Victoria and Albert Museum

The V&A is the world's leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects, books and archives that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The museum holds many of the UK's national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of subjects and materials including fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, jewellery, glass, ceramics, and theatre and performance. From its early beginnings in 1852, to today's state-of-the-art galleries, the museum has constantly evolved in its collecting and public interpretation of art and design. The V&A Shops showcase a wide range of products inspired by the museum's rich collections and programme of world-class exhibitions and are proud to champion local industry by working with UK designers and manufacturers, as well as supporting artisans and social enterprises from all over the world.