Victoria is an informal area of inner city London, lying wholly within the City of Westminster. The district consists predominantly of commercial property and social housing, with offices and shops lining most of the thoroughfares. Famous attractions lie in and around the area such as the Victoria Tower gardens, The Victoria and Albert Museum and the Victoria Palace Theatre. The Victoria Tower Gardens are quiet and scenic, set on the south side of the Houses of Parliament, overlooking the River Thames. The gardens boast a number of statues, including a suffragette and a cast of Rodin's 'Burghers of Calais'. The Victoria and Albert Museum, known as the VandA, is the world's greatest museum of art and design, with collections unrivalled in their scope and diversity. Discover 3000 years worth of amazing artefacts from many of the world's richest cultures including ceramics, furniture, fashion, glass, jewellery, metalwork, photographs, sculpture, textiles and paintings. The Victoria Palace Theatre is situated opposite Victoria Station and was designed by the prolific theatre architect Fank Matcham. It opened in 1911 on the site of a former music hall. The domed auditorium seats 1,550 people and most of the year it hosts exciting musicals (its longest showing was Barnum). Of course Victoria is also home to London Victoria Station, a major London Underground and National Rail station, opening in 1862 it is the second busiest railway terminus in London after Waterloo.