Private Guided Tour of The Victoria and Albert Museum - 3 Hour

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Private tour of The Victoria and Albert Museum

3 hours
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Discover the highlights of the world-renowned Victoria and Albert Museum during this bespoke private tour. Follow a customized itinerary through the museum, tailored to reflect your interests, as you listen to little-known anecdotes from the collections on display. Group sizes are capped at four participants, guaranteeing personalized attention with plenty of time to ask questions.

A private tour of the Victoria and Albert Museum
Get help navigating one of London's most vast and iconic collections of art
Listen to informative stories behind the highlights of the museum
Enjoy personalized attention in a small group capped at four people

What's Included

A fascinating Personal Guided Tour of the highlights of one of the world's greatest collections.

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Rd, London SW7 2RL, UK
Main Entrance, on Cromwell Road (if raining, meet inside under huge glass chandelier)

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

V&A - Victoria and Albert Museum

3 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed

Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

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Reviews

5.0

27 reviews

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Awe-inspiring introduction to the Victoria and Albert Museum

Barbara_S, Apr 2024

There is no way to do a comprehensive visit of the Victoria and Albert Museum. It is a vast reservoir, a collection that spans centuries and subjects and styles and media. We knew we needed someone to help us approach at least one area without being utterly overwhelmed. After reading multiple reviews we booked Richard. This was an excellent decision. He focused us on the largest collection- sculpture- but edited our tour it so that we could understand how and why this was such a magnificent showcase of some of the world's masterpieces. He has a really interesting background and a thorough knowledge of his subject so our hours with him flew by. Our only disappointment was that we didn't have more time. However, there's only so much one can absorb in limited hours. We'll be back.

Adventure through time

Ray_L, Apr 2024

Where to even begin?! His knowledge was extraordinary and storytelling of the gallaries was awesome! Cannot wait to do another at some point!

Best decision!

Amanda_H, Mar 2024

Best decision of my trip to book this tour! Richard was absolutely delightful, incredibly organized, and took the time to collaborate to ensure I saw what interested me specifically. Was such a great tour I was confident to go back later in the week on my own to see more items (you could easily spend a week at the V&A!).

Informative and engaging.

Steve_M, Mar 2024

Full of facts and history . The guide helped the artifacts and their artists come to life. We especially loved hearing the interconnected stories of many of the items in various collections.

This tour is a 10!

Barbara_F, Feb 2024

We were blown away by our guide Robert’s knowledge, enthusiasm, story-telling, and overall passion for the art. The three-hour tour flew by and for hours after, we walked and talked about it. We highly recommend this tour—and feel assured that the positive experience would transfer to other museums.

Response from Host, Feb 2024

Thank you Barbara for your very complimentary words. It was a great pleasure to meet you both and to show you some of the most wonderful works of art London has to offer.

Take this tour! You won't be disappointed.

Kristen_P, Feb 2024

We had a wonderful time in the V&A with our guide Robert! The museum would be very overwhelming without a guide, but with Robert in charge, we were able to focus on the special pieces of art and the stories within (most of them are items we would've just passed by without knowing their significance!) This tour made our experience so much better and very special. I highly, highly recommend.

We loved the tour!

Richard_K, Sep 2023

Robert was so incredibly knowledgeable. The V & A is so huge, it was so perfect to have him focus on the highlights.

The bed tour guide

robinb, Aug 2023

Our guide, Robert, was wonderful. He explained everything in ways that helped us learn so much about the art and artifacts we saw.

Response from Host, Aug 2023

Thank you so much Robin for you very kind review, I really appreciate you taking the time to say such complimentary things. It was a pleasure to meet you and your family, have a good journey home, and I hope to see you again in the future.

Entertaining and thorough!

Kathryn_A, Jul 2023

Robert was absolutely amazing! He is so knowledgeable and entertaining weaving a thread through the vast collection at the V&A. Three hours is a very short time amidst this monumental collection of art and artifacts, but Robert managed to give me a great introduction to various exhibits and point me to the most outstanding and unique pieces while tying it all together historically. I am so grateful I was able to spend this time with Robert. I would give him 10 stars if able!

Response from Host, Jul 2023

Such a kind review, thank you Kathryn. It was a pleasure to show you some of the treasures of the museum, and I am so glad you enjoyed it. I hope you can visit again someday, there is an endless trove of wonderful things to see and rich history to enjoy.

Fantastic experience with highly knowledgeable guide

Matthew_H, May 2023

Robert was fantastic and extremely knowledgable. I truly felt I learned not only about the history of the museum pieces but also expert artistic analysis. Would highly recommend

Response from Host, May 2023

Thank you for your kind words Matthew, it was a pleasure to meet you and share the wonders of the V&A.

Great Intro to an Extraordinary Collection

Mark_B, Mar 2023

Robert did an amazing job of sharing some of the highlights of this extraordinary museum. He was extremely knowledgeable about the history of the museum and the collection and I learned a great deal. The 3 hours flew by and it felt like we'd just barely started to scratch the surface; I look forward to going back. I recommend this tour as a wonderful way to get an intro to the V&A with a very good guide.

Best Intro to V&A

Terence_R, Dec 2022

Robert Miller is an exceptional guide. The museum’s collection is vast and he is able to take you directly to the most important items in every gallery visited. Even if I had entered these galleries on my own I would not have found the items he showed us. This was our favorite tour in London.

Great way to see the V&A

Sarah_S, Nov 2022

Robert was our guide and he was Phenomenal! Best tour we had all week. Highly recommend for a private tour.

Response from Host, Nov 2022

Thank you, Sarah, it's very kind of you to say such complimentary things. I enjoyed our tour too, your group were great fun and very enthusiastic. A great pleasure.

A fascinating place with a very knowledgeable guide.

Joan_F, Oct 2022

Everything we saw was extremely well explained and we really enjoyed the selection of rooms we saw in this enormous museum. It’s well worth your time.

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Jody, Oct 2022

Robert gave us as thorough a tour as 3 hours would allow. A huge beautiful museum and we felt we saw many highlights. Otherwise, we would have just been wandering around not knowing what we were looking at. He’s very knowledgeable about the Museum and we received lots of great item information that we would have surely missed. We hope to have him guide us through many more venues on future trips.

Wonderful experience with Robert

Julie_N, Jul 2022

All 4 in our party had a wonderful time with Robert as our guide to the V&A. He was knowledgeable, professional, engaging, and clearly passionate. He knew something to interest all of us, and even my spouse (a reluctant visitor) is excited to go back on a future visit and hopefully book Robert again. We completed the highlights of about half the museum in the 3 hours we had available for the outing.

Excellent

Mihir_Z, Jul 2022

Our guide David Miller was very knowledgeable. Excellent experience with the entire family. David covered all the important areas of the museum.

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Michele_H, May 2022

I wanted to share an in depth museum experience with a friend for her birthday. The tour did not disappoint. Our guide Robert was very pleasant and extremely knowledgable, it was like seeing the V&A Museum with a curator. As an expert, Robert was an endless fund of fascinating stories and insights into the exhibits which provided context for culture sponges like my friend and I.I cannot recommend highly enough.

Private tour with Robert

Kasey_B, Sep 2021

This was an anniversary gift for my bf and couldn’t say better things about the experience. Robert, our guide was incredibly knowledgeable, passionate, and took us through quite a few areas of the museum in the time allotted. Would definitely recommend this experience! Thank you for such a great day, Robert!

Response from Host, Sep 2021

Hi Kasey Thank you so much for your very kind review, I really appreciate it. It was a great pleasure to meet you both, and I'm glad you enjoyed your tour. If you ever want another tour please do get in touch. As well as all the other galleries at the V&A, I also do tours of the National Gallery, British Museum, Tate Britain Etc. They are featured on the Viator/Tripadvisor website. Best wishes Robert