\paperw3360 \margr0\margl0\ATXph16380 \plain \fs20 \pard\tx3255\tx6525\tx9780\ATXts240\ATXbrdr0 \f1 \fs22 The V&A opened in London in 1852 as the Museum of Manufactures, later re
named the Museum of Ornamental Art. Items bought from the \b \cf4 \ATXht10861000 Great Exhibition\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 of 1851 formed the core of the original display. In 1899, when \b \cf4 \ATXht13221000 Queen Victoria\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 laid the foundation
stone of the present building, she requested that it be renamed the Victoria and Albert to honour the memory of her late husband, \b \cf4 \ATXht10851000 Prince Albert\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 .
