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The museum was established in 1852 as the South Kensington Museum, following the success of the Great Exhibition of 1851. It was renamed in 1899 in honour of Queen Victoria and her late consort Albert.
The building is Victorian and Edwardian. It covers 11 acres (45,000 m²), has 145 galleries and a collection of 4 million items. Entrance has been free since November 22, 2001.
One of the most beloved parts of the museum is the two Cast Courts, housing hundreds of
plaster casts of sculptures, friezes and tombs. One of these is dominated by a full-scale replica of Trajan's ColumnTrajan's Column is a monument in Rome raised by order of emperor Trajan. It is located in Trajan's Forum, built near the Quirinal Hill, north of the Roman Forum. Finished in 113, the spiral bas-relief commemorates Trajan's victory in his military campaign, cut in half in order to fit under the ceiling. The V&A also houses Britain's national collection of sculpture; although currently poorly displayed the highlights are Bernini's fountainA fountain is an arrangement where water is forced into the air under pressure, creating a jet. The pressure may be gravitational, or may be produced by a motor-driven pump. A famous fountain rises from the surface of Lake Geneva. However, many fountains of Neptune and TritonIn Greek mythology, Triton is the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, the personification of the roaring waters, represented as having the upper body of a human and the tail of a fish. Over time, his name and image came to be associated with a class of creatu and Canova'sPerseus displays Medusa's head in this 1806 Canova. Antonio Canova ( November 1, 1757 October 13, 1822) was an Italian sculptor who became famous for his marble sculptures that rendered delicately nude flesh. He was born in Possagno, Italy. His family had Three Graces.Recently, controversy surrounded the Museum's proposed building of an £80 million extension called The Spiral, designed by Daniel LibeskindImperial War Museum North in Manchester. Jewish Museum in Berlin Daniel Libeskind born May 12, 1946 in Lodz, Poland, the son of Holocaust survivors, is an architect who became a U. citizen in 1965. He is a 1965 alumnus of The Bronx High School of Science., which was criticised as out of keeping with the architecture of the original buildings. The Spiral's design was described by some as looking like jumbled cardboard boxes. In September 2004, the Museum's Board of Trustees voted to abandon the design after failing to receive funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund .
The museum also runs Apsley House; the Museum of Childhood at Bethnal Green; and the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden.
The museum is close to the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum. The closest London Underground station is South Kensington.
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