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06th Aug 2017

Breastfeeding mum told to ‘cover up’ in museum of naked statues

Really...?

Jade Hayden

Breastfeeding

Seriously?

Talk about ironic.

This mum was visiting the Victoria and Albert (V&A) art museum in London when her baby started to get hungry.

She said she “flashed a nanosecond of a nipple” before she was approached and told to “cover up” by a member of staff.

https://twitter.com/vaguechera/status/893793544221143040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirror.co.uk%2Flifestyle%2Ffamily%2Fbreastfeeding-mum-told-cover-up-10935856

She said she found this particularly confusing due to the fact that she was inside a museum full of naked statues.

It wasn’t long before the tweet went viral, gaining over 4,000 retweets and more than 7,000 favourites in under a day.

The museum’s director, Tristram Hunt, took to the social media platform to offer his apologies to the mum. He said:

She responded that perhaps he should train his staff better, and wished him a #HappyBreastFeedingWeek.

Brilliant.