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June 13, 2025

At this museum, no one will shush you, and you can touch the objects

By JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press

LONDON — A museum is like an iceberg. Most of it is out of sight.

Most big collections have only a fraction of their items on display, with the rest locked away in storage. But not at the new V&A East Storehouse, where London's Victoria and Albert Museum has opened up its storerooms for visitors to view — and in many cases touch — the items within.


 
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