At this museum, artifacts are "ordered" like furniture at Ikea. A new summer attraction

Some compare the experience at the V&A East Storehouse to shopping at IKEA, and there's some truth to that. The online system allows you to book your visit to the museum in advance, and as part of your reservation, you can "order" any items you choose from the store.

The V&A East Storehouse isn't the first museum to explore the idea of allowing visitors to interact directly with artifacts. The Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam, one of the largest museums in the Netherlands, previously came up with a similar idea.

V&A East Storehouse in London: a museum like an Ikea store

A tour of the V&A East Storehouse begins in the ground-floor lobby, which also houses a café and workspace. From here, you can access the glass-roofed main hall on the first floor.

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Thanks to the glass walls, the main hall offers a clear view of everything happening on the ground floor and the three upper floors. In addition to exhibition spaces, the building also houses multifunctional studios where workshops and other activities take place.