I never really liked the V&A very much; I thought it was a stodgy building full of stodgy paintings.
So I hadn't been there in decades. But several of the Merton classes with an art or history focus had done field trips there, and it sounded more interesting than I remembered.
I was not wrong about the stodginess—I will never not find an enormous gallery full of silver bowls and candiesticks the art museum equivalent of Ambien. But the non-English art is more extensive than I expected, and there was some interesting photography, and a series of exhibits scattered through the museum of costumes worn by—Taylor Swift! So I actually had fun there. And the cafe under the grand portico on the left sold a variety of snacks and cold drinks to be enjoyed around the pool in the central courtyard. (Which is not exactly much of a garden, though that's what they call it.)
So I hadn't been there in decades. But several of the Merton classes with an art or history focus had done field trips there, and it sounded more interesting than I remembered.
I was not wrong about the stodginess—I will never not find an enormous gallery full of silver bowls and candiesticks the art museum equivalent of Ambien. But the non-English art is more extensive than I expected, and there was some interesting photography, and a series of exhibits scattered through the museum of costumes worn by—Taylor Swift! So I actually had fun there. And the cafe under the grand portico on the left sold a variety of snacks and cold drinks to be enjoyed around the pool in the central courtyard. (Which is not exactly much of a garden, though that's what they call it.)
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