There was a great article in the New York Times this last week called "How to Navigate London's Wondrous (and very big) V & A Museum". I enjoyed the article because the author (Andrew Ferren) mentioned all the things I love seeing when I visit the museum. He touched on the Cast Room which I posted about here and he mentioned the Medieval and Renaissance Gallery that I featured here. He also mentioned the The Great Bed of Ware and that's when I remembered that I had a photo of that huge bed.
As you can see from the description above, this bed has been famous for a very, very long time. It was even mentioned in Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night": "....as many lies as will lie in thy sheet of paper, although the sheet were big enough for the bed of Ware." Reading that article inspired this post.
The article suggest that one should make a day of a visit to the Victoria & Albert Museum and be sure to stop for a lunch break in the Refreshments Room which was the world's first museum cafe. While you are resting your legs, take in the original 19th century decor. It is well worth the stop.
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