THE IPARMŰVÉSZETI MÚZEUM AND THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM: ORIGINS AND AMBITIONS
THE IPARMŰVÉSZETI MÚZEUM AND THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM: ORIGINS AND AMBITIONS

Summary/Abstract: The exhibition Art and Design for All: The Victoria and Albert Museum (Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 15 June – 16 September 2012) traces the origins of the ever-innovative Victoria and Albert Museum (“V&A”), and looks at the influence of the museum on one of its heirs, the exhibition’s host venue, Hungary’s national Museum of Applied Arts (Iparművészeti Múzeum). Founded in 1851, the V&A is more successful than ever these days, and continues to provide inspiration to designers, craftsmen and international museum directors. Over the past decade, its galleries have been transformed through “FuturePlan”, and attendances have tripled to nearly 3 million visitors per year. The V&A’s website now attracts 25 million visits each year and the museum has the most extensive touring exhibitions programme of any museum in the world. The museum today is funded largely (55 per cent) by the government and provides a key resource for Britain’s creative industries.

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