在这里，伦敦维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆的十位世界**策展人讲述了该博物馆在历史上获得的十件最**和最稀奇的藏品的故事。其中包括“蒂普的老虎（Tipu’s Tiger）”，一件几乎实物大小的木制机械玩具表现了一头老虎袭击一名欧洲士兵；“威尔镇的大床（Great Bed of Ware）”，一张伊丽莎白女王时代的宽10.5英尺的床；和“莎士比亚的**对开本（Shakespeare's First Folio）”，最初印刷的大约750本中幸存下来的少数之一。同时要了解馆藏建设，以及精心的策展和偶然的乐观情绪如何随着时间的推移推动和改变博物馆的工作重点。

Here, ten world-

renowned curators from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London tell the story of ten of the most famous and curious objects acquired by the museum over its history. Among these are “Tipu’s Tiger,” an almost life-

size wooden mechanical toy of a tiger mauling a European soldier; the “Great Bed of Ware,” a 10 1/2-foot-

wide Elizabethan bed; and a “Shakespeare First Folio,” one of the few survivors of an estimated 750 that were originally printed. Learn too about collection building and how careful curation and fortuitous optimism drive and change museum priorities over time.