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There are more than 600,000 objects at the V&A East Storehouse, a vast hangar in Stratford, London, that opened earlier this year. A cornucopia of random items, from John Galliano corsets to grandfather clocks and a fitted kitchen, it holds a vast array of things not currently on display at the various V&A museums. 

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