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Victoria and Albert MuseumNewest Review: ... Bethnal Green. Occasionally it courts controversy, such as the cuboid extension it applied to build on the Cromwell Road entrance (no sign of it 10 years on). The current main exhibition is on Modernism, which received many rave reviews in the press, as well as extensive coverage on their website, with some excellent illustrations. However, it is also renowned for its permanent ... more |
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Described in its own blurb as ‘the world’s greatest museum of art and design’, the V&A does indeed contain the pick of the crop when it comes to artefacts in fashion, glass, jewellery, paintings and metalwork. Situated in Cromwell Road, SW7, it is a short walk from South Kensington Underground station and adjacent to the Natural History and Science Museums in London’s Exhibition Road. Founded in 1852, after the success of the Great Exhibition in 1851, when during the boom of the Industrial Revolution, manufacturers and craft workers bought their goods to London to display them to the entire world. Thousands flocked to see the Exhibition, ... Read the complete review
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