点评:The V&A (Victoria & Albert Museum) is the world's largest museum about design and decorative arts. Its main site is located in South Kensington on Exhibition Road near the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum but the V&A collection can also be found in several other sites across the UK, namely V&A East, V&A East Storehouse, Young V&A, and V&A Dundee.
The V&A South Kensington site contains a magnificent collection particularly strong in fashion and textiles as well as ceramics and sculptures. It's also renowned for its Cast Courts which contain impressive plaster casts of famous European monuments, including Trajan's Column and Michelangelo's David. Some of the other highlights of the museum are Tippoo's Tiger, a mechnical device from late 18th century India, the Raphael Cartoons, the splendid Ardabil carpet, and the Great Bed of Ware.
Entry to the V&A is free, except for the museum's temporary exhibitions. You can easily spend a couple of hours exploring the V&A's massive collection and if you're a big museum enthusiast like me, you'll probably need a couple of days to explore all there is to see, especially if you take advantage of the interesting interactive display panels that the V&A has introduced in recent years.
翻译:维多利亚与艾尔伯特博物馆(V&A)是世界上最大的设计和装饰艺术博物馆。其主馆位于南肯辛顿展览路,毗邻自然历史博物馆和科学博物馆。此外,V&A的藏品还分布在英国其他几个地点,例如V&A东馆、V&A东馆藏仓库、青年V&A和V&A邓迪。
V&A南肯辛顿馆藏丰富,尤其以时装、纺织品、陶瓷和雕塑见长。馆内还以其石膏模型展厅而闻名,展出了欧洲著名古迹的精美石膏模型,包括图拉真柱和米开朗基罗的《大卫》。博物馆的其他亮点包括:蒂普虎(Tippoo's Tiger),一件来自18世纪晚期印度的机械装置;拉斐尔的素描稿;精美的阿尔达比勒地毯;以及瓦尔大床。
除临时展览外,V&A免费入场。您可以轻松花上几个小时来探索 V&A 博物馆庞大的藏品,如果您像我一样是一位博物馆爱好者,您可能需要几天时间才能参观完所有展品,特别是如果您充分利用 V&A 博物馆近年来推出的有趣的互动展示板的话。