This place is really good. I liked the exibiotons that was showing they really brought out a good side to the history behind the musem. I found a lot out when i visited here. Great day out. there are dicret links from Kings Cross & Finsbury Park as it’s just over the road from thr scince musem and around the corner from the history musem.

This place should be a must see for any visitor to London. For some reason most London museums are free now so there’s no excuse. From the magnificent entrance which I think used to be at the Savoy Hotel (might be wrong) to the huge plaster casts of italian monuments (victorians were mad keen on taking plaster casts from abroad) this place is a staggering collection of the best that human culture has produced.
My favourite section is the ironwork upstairs, which displays a lot of German stuff from the 16th century which i love. The old musical instrument collections are very nice too, lovely old decorated harpsichords and violins.
There’s a nice picnic space outside the back which has a pond with a little fountain in, very restful after all that history. And i nthe winter they put an ice rink at the front next to a christmas market, so it’s good all year round!

The V&A is one of my favourite places in London. I like to go alone, on rainy Sunday afternoons, and spend ages staring adoringly at the costume exhibits as if I’ve not seen them dozens of times before.

I hear there are other things on show - glass, musical instruments, scuplture, stuff like that - but to be honest I rarely get past the 1947 Dior Couture, unless it’s to go to the cafe in the amazing Morris, Gamble and Poynter Rooms. The V&A is the perfect museum for people who don’t usually visit museums, because the exhibits are beautiful and accessible. You don’t really have to know about art or culture, you just have to recognise beauty.

That said, there’s plenty for the more astute visitor too (and I jest, I have been round the whole place, more than once). Just remember, don’t go during school holidays!

Fantastic. The Museum is child friendly with activities relating to specific exhibits. My children have spent a whole day making musical instruments and masks. The exhibitions vary and have information at differing levels of interest.

The V&A is the greatest museum of art and design, a world treasure house with collections of fabulous scope and diversity. The Museum holds over 3000 years worth of artefacts from many of the world’s richest cultures.
Search for over 27,000 works and over 43,000 images from the V&A’s collections, including ceramics, fashion, furniture, glass, metalwork, paintings, photographs, prints, sculpture, and textiles.
Includes architectural drawings, photographs, whole rooms and parts of buildings.

The most comprehensive collection of British design and art from 1500 to 1900.

This has to be one of my favourite places in the whole world and somewhere I aspire to reside in a lot more in my golden years. Not only is the building gloriously grand, the galleries are places you can while away afternoons quite easily. If you are a teacher, student or other concession all of the exhibitions are free which is something to know – just remember to take along your ID. Exhibitions are consistently good and pretty diverse, collections are interesting and there really is something for everyone – art, fashion, artefacts… Two of the biggest drawcards here though are the fabulous shop where you can get original jewellery which is great for presents as well as the usual books / postcards etc. The second gem is the café, the snacks on offer are good and the meringues second only to my grans but the real beauty is the room you sip your tea in and the chandeliers as well as the clientele many of whom I truly believe lunch here every day.