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Student’s Name Tutor Course Date Role of Museums Introduction The Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum located in London is regarded as the biggest museum in the world with attractive design and arts. The museum whose foundation dates back to 1852 under the title of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert houses a permanent series of over 4.5 million materials ("History Of The V&A - Victoria And Albert Museum" 1). Additionally, the museum is a non-departmental public entity under the governance of the Department of Sport, Culture, and Media in its locale position of Brompton district of the Royal Borough of Chelsea and Kensington ("History Of The V&A - Victoria And Albert Museum" 1). V&A is made up of 145 galleries equipped with objects of over 5,000 years of design and artwork dating from the prehistoric eras to the modern age, as well as from the traditions of North Africa, North America, Asia, and Europe all placed on a 12.5-acre land. Moreover, V&A holds some of the biggest as well as the most wide-ranging costumes, glass, ceramics, printmaking and prints, textiles, old items, ironwork, jewelry, photographs, furniture, monuments, and drawings in the world. The museum contains the globe’s biggest collection of post-classical monuments ("History Of The V&A - Victoria And Albert Museum" 1). Furthermore, as from 2001, the museum resorted to refurbishing project of £150 million that has seen the inclusion of new gardens, guest facilities, galleries, and shops ("History Of The V&A - Victoria And Albert Museum" 1). Role of Museums The UK museum industry comprises of the most prosperous institutions in the world finding only a few similar
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