The National Gallery
The National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, Central London was founded in 1824 and houses over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. Its collection belongs to the government on behalf of the British public, and is among the most visited art museums in the world. The National Gallery Collection contains over 2,300 works, with all major traditions of Western European painting represented from the artists of late medieval and Renaissance Italy to the French Impressionists.
Victoria & Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects. Founded in 1852 and named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The V&A collection spans 5,000 years of global art, from ancient times to the present day. 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.
British Museum
The British Museum in London is dedicated to human history, art and culture. Its collection, numbering some 8 million works, is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence and originates from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present day. Established in 1753, its expansion over the following two and a half centuries was largely a result of expanding British colonisation, with some of the world-famous objects including the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures and Egyptian mummies.
