Best Photos of the Day

One of many ceramics exhibits at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Sept. 5, 2023. The V&A typically draws around 3 million annual visitors, but even on the busiest days, the museum has the space and setup to largely avoid the sense of competing with the crowds. (Jeremie Souteyrat/The New York Times).

Visitors in one of the medieval and Renaissance galleries of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Sept. 5, 2023. The V&A typically draws around 3 million annual visitors, but even on the busiest days, the museum has the space and setup to largely avoid the sense of competing with the crowds. (Jeremie Souteyrat/The New York Times).

The Cast Courts rooms of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, which includes a reproduction of Michelangelo’s David, Sept. 5, 2023. The V&A typically draws around 3 million annual visitors, but even on the busiest days, the museum has the space and setup to largely avoid the sense of competing with the crowds. (Jeremie Souteyrat/The New York Times).

The Townshend jewel collection, arranged in order from the softest to the hardest gem, at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Sept. 5, 2023. The V&A typically draws around 3 million annual visitors, but even on the busiest days, the museum has the space and setup to largely avoid the sense of competing with the crowds. (Jeremie Souteyrat/The New York Times).

Jewelry exhibits at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Sept. 5, 2023. The V&A typically draws around 3 million annual visitors, but even on the busiest days, the museum has the space and setup to largely avoid the sense of competing with the crowds. (Jeremie Souteyrat/The New York Times).

A sixth-century mosaic from Ravenna, Italy at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Sept. 5, 2023. The V&A typically draws around 3 million annual visitors, but even on the busiest days, the museum has the space and setup to largely avoid the sense of competing with the crowds. (Jeremie Souteyrat/The New York Times).

Replicas of medieval tombs at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Sept. 5, 2023. The V&A typically draws around 3 million annual visitors, but even on the busiest days, the museum has the space and setup to largely avoid the sense of competing with the crowds. (Jeremie Souteyrat/The New York Times).

The John Madejski Garden at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Sept. 5, 2023. The V&A typically draws around 3 million annual visitors, but even on the busiest days, the museum has the space and setup to largely avoid the sense of competing with the crowds. (Jeremie Souteyrat/The New York Times).

A fresco by the 19th-century British artist Frederic Leighton at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Sept. 5, 2023. The V&A typically draws around 3 million annual visitors, but even on the busiest days, the museum has the space and setup to largely avoid the sense of competing with the crowds. (Jeremie Souteyrat/The New York Times).

The original 19th-century decór in the Refreshment Rooms, the world’s first museum cafe, remains largely intact at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Sept. 5, 2023. The V&A typically draws around 3 million annual visitors, but even on the busiest days, the museum has the space and setup to largely avoid the sense of competing with the crowds. (Jeremie Souteyrat/The New York Times).