Victoria and Albert Museum
I took an Elderhostel group around the V&A today. It is in the throws of major restoration work which has made it very difficult to navigate - can't help thinking they could have scheduled it a little better so that not so much continuous work is going on.
Very nice to see that they are uncovering the original mosaics and ripping up the terrible black lino that has hidden the original Victorian floors. Hopefully, they will put together some of the original paint finishes too.
The real pity is that you cannot get to the original Victorian restaurant rooms and that the Donatello room is unavailable. The Cellini Tondo is always good to see.
The costume court continues to disappoint me - once it had a fantastic display of the changing fashions from the early 17th to the present day. Now it is bitty, partial and incomplete.
Very nice to see that they are uncovering the original mosaics and ripping up the terrible black lino that has hidden the original Victorian floors. Hopefully, they will put together some of the original paint finishes too.
The real pity is that you cannot get to the original Victorian restaurant rooms and that the Donatello room is unavailable. The Cellini Tondo is always good to see.
The costume court continues to disappoint me - once it had a fantastic display of the changing fashions from the early 17th to the present day. Now it is bitty, partial and incomplete.
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