London Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) Guided Tour

Explore the highlights of the V&A
with a guide

Meet your guide outside the main entrance and spend 1.5 hours exploring the V&A's main galleries. As you see fashion, sculpture, jewellery and decorative arts from many eras and cultures, you'll hear the stories behind famous works, details most visitors miss and the artists who created them. There is also time to ask questions during the tour.

Admire the Fashion Gallery and Raphael's cartoons

See 400 years of dress up close, from lavish royal gowns to modern fashion, and learn how clothing reflected power, rebellion, identity and social change. Then see one of the V&A's star treasures, Raphael's Renaissance cartoons. These designs for the Vatican tapestries offer a glimpse into how the works were made.

Discover medieval and Renaissance masterpieces and the Jewellery Gallery

See sculptures, tapestries, altarpieces and reliquaries from the golden age of European craftsmanship as your guide explains their symbolism and hidden stories. In the Jewellery Gallery, admire pieces from ancient civilisations to modern designers, from diamonds worn by queens to avant-garde jewellery.

Explore the Cast Courts and decorative arts from around the world

The Cast Courts hold life-size replicas of famous sculptures, including Michelangelo's David. Through ceramics, textiles, furniture and metalwork from Asia, the Middle East, Africa and beyond, see how different cultures approached beauty and function.

※ The itinerary is for reference only and the order of visits may change depending on conditions on the day.