The Victoria and Albert Museum in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Henry Cole, the museum's first director
Frieze detail from internal courtyard showing Queen Victoria in front of the 1851 Great Exhibition
Old Houses on Site of Victoria and Albert Museum, 1899 by Philip Norman
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It holds the responsibility for culture and sport in England, and some aspects of the media throughout the UK, such as broadcasting. Its main offices are at 100 Parliament Street, occupying part of the building known as Government Offices Great George Street.
100 Parliament Street – occupied by DCMS on the fourth and fifth floors
Image: Official portrait of Lucy Frazer MP crop 2
Image: Official portrait of Julia Lopez MP crop 2
Image: Official portrait of Stuart Andrew crop 2, 2021