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Victoria and Albert Museum

Also known as: Victoria and Albert Museum; primary name: Victoria and Albert Museum; other name: V & A; other name: V&A; other name: Victoria & Albert Museum
Details: organisation; institution/organisation; British
Other dates: 1852- (founded)
Biography: The British government established the Museum of Manufacturers in Marlborough House, St James, in 1852 to display objects from The Great Exhibition of 1851. The objects were transferred to South Kensington in 1857. The collections of decorative and applied arts quickly grew and in 1899 Queen Victoria laid the cornerstone of the current building, designed by Sir Aston Webb, and the renamed Victoria and Albert Museum subsequently opened to the public in 1909. The museum also administers the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood and the Wellington Museum, Apsley House, in London.

8,534 related objects

adorno; figurine; vessel

Museum number: Am1933,-.224 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Isla de Sacrificios

adorno; figurine; vessel

Museum number: Am1933,-.206 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Isla de Sacrificios

adorno; figurine; vessel

Museum number: Am1933,-.225 |
Production date: 19thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Isla de Sacrificios

aeolipile

Museum number: OA+.14118 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

alabastron

Museum number: 1982,0729.35 |
Cultures/periods: Cypro-Classical IIHellenistic |
Production date: 350 BC-200 BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

alabastron

Museum number: 1982,0729.460 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cyprus

alabastron

Museum number: 1982,0729.36 |
Cultures/periods: Cypro-Classical IIHellenistic |
Production date: 350 BC-200 BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

alabastron

Museum number: EA69163 |
Cultures/periods: x14428 Ptolemaic |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Memphis (Egypt)

alabastron

Museum number: 2010,5001.10 |
Cultures/periods: Cypro-ClassicalHellenistic |
Production date: 500BC-50BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

alabastron

Museum number: EA69164 |
Cultures/periods: x14428 Ptolemaic |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Memphis (Egypt)

alabastron

Museum number: 1982,0729.466 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cyprus

alabastron

Museum number: EA69161 |
Cultures/periods: x14428 Ptolemaic |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

alabastron

Museum number: 1984,1004.1 |
Cultures/periods: x13770 Corinthian |
Production date: 6thC BC |
Production place: Made in:Corinth |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Faversham

alabastron

Museum number: EA69162 |
Cultures/periods: x14428 Ptolemaic |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Memphis (Egypt)

alabastron

Museum number: 1981,0422.3 |
Cultures/periods: x13770 Corinthian |
Production date: 6thC BC |
Production place: Made in:Corinth

alabastron

Museum number: 1982,0729.37 |
Cultures/periods: Cypro-Classical IIHellenistic |
Production date: 350 BC-200 BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

alabastron

Museum number: 2010,5001.12 |
Cultures/periods: Cypro-ClassicalHellenistic |
Production date: 500BC-50BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

alabastron

Museum number: 2010,5001.14 |
Cultures/periods: Cypro-ClassicalHellenistic |
Production date: 500BC-50BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

altar

Museum number: 2010,5001.4 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 50BC-300 |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

altar; sculpture

Museum number: Am1923,Maud.16 |
Cultures/periods: Classic MayaLate Classic |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Altar R

amphora

Museum number: 138173 |
Cultures/periods: x14403 Phoenician |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Formaria

amphora

Museum number: 1982,0729.279 |
Cultures/periods: x105372 Cypro-Archaic |
Production date: 750 BC-475 BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Gastria

amphora

Museum number: 1982,0729.393 |
Cultures/periods: x107545 Cypro-Geometric |
Production date: 950BC-750BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Kourion

amphora

Museum number: 1982,0729.377 |
Cultures/periods: x107545 Cypro-Geometric |
Production date: 1050BC-900BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Kourion

amphora

Museum number: 1982,0726.83 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Cyprus

amphora; jar

Museum number: 1982,0729.444 |
Cultures/periods: x107553 Cypro-Geometric III |
Production date: 900BC-750BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Kourion

amphora

Museum number: 1982,0729.400 |
Cultures/periods: Cypro-Geometric IIICypro-Archaic I |
Production date: 900BC-600BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Kourion

amphora

Museum number: 1982,0729.204 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Gastria

amphora

Museum number: 1982,0729.540 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cyprus

amphora

Museum number: 1982,0721.1 |
Cultures/periods: Late Cypriot IIIBCypro-Geometric I |
Production date: 1100 BC-950 BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus

amphora

Museum number: 1982,0729.401 |
Cultures/periods: x107553 Cypro-Geometric III |
Production date: 900BC-750BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Kourion

amphora

Museum number: .1356.'70 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 1stC-5thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:King's Field

amphora; jar

Museum number: 1982,0729.399 |
Cultures/periods: x107545 Cypro-Geometric |
Production date: 1050BC-900BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Kourion

amphora

Museum number: 1982,0729.445 |
Cultures/periods: x107549 Cypro-Archaic I |
Production date: 750BC-600BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Kourion

amphora

Museum number: 1982,0729.379 |
Cultures/periods: x107545 Cypro-Geometric |
Production date: 1050BC-900BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Kourion

amphora; jar

Museum number: 1982,0729.442 |
Cultures/periods: x107545 Cypro-Geometric |
Production date: 1050BC-900BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Kourion

amphora

Museum number: .1380.'70 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 1stC-5thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:King's Field

amphora

Museum number: 1981,0715.12 |
Cultures/periods: x13873 Etruscan |
Production date: 630BC-600BC |
Production place: Made in:Cerveteri

amphora

Museum number: 1982,0729.169 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Gastria

amphora

Museum number: 1982,0721.57 |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus

amphora

Museum number: .1351.70 |
Cultures/periods: x41218 Romano-British

amphora

Museum number: 1982,0729.439 |
Cultures/periods: x107545 Cypro-Geometric |
Production date: 1050BC-1000BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Kourion

amphora

Museum number: 1982,0729.313 |
Cultures/periods: x107553 Cypro-Geometric III |
Production date: 900BC-750BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Kourion

amphora

Museum number: 1982,0721.22 |
Cultures/periods: x107545 Cypro-Geometric |
Production date: 1050 BC-750 BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cyprus

amphora

Museum number: EA69372 |
Cultures/periods: x13769 Coptic |
Production date: 4thC-6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Kom AushimExcavated/Findspot:Rubaiyat

amphora

Museum number: 1982,0729.47 |
Cultures/periods: x13945 Hellenistic |
Production date: 300 BC -50 BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

amphora

Museum number: 1982,0729.38 |
Cultures/periods: HellenisticRoman |
Production date: 50BC-50 |
Production place: Made in:CyprusMade in:Levant |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Salamis (Cyprus)

amphora; wine-jar; oil-jar

Museum number: 1982,0729.278 |
Cultures/periods: x13945 Hellenistic |
Production date: 3rdC BC-2ndC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Gastria

amphora

Museum number: .1388.'70 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 1stC-5thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:King's Field

amphora

Museum number: 1982,0729.443 |
Cultures/periods: Cypro-Geometric IIICypro-Archaic I |
Production date: 900BC-700BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Kourion

amphora

Museum number: 1982,0726.84 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cyprus

amphoriskos

Museum number: 1982,0726.73 |
Cultures/periods: x107550 Cypro-Archaic II |
Production date: 600 BC-475 BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cyprus

amphoriskos

Museum number: 1982,0729.511 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cyprus

amphoriskos

Museum number: 1982,0729.489 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cyprus

amphoriskos

Museum number: 1982,0729.337 |
Cultures/periods: x107545 Cypro-Geometric |
Production date: 1050BC-900BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Kourion

amphoriskos; jar

Museum number: 1982,0729.227 |
Cultures/periods: x107545 Cypro-Geometric |
Production date: 1050BC-900BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Gastria

amphoriskos

Museum number: 1982,0729.378 |
Cultures/periods: x107545 Cypro-Geometric |
Production date: 1050BC-900BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Kourion

amphoriskos

Museum number: 1982,0729.382 |
Cultures/periods: x107545 Cypro-Geometric |
Production date: 1050BC-900BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Kourion

amphoriskos

Museum number: 1982,0729.490 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cyprus

amphoriskos

Museum number: 1981,0715.8 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 400BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece)

amphoriskos

Museum number: 1982,0729.506 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cyprus

amphoriskos

Museum number: 1982,0729.320 |
Cultures/periods: x107545 Cypro-Geometric |
Production date: 1050BC-900BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Kourion

amphoriskos

Museum number: 1981,0715.18 |
Cultures/periods: x13817 East Greek

amulet

Museum number: EA69472 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Qaw el-Kebir

amulet

Museum number: EA69060 |
Cultures/periods: x14452 Roman Period |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Oxyrhynchus (city)

amulet

Museum number: EA69443 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Deir el-Bahri (Thebes)

amulet

Museum number: EA69181 |
Cultures/periods: x14452 Roman Period |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Egypt

amulet

Museum number: EA69471 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Qaw el-Kebir

anatomical votive

Museum number: 1982,0930.1 |
Cultures/periods: Roman ImperialHellenistic |
Production date: 3rdC BC-1stC BC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Rome (city)

angon

Museum number: OA.5733 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC-7thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:King's Field

animal remains; artefact

Museum number: Am1933,-.232 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Isla de Sacrificios

animal remains

Museum number: .1284.'70 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC-7thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:King's Field

annular brooch

Museum number: .1092.'70 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC-6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:King's Field

annular brooch; ring brooch

Museum number: .1233.'70 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC-6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:King's Field

annular brooch

Museum number: OA.5384 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC-6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:King's Field

annular brooch

Museum number: .1073.'70 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC-6thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:King's Field

antefix

Museum number: 1982,1005.12 |
Cultures/periods: x14683 Western Greek |
Production date: 580 BC -540 BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cumae (historic - Campania)

antefix

Museum number: 1982,1005.13 |
Cultures/periods: x14683 Western Greek |
Production date: 550 BC - 520 BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cumae (historic - Campania)

antefix

Museum number: 1982,1005.14 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cumae (historic - Campania)

antefix

Museum number: 1982,1005.11 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Cumae (historic - Campania)

antefix

Museum number: 1981,0704.1

architecture

Museum number: EA69086 |
Cultures/periods: x13563 6th Dynasty |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Pyramid of Pepy I

architecture

Museum number: EA69135 |
Cultures/periods: x13544 18th Dynasty |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Deir el-Bahri (Thebes)

architecture

Museum number: EA69100 |
Cultures/periods: x14452 Roman Period |
Production date: 4thC-5thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Ihnasya el-Medina

armlet

Museum number: .1126.'70 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC-7thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:King's Field

armlet

Museum number: .1122.'70 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC-7thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:King's Field

artefact

Museum number: Am1933,-.230 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Isla de Sacrificios

artefact

Museum number: EA69136 |
Cultures/periods: x13544 18th Dynasty |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Deir el-Bahri (Thebes)

artefact

Museum number: Am1980,03.25 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Meso-America

artefact

Museum number: Am1980,03.24 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Meso-America

artefact

Museum number: OA.5336 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC-7thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Faversham

artefact

Museum number: OA.5348 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 6thC-7thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Faversham

artefact

Museum number: 1980,1126.9 |
Cultures/periods: x105372 Cypro-Archaic |
Production date: 600 BC-475 BC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus

artefact

Museum number: OA+.14428 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Fustat

artefact

Museum number: Am1980,03.39.b-e |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Mexico

artefact

Museum number: EA69137 |
Cultures/periods: x13544 18th Dynasty |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Deir el-Bahri (Thebes)

artefact; vessel

Museum number: Am1980,03.26 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Mexico

artefact

Museum number: Am1980,03.39.a |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Mexico

artefact

Museum number: Am1980,03.33 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Isla de Sacrificios

artefact

Museum number: OA.5345 |
Cultures/periods: x112412 Early Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 5thC-7thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Faversham