The Victoria and Albert Museum (abbreviated V&A) in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects. It was founded in 1852 as the "Museum of Manufactures", and subsequently renamed in honour of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The V&A's original South Kensington site is in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in an area known as "Albertopolis" because of its association with Prince