维多利亚和艾伯特博物馆

维多利亚和艾伯特博物馆(Victoria and Albert Museum)

位於伦敦的装饰艺术博物馆。建馆始於1852年，当时英国政府在马博罗大厦创办制造商博物馆，收藏1851年博览会的装饰艺术展品和公立设计学校的装饰艺术作品。该馆在1851年名为装饰艺术博物馆，1899年改为维多利亚和艾伯特博物馆。1909年爱德华七世时对大众开放。该馆广泛收藏欧洲中世纪至20世纪的雕刻、陶瓷、家具、金属制品、珠宝纺织品和乐器，以及中国陶瓷、玉器和雕刻。义大利文艺复兴时期的雕刻是义大利之外最好的收藏品。此外还集中了国家收藏的英国水彩画和细密画、版画、素描。被认为是世界上最大的装饰艺术博物馆。附属机构包括贝纳尔.格林儿童博物馆、戏剧博物馆和威灵顿博物馆。

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Victoria and Albert Museum

Museum of decorative arts in London. It was conceived by Prince Albert as a way to improve the standards of British design by making the finest models available for study. The core collection, consisting of objects purchased at the 1851 Crystal Palace exhibition, was originally called the Museum of Ornamental Art and was opened by Queen Victoria in 1857. A new building was later designed by Sir Aston Webb, and the museum was renamed when Victoria laid the cornerstone in 1899; it was opened to the public by Edward VII in 1909. It houses vast collections of European sculpture, ceramics, furniture, metalwork, jewelry, textiles, and musical instruments from medieval times to the present; remarkable Chinese ceramics, jade, and sculpture; the premier collection of Italian Renaissance sculpture outside Italy; and the outstanding national collection of British watercolors, miniatures, prints, and drawings. It is regarded as the world's greatest decorative-arts museum. Its branch museums include the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood, the Theatre Museum, and the Wellington Museum.