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Victoria and Albert Museum

1852 · 19th century · Also known as V&A

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, founded in 1852 after the Great Exhibition and given its present name in 1899 after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Its collections span ceramics, textiles, furniture, sculpture, fashion and Asian art. Among its best-known objects is Tipu's Tiger, a mechanical organ taken from Tipu Sultan's palace at Seringapatam in 1799.

Victoria and Albert Museum
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