The Victoria & Albert Museum Tour
 "it's not what we see, but what we see in it"
 
Well yes and no. What you see – the route the guide takes and the selection she makes – is important in a museum that covers 11 acres, has 145 galleries, and runs to seven miles of exhibits and five million objects. But logistics and savvy are just the basics. The real thrill is what you see in the pieces we show you. These are objects that contain their history – that braid together culture and art. Which is why they're in "the world's greatest museum of art and design". To see them – to see into them – the Great Bed of Ware, the Raphael Cartoons ("one of the supreme sights of the world") the Ardabil carpet...well, it's like sunrise on Mount Moses. Bottom line: this is a great tour of a great art museum. And if you want to make a day of it, how about lunch in the V & A's extremely civilised cafe followed by spot of shopping at nearby Harrods!

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The London Walks Victoria & Albert Museum Tour* takes place every Friday at 10.45 am.
 
Those are the practicals. More important, the people.  Vide the London Walks anthem: "it all comes down to the guiding." And since I'm not going to palter with the truth – not going to be coy about "the best guides in London" – well, it's 24-carat guiding on our Victoria & Albert Museum Tour.  In short, this is a Victoria & Albert Museum tour that's guided by specialists: art historians Margaret and Helena.
 
To go on London Walks' guided tour of the Victoria & Albert Museum meet Margaret or Helena just beyond the ticket barrier of South KensingtonTube.
 
*London Walks' guided tour of the Victoria & Albert Museum also answers to the name: Wonders of the V & A!