-blood-carpet-grant-duncan/ Victoria Albert Museum] | ||
| + | File:Palo Karki Carpet-Victoria Albert Museum-WikiRug.jpg|frameless|left|Palo Karki Carpet (1954), [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O367409/palo-karki-carpet-ilvessalo-kirsti/ Victoria Albert Museum] | ||
| + | File:Morris Carpets-Victoria Albert Museum-WikiRug.jpg|frameless|left|[[Morris Carpet]], (1881-1883), [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O89239/carbrook-carpet-morris-william/ Victoria Albert Museum] | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | * | + | * [https://www.vam.ac.uk/ Victoria and Albert Museum] |
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| − | [[File:Logo Youtube.png|15px]][http://www.youtube.com/user/vamuseum Youtube]<br> | + | [[File:Logo Youtube.png|15px]] [http://www.youtube.com/user/vamuseum Youtube]<br> |
| − | [[File:Logo Instagram.png|15px]][https://www.instagram.com/vamuseum/ Instagram]<br> | + | [[File:Logo Instagram.png|15px]] [https://www.instagram.com/vamuseum/ Instagram]<br> |
| − | [[File:Logo Facebook.png|15px]][https://www.facebook.com/victoriaandalbertmuseum/ Facebook]<br> | + | [[File:Logo Facebook.png|15px]] [https://www.facebook.com/victoriaandalbertmuseum/ Facebook]<br> |
| − | [[File:Logo Twitter.png|15px]][https://twitter.com/V_and_A/ Twitter]<br> | + | [[File:Logo Twitter.png|15px]] [https://twitter.com/V_and_A/ Twitter]<br> |
| − | [[File:Logo Pinterest.png|15px]][https://www.pinterest.com/vamuseum/ Pinterest]<br> | + | [[File:Logo Pinterest.png|15px]] [https://www.pinterest.com/vamuseum/ Pinterest]<br> |
| − | [[File:Logo Tumblr.png|15px]][http://victoriaandalbertmuseum.tumblr.com/ Tumblr]<br> | + | [[File:Logo Tumblr.png|15px]] [http://victoriaandalbertmuseum.tumblr.com/ Tumblr]<br> |
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| + | [[Category:Museums]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:05, 8 July 2020
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| General information | |
| Name | Victoria and Albert Museum |
| Alternative name(s) | V&A |
| Location | London, Uk |
| Director | Dr. Tristram Hunt |
| Founded | 1852 |
| Founder | Sir Henry Cole |
| Website | https://www.vam.ac.uk/ |
Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), is the world’s leading museum of decorative arts and design art, founded in 1852, in London, Uk. The Museum holds many of the UK's national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of carpets, architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance.
History
This history of the V&A is a story like no other. From its early beginnings as a Museum of Manufactures in 1852, to the foundation stone laid by Queen Victoria in 1899, to today's state-of-the-art galleries, the Museum has constantly evolved in its collecting and public interpretation of art and design. Its collections span 5,000 years of human creativity in virtually every medium, housed in one of the finest groups of Victorian and modern buildings in Britain. [1]
Gallery
Wykehamist Carpet (1897), Victoria Albert Museum
Tiflis Carpet (1939), Victoria Albert Museum
Ushak Carpet (1500), Victoria Albert Museum
Black Wings Carpet (1936), Victoria Albert Museum
Polonaise Carpet (1600-1625), Victoria Albert Museum
Saaren Vaahtera Carpet (1969), Victoria Albert Museum
Perfect Co-ordination Carpet (1984-1985), Victoria Albert Museum
Fremlin Carpet (1640), Victoria Albert Museum
Mimosa Carpet (1951), Victoria Albert Museum
Rose Carpet (1900), Victoria Albert Museum
Jail Carpet (1880), Victoria Albert Museum
Artkurl Carpet (1958), Victoria Albert Museum
Animal Carpet (1970), Victoria Albert Museum
Animals Carpet (1970), Victoria Albert Museum
Morris Carpet (1875-1880), Victoria Albert Museum
Anderson Aagaard Carpet (1956), Victoria Albert Museum
Animal Carpets (1970), Victoria Albert Museum
British Rail Carpet (1937), Victoria Albert Museum
Morris Carpet (1877), Victoria Albert Museum
Wilton Carpet (1914), Victoria Albert Museum
Palo Karki Carpet (1954), Victoria Albert Museum
Morris Carpet, (1881-1883), Victoria Albert Museum
See also
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