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  1. A museum of decorative arts in South
  2. Kensington, London, opened 1909, inspired by
  3. Henry Cole (1808-82) and Prince Albert.
  4. Originally called the Museum of Ornamental
  5. Art, it had developed from the Museum of
  6. Manufacturers at Marlborough House, which had
  7. been founded in the aftermath of the Great
  8. Exhibition of 1851. The musuem houses prints,
  9. paintings, and temporary exhibitions, as well
  10. as one of the largest collections of
  11. decorative arts in the world.
  12.