In the description of the walk the Guides say:  What you see – the route the guide takes and the selection they make – is worth the cost of the tour of the Victoria and Albert Museum all by itself. You don’t think those matters are important in a museum built in the Victorian era that covers 11 acres, has 145 galleries, and runs to seven miles of exhibits and five million objects? Dream on. And logistics and savvy are just the basics. The real thrill is what you see in the pieces Jan and Barry, both blue badge guides, show you.
These are objects that contain their history – that braid together culture and art. That’s why they’re in “the world’s greatest museum of art and design …..
The Guides took us to around 25 exhibits where they explained the history and background to the objects, resulting in a much greater understanding of each item.