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Following the closure of The Gilbert Collection at Somerset House on 27 January 2008, it re-opens in June 2009 at its new permanent home at the Victoria and Albert Museum. In the new galleries overlooking the V & A garden there will be a display celebrating the Collection's masterpieces with a particular focus on the gold snuffboxes. The Gilbert Collection was bequeathed to the nation by Sir Arthur Gilbert, an unusual and unique collection of gold and silver decorative arts. European gold and silver snuffboxes, Italian mosaics and portrait miniatures feature heavily. Some pieces will be incorporated into displays elsewhere in the V & A and some of the silver will be returned on loan to the historic houses for which they were originally made.
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Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 | 8 minutes from The Gilbert Collection
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Kensington Gardens, South Kensington, London W2 | 11 minutes from The Gilbert Collection
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161 Kings Road, Chelsea, London SW3 | 12 minutes from The Gilbert Collection
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Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 | Same location as The Gilbert Collection
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London > Attractions > Historic Buildings
Brompton Road, South Kensington, London SW7 | 2 minutes from The Gilbert Collection
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Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 | 3 minutes from The Gilbert Collection
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Exhibition Road, Knightsbridge, South Kensington, London SW7 | 3 minutes from The Gilbert Collection
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Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, London SW7 | 5 minutes from The Gilbert Collection
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Old Brompton Road, South Kensington, London SW7 | 4 minutes from The Gilbert Collection
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165 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, South Kensington, London SW7 | 6 minutes from The Gilbert Collection
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Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 | 8 minutes from The Gilbert Collection
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23 Kensington Square, Kensington, London W8 | 16 minutes from The Gilbert Collection
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