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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jill Lawless

The new London museum where you won’t be shushed or told off for touching items

The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) has unveiled the V&A East Storehouse, a novel concept that opens its storage facilities to the public, allowing visitors to view and interact with items typically hidden from sight.

Spanning 16,000 square meters, the Storehouse holds over 250,000 objects, 350,000 books, and 1,000 archives. Kate Parsons, the museum's director of collection care and access, described it as "5,000 years of creativity."

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