Going to Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland
09-01-2010, 03:51 PM
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The Victoria and Albert Museum would be on my list. The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A), in The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London, England, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects. Named after Prince Albert and Queen Victoria, it was founded in 1852, and has since grown to now cover some 12.5 acres (0.05 km2)[2] and 145 galleries. Its collection spans 5,000 years of art, from ancient times to the present day, in virtually every medium, from the cultures of Europe, North America, Asia and North Africa. The museum is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
The holdings of ceramics, glass, textiles, costumes, silver, ironwork, jewellery, furniture, medieval objects, sculpture, prints and printmaking, drawings and photographs are among the largest and most comprehensive in the world.
The holdings of ceramics, glass, textiles, costumes, silver, ironwork, jewellery, furniture, medieval objects, sculpture, prints and printmaking, drawings and photographs are among the largest and most comprehensive in the world.
09-02-2010, 06:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Pam Pollock
Wow Sparky, you sound like you could give tours!! Did you visit this museum or did you live over there for awhile?
09-02-2010, 09:25 AM
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I am from the UK, South Wales, there are some lovely places in the UK worth visting. :)
This programme was on recently that shows some of the places around Britain that are not well known of etc but are so worth seeing -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/secret-britain
May be worth you taking a look, its called Secret Britain.
Here is another where some are listed -
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...ts-899791.html
Hope it helps and enjoy!
This programme was on recently that shows some of the places around Britain that are not well known of etc but are so worth seeing -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/secret-britain
May be worth you taking a look, its called Secret Britain.
Here is another where some are listed -
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...ts-899791.html
Hope it helps and enjoy!
09-03-2010, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by mayday
jolly good job you are not coming to S WMidlands you would be VERY disappointed.
Do have a super time.
Do have a super time.
10-07-2010, 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by welshgem
I am from the UK, South Wales, there are some lovely places in the UK worth visting. :)
This programme was on recently that shows some of the places around Britain that are not well known of etc but are so worth seeing -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/secret-britain
May be worth you taking a look, its called Secret Britain.
Here is another where some are listed -
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...ts-899791.html
Hope it helps and enjoy!
This programme was on recently that shows some of the places around Britain that are not well known of etc but are so worth seeing -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/series/secret-britain
May be worth you taking a look, its called Secret Britain.
Here is another where some are listed -
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...ts-899791.html
Hope it helps and enjoy!
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