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Monday, 19 November, 2001, 18:24 GMT
In pictures: The V&A's British Galleries
The Victoria and Albert museum's new British Galleries open this week.
BBC News Online offers snapshots from the greatest collection of national treasures assembled under one roof.
 The Three Graces is one of the best known works
 The music room opened in 1756 to great public acclaim
 The UK's oldest bed is rumoured to be haunted
 Breathtaking: brass instruments have been crushed flat
 The galleries house arts-and-crafts and Scottish movement pieces
 In the foreground: the very jacket worn in the painting
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