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💕The Victoria and Albert Museum, established in 1852, is a renowned museum in London for the arts, crafts, installations, and applied arts. In 1899, Queen Victoria, while attending the groundbreaking ceremony for the new wing, renamed the museum the Victoria and Albert Museum in honor of her husband, Prince Albert (love someone, give them a museum 🏛️💖). 💕This museum was the world’s first to be illuminated by gas lighting and also pioneered the idea of having a restaurant within its premises. The collection is predominantly European art, with also a significant number of art and craftworks from China, Japan, India, and the Islamic world. Most of the exhibits are housed in the main building in South Kensington and the Museum of Childhood in the East End of London. 💕The painting gallery within the museum displays over 200 oil paintings, including works by Gainsborough, Constable, Turner, Degas, and Delacroix. The collection of watercolors features works by famous eighteenth-century watercolorists such as Paul Sandby, Thomas Sandby, and Thomas Rowlandson. The print collection encompasses both fine art and commercial works, including prints from the Renaissance to the contemporary era, topographical and portrait prints, cartoons, and greeting cards. #SeeTheWorld #UK #London #Victoria #ExploreMuseums #LondonMuseums #NaturalHistoryMuseum #UKTravel #UKVisa