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V&A Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in London, England, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “South Kensington Museum”, “South Kensington Museum (London)”, “The V&A”, “v & a museum”, “V and A South Kensington”, “V&A”, “V&A South Kensington”, “va museum”, “VAM”, “Victoria & Albert Museum”, “Victoria & Albert Museum South Kensington”, “Victoria & Albert South Kensington”, “Victoria and Albert Museum”, “Victoria And Albert Museum”, “Victoria and Albert Museum South Kensington”, and “Victoria and Albert South Kensington”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Natural History Museum and Science Museum.

Museum
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The in is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in , the others being the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. is situated 760 feet west of V&A Museum.

Museum
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The is a major museum on Exhibition Road in , London. It was founded in 1857 and is one of the city's major tourist attractions, attracting 3.3 million visitors annually in 2019. is situated 820 feet west of V&A Museum.

Theater building
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The is a concert hall on the northern edge of , , England. It has a seating capacity of 5,272. Since the hall's opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage. is situated 1,900 feet northwest of V&A Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Knightsbridge and Brompton.

Suburb
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is a residential and retail district in , south of . It is identified in the London Plan as one of two international retail centres in London, alongside the .

Suburb
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, sometimes called Old , is an area in the in London. Until the latter half of the 19th century it was a scattered village made up mostly of in the county of .

Neighborhood
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, also known as the Sutton Estate, are a series of 14 residential buildings in , United Kingdom.

V&A Museum

Latitude
51.4968° or 51° 29′ 49″ north
Longitude
-0.17273° or 0° 10′ 22″ west
Elevation
69 feet (21 metres)
Open location code
9C3XFRWG+PW
Geo­Names ID
6619831
Wiki­data ID
Q213322
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“V&A Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف فكتوريا وألبرت”
  • Armenian: “Վիկտորիայի և Ալբերտի թանգարան”
  • Asturian: “Muséu de Victoria y Alberto”
  • Azerbaijani: “Viktoriya və Albert muzeyi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Viktoriya və Albert Muzeyi”
  • Bashkir: “Виктория һәм Альберт музейы”
  • Basque: “Victoria and Albert museoa”
  • Basque: “Victoria and Albert Museum”
  • Basque: “Viktoria eta Alberto museoa”
  • Belarusian: “Музей Вікторыі і Альберта”
  • Belarusian: “Музэй Вікторыі і Альбэрта”
  • Belarusian: “Музэй Вікторыі й Альбэрта”
  • Bulgarian: “Виктория и Албърт”
  • Bulgarian: “Музей Виктория и Алберт”
  • Burmese: “ဝိတိုရိယနှင့်အဲလ်ဘတ်ပြတိုက်”
  • Catalan: “Museu Victoria and Albert”
  • Catalan: “V&A Museum”
  • Catalan: “Victoria & Albert Museum”
  • Catalan: “Victoria and Albert Museum”
  • Chinese: “V&A”
  • Chinese: “維多利亞及亞伯博物館”
  • Chinese: “維多利亞與亞伯特博物館”
  • Chinese: “維多利亞與亞厘畢博物館”
  • Chinese: “維多利亞與艾伯特博物館”
  • Chinese: “維多利亞與阿爾伯特博物館”
  • Chinese: “维多利亚与阿尔伯特博物馆”
  • Chinese: “维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆”
  • Croatian: “Muzej Viktorije i Alberta”
  • Croatian: “Victoria and Albert Museum”
  • Czech: “Museum Viktorie a Alberta”
  • Czech: “Muzeum Viktorie a Alberta”
  • Czech: “Victoria & Albert Museum”
  • Czech: “Victoria and Albert Museum”
  • Czech: “Viktoriino a Albertovo muzeum”
  • Danish: “Kensington-museet”
  • Danish: “South Kensington-museet”
  • Danish: “Victoria & Albert Museum”
  • Danish: “Victoria and Albert Museum”
  • Dutch: “South Kensington Museum”
  • Dutch: “V&A”
  • Dutch: “Victoria & Albert Museum”
  • Dutch: “Victoria and Albert Museum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف فكتوريا والبرت”
  • Esperanto: “Muzeo Viktoria kaj Alberto”
  • Esperanto: “V&A”
  • Estonian: “Victoria ja Alberti muuseum”
  • Finnish: “Victoria & Albert Museum”
  • Finnish: “Victoria and Albert -museo”
  • Finnish: “Victoria and Albert Museum”
  • French: “South Kensington Museum”
  • French: “Victoria & Albert Museum”
  • French: “Victoria and Albert Museum”
  • Galician: “Victoria and Albert Museum”
  • Georgian: “ვიქტორიასა და ალბერტის მუზეუმი”
  • Georgian: “ვიქტორიისა და ალბერტის მუზეუმი”
  • German: “South Kensington Museum”
  • German: “South-Kensington-Museum”
  • German: “V&A-Museum”
  • German: “V&A”
  • German: “Victoria & Albert Museum”
  • German: “Victoria and Albert Museum”
  • German: “Victoria und Albert Museum”
  • Greek: “Μουσείο Βικτωρίας και Αλβέρτου”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון ויקטוריה ואלברט”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Victoria dan Albert”
  • Irish: “Músaem Victoria agus Albert”
  • Italian: “Victoria & Albert Museum”
  • Italian: “Victoria and Albert Museum”
  • Japanese: “V&A”
  • Japanese: “V&Aミュージアム”
  • Japanese: “ヴィクトリア・アンド・アルバート・ミュージアム”
  • Japanese: “ヴィクトリア&アルバート博物館”
  • Japanese: “ヴィクトリア&アルバート美術館”
  • Javanese: “Musiyum Victoria lan Albert”
  • Kabyle: “Asalay n Vectoria d Albert”
  • Korean: “빅토리아 앤드 앨버트 박물관”
  • Korean: “빅토리아 앨버트 미술관”
  • Korean: “빅토리아 앨버트 박물관”
  • Latvian: “Viktorijas un Alberta muzejs”
  • Lithuanian: “Viktorijos ir Alberto muziejus”
  • Macedonian: “V&A”
  • Macedonian: “Викторија и Алберт”
  • Macedonian: “Музеј „Викторија и Алберт“”
  • Malayalam: “വിക്ടോറിയ ആൻഡ് ആൽബർട്ട് മ്യൂസിയം”
  • Malayalam: “വിക്ടോറിയ ആൻഡ് ആൽബെർട്ട് മ്യൂസിയം”
  • Mazanderani: “ویکتوریا و آلبرت موزه”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “The Victoria and Albert Museum”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “V&A”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Victoria and Albert Museum”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Victoria and Albert Museum”
  • Norwegian: “Victoria and Albert Museum”
  • Persian: “موزه ویکتوریا و آلبرت”
  • Persian: “موزهٔ ویکتوریا و آلبرت”
  • Persian: “موزه ویکتوریا و البرت”
  • Persian: “موزیم ویکتوریا و آلبرت”
  • Persian: “ویکتوریا و آلبرت”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Wiktorii i Alberta”
  • Polish: “South Kensington Museum”
  • Polish: “V&A”
  • Polish: “Victoria & Albert Museum”
  • Polish: “Victoria and Albert Museum”
  • Portuguese: “Museu do Sul de Kensington”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Victoria e Alberto”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Vitória e Alberto”
  • Portuguese: “South Kensington Museum”
  • Portuguese: “V&A”
  • Portuguese: “Victoria and Albert Museum”
  • Romanian: “Muzeul Victoria și Albert”
  • Romanian: “Victoria and Albert Museum”
  • Russian: “Кенсингтонский музей”
  • Russian: “Музей Виктории и Альберта”
  • Serbian: “Muzej Viktorije i Alberta”
  • Serbian: “Музеј Викторије и Алберта”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Muzej Victoria and Albert”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Muzej Viktorije i Alberta”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “V & A”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Victoria and Albert Museum”
  • Slovenian: “Muzej V&A”
  • Slovenian: “Muzej Victorie in Alberta”
  • Slovenian: “V&A Museum”
  • Slovenian: “V&A”
  • Slovenian: “Victoria and Albert Museum”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Victoria y Alberto”
  • Spanish: “Museo Victoria y Alberto”
  • Spanish: “South Kensington Museum”
  • Spanish: “V&A”
  • Spanish: “Victoria & Albert Museum”
  • Spanish: “Victoria and Albert Museum”
  • Swedish: “South Kensington Museum”
  • Swedish: “South Kensingtonmuseet”
  • Swedish: “Victoria & Albert Museum”
  • Swedish: “Victoria Albert Museum”
  • Swedish: “Victoria and Albert Museum”
  • Tajik: “Осорхонаи Виктория ва Алберт”
  • Tatar: “Виктория һәм Альберт Музее”
  • Thai: “พิพิธภัณฑ์วิกตอเรียแอนด์อัลเบิร์ต”
  • Turkish: “Victoria ve Albert Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей Вікторії й Альберта”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей Вікторії та Альберта”
  • Urdu: “وکٹوریہ اور البرٹ میوزیم”
  • Vietnamese: “Bảo tàng Victoria và Albert”
  • Vietnamese: “V&A”
  • Vietnamese: “Victoria & Albert Museum”
  • Welsh: “Amgueddfa Victoria ac Albert”
  • Western Panjabi: “وکٹوریہ ایند ایلبرٹ میوزیم”
  • Yue Chinese: “維多利亞與亞厘畢博物館”

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