A brand new museum to spark childrens' creativity, open now.
Looking at design through a child's eye 💫
When creating the Puppy chair for Magis, Eero Aarnio (b.1932) wanted to use basic shapes and elements to make something playful and bold.
"A chair is a chair, is a chair...but a seat does not necessarily have to be a chair."
Discover iconic Magis furniture built for children in our galleries 🔎
Playing in an open field 🏕️ 🎨
Blake captured the mischievous character of Jennings and his friend Darbyshire in this proposed illustration for the book “Typically Jennings” 🖌️
Both covered in mud and paint!
📸 - Illustration for the BBC Jackanory edition of Jennings, Quentin Blake, 1969
Photographer Neil Kenlock moved to London from Jamaica in 1963 and became determined to document black pride in the face of racial prejudice 📸
He brought the same confidence to the photographs he took of the British Caribbean community at home in the 1970s 🌟
1) 'Untitled' [A young girl speaking on her parents' telephone in South London]', London, 1973
2) 'Untitled' [Young teenage boy who, just arrived from Jamaica, shows off his latest reggae dance with his younger brother watching, Brixton Hill]' London, 1968
'A lot of kids with autism have a hard time either finding shoes that they like or fit in, or can tie...' - Ethan Swan, skater 👟
Vans Autism Awareness sneakers were made in collaboration with The A.skate Foundation, a foundation championing skateboarding for autistic children 💛
With features focused on touch, sight and sound, they have calming colours and are easy to put on - see them on display in our Design Gallery.
📸 - David Parry
Meet our very first designer in residence Clara Chu, whose work re-imagines everyday domestic objects as fashion pieces 👜
Clara's colourful bag pieces challenge what we wear, including re-inventions of mops, kettles and toothbrushes!
You can meet Clara in her studio, check out our website for more info 🌟
Taking a break for lunch with a tiger 🐯
Gosia Herba illustrations in our museum are inspired by our mix of unique objects, from an 19th century automated tiger to a clockwork boat 🛶
See if you can spot them 🔍
Exploring every corner of the museum 👏
Make sure to tag us at Young V&A in any photos of your visit - we love to see them ❤️📸
Matching outfit inspiration ❤️
Our exhibit with Petit Pli in the Design Gallery showcases their sustainable fashion pieces - expandable clothing ✨
Learn about the origin of their invention and designing for the future 🚀
Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!
This iconic costume in our Adventure Gallery was worn by Christopher Reeve in Superman: The Quest for Peace (1987) 🌟
📸 - David Parry
Celebrating Notting Hill Carnival 🎉
We hope everyone has fun at this year's carnival 🎶 Take some inspiration from these vibrant archive pictures of costumes worn by children at the V&A in 2004!
Take a peep inside this 18th century doll's house 👀
This Tate Baby House was made in England and modelled on a real life town house in Dorset, owned by Mrs Walter Tate 🎀
With its grand staircase and decorated rooms, this house was designed to say, 'We've got good taste'.👏
Taking it all in 🖼️
Imagine, Play and Design in our three galleries, there's lots to keep young minds inspired.
Check out our list of upcoming events: https://brnw.ch/21wBPsZ 💛
Imagine a great wave 🌊
Piece the elements of a story together in our Adventure Gallery, inspired by objects across time 📖
There's plenty of places to go on our walls ✨
📸 - David Parry
Have you seen our spiral staircase yet? ✨
We worked with De Matos Ryan Architects and children to design it, and it was inspired by optical illusion toys from our collection! 💡
📸 - David Parry
Meet Malarko 👋
He designed and painted the wonderful murals around our museum, which look pretty cool 👍
(He's also pretty cool - follow us for more Malarko content)
📸 - Jamie Stoker
We love to see everyone having fun in our museum ❤️
Visiting us soon? Share your snaps with us at Young V&A 📸
Our group of young co-curators for our Imagine Gallery 🌟
The Mile End Community Project helped work on the ‘This is Me’ installation with photographer Rehan Jamil 📸
They brought together creative energies and vibrant young minds to co-create an exhibit celebrating the local community 🖼️
Keep an eye out for more on these young curators! ✨
Human furniture from Gosia Herba 🤸♂️
These playful designs from illustrator Gosia Herba help to showcase the weird and wacky furniture objects in our Imagine Gallery 💯
Can you guess which items the pictures represent? 💡
Author and illustrator Ed Vere celebrating art with us 👨🎨
Ed Vere, author of 'The Artist' with Puffin Books joined us a few weeks ago to teach creative confidence to young minds across the museum 💫
He taught us how to draw lions, dinosaurs, frogs - all the important things!
📸 - Jamie Stoker
A celebration of Notting Hill Carnival 🎉
In our Design Gallery you can find a bright pink costume designed by Cydney Phillip for London's celebration of Caribbean culture 🔊
Kindly lent by Mangrove Mas Band.
📸 - David Parry, V&A
Learning to weave at our first 'Make-Share' session 🧶
Over 200 children and young people joined our open studio this week, for an afternoon of joyous weaving!
Thank you to Alexandra Lucas, Make Town and Christabel Balfour for hosting ❤️
Check out our website for upcoming events: bit.ly/3PyUiWf
'This is Me' by Rehan Jamil 📷 🎨
On a hot day in the summer of 2022, we invited children to have their portrait taken with something that they felt helped represent themselves 🖼️
Local photographer Rehan Jamil took these pictures at Oxford House in Bethnal Green. The final ones were picked with the help of young people from Mile End Community Project.
See them on display in our museum ☀️
Take a look at these highlights from our Summer Festival 🎭
Check out our upcoming programme of events including National Play Day on 2 August - https://fal.cn/3A6kp 🤹
A selection of wonderful illustrations by Nayanika Chatterjee in our museum 🎨
Nayanika is an RCA graduate and playful illustrator who has helped objects come to life through our galleries 🖌️
Spot them when you visit!
Introducing: The Stage!
Discover the art of performance. With costumes and masks as your tools, step into a realm where every song, expression and dance move tells a story.
Taking inspiration from the dramatic shapes of shadow puppets to immersive projections on the walls, our collections are an invitation to escape and create.
The stage is your canvas!
📸: © Luke Hayes
Hope everyone enjoyed visiting on our opening weekend 🎉
We're open daily from 10-5.45, and can't wait to see you here to play, imagine and design!
Share your images of visiting us with Young V&A ❤️
📷 - Jamie Stoker
Young V&A opens today 🥳
Come and spark your creativity in our brand new museum dedicated to children, young people and families.
Explore our three galleries at – Imagine, Play and Design – with over 2,000 objects from 2,300 BC to today 🎨
Packed full of fun including our very own story-telling stage, sensory playscapes and design studio.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - “The best museum for children my family has ever seen” (The Telegraph)
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐- “A next-generation museum…that makes you laugh with joy” (The Upcoming)
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐- “A triumph” (Culture Whisper)
We can’t wait to show you inside: vam.ac.uk/young
📷 - Luke Hayes
Gazing up at the night sky 🌙
'Place (Village)' by Rachel Whiteread is village of more than 100 dolls’ houses - all in our new museum.
Collected by the artist over a period of about twenty years 🏘️
📸 - © David Parry
Time to play 🚀
Our sensory playscapes match imaginative objects from across our collection, with textures that feel just the same.
Take a look at what to expect 👀
📷 - 1 & 3) © David Parry, 2) © Luke Hayes
A first look at Young V&A 🎉
Finally we get to open our doors this weekend in Bethnal Green.
Over 2,000 objects from 2,300 BC to today make up the museum, from all around the world. Packed full of hands-on experiences including our story-telling stage, sensory playscapes and optical illusions.
We’re here to showcase the power of creativity in kids’ lives, and tell their inspiring stories 🌟
Come join us from Saturday 1 July.
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Young V&A was made possible by The McLain Foundation, Prue McLeod, Dunard Fund, Buffini Chao Foundation, The BAND Trust, Garfield Weston Foundation, Andrew Hochhauser KC, Oak Foundation, The Portal Trust, The Thompson Family Charitable Trust, Wolfson Foundation and many other supporters.
📷 - © Luke Hayes, 3) - © David Parry
Frankenstein has entered the building 🧟♂️
Worn by British stage actor Boris Karloff, this prop was made in 1935 and featured in ‘The Bride of Frankenstein’.
When visitors walk past be prepared for a surprise sound! ⚡️
Our retro Fantasy Flyer making a safe landing 🛬
Exactly two weeks until you can take trip to our new museum 🗓️
📷- Jamie Stoker
We’re getting closer to opening 🤫
Up in our Design Gallery there’s some finishing touches - like this cute Microlino electric car 🚗
Counting down to July 1st…
📸 - car designed by Wim Ouboter © Jamie Stoker
‘A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down!’☂️
This Mary Poppins’ Umbrella was made for Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s multi-award winning musical 🎶
📸 - Jamie Stoker
What’s the difference between these two fish? 🐠
One is an Egyptian cosmetic tray from c. 1550 BC - c. 1077 BC and the other is a 1960’s soft toy named Flossy…
Both on display in our Sound It Out display 🎶
It’s just 4 weeks to go until we open our doors on Saturday 1 July ⏰
Packed full of fun and interactive displays, look forward to London’s major new destination for children, families and young people✨
Here's some little glimpses of what to expect!
📸 - Jamie Stoker
Unboxing some small delights 🛸
These Moon Explorer and Spaceship toys were both made in Japan during the 1950s!
📸 - Jamie Stoker
Take a look at these wonderful illustrations by Gosia Herba which will decorate our Imagine Gallery ✨
Each picture takes an object and tells an imaginative story about it - from a mechanical plane to a soft toy rabbit 🐰
Gosia’s playful drawings pop up around our museum in different places, when we open on July 1!
Robots and Aliens 🤖
Guy Allott makes playful woodblock printed illustrations - in this series setting robot figures against lunar landscapes 🪐
📸 - Colour woodcuts by Guy Allott, 2014
What do toys get up to when we’re not looking? 👀
Behind the scenes at Young V&A we’re getting them ready for our opening in just two months time ⏰
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Giveaway from Young V&A! ✨ We may be temporarily closed but we're still thinking of you. We're giving away 5 sets of beautiful illustrated children's classics from our pals at @PuffinBooks. To enter, simply: →Follow us & @PuffinBooks →Like this post → Tag another grown up Full T&Cs are here: https://fal.cn/3sgHl
Inspo for #thingstodowiththekids coming your way... You could create a handy tool box using household recyclable waste. We've had a go. #craft
We have a VERY big birthday today. It's been officially 150 years since we opened, and oh how far we've come... 🥇 We were east London's first ever museum. 🎨 Vincent Van Gogh was an early visitor. 🐒 We've housed different collections over the years from curious animal and food products... 🚸 ...to becoming officially the Museum of Childhood 48 years ago. 🦋 Now, we're transforming into a beautiful butterfly, reopening next summer as the Young V&A, a museum dedicated to children from 0 - 14, their families & carers. Find out more: https://fal.cn/3pIqd
Just because we're temporarily closed doesn’t mean we can’t have fun. Next week marks 150 years of us being in east London, and 1 year to go until we reopen. So, we’re throwing a festival to celebrate 150 years, with 150 ways to be creative. Starting with pop up art & design events happening all summer, view the full programme: https://bit.ly/3MMEI4o
This weekend! Express your mood in a wrist watch... 🧡⌚👍
When all that stands between you and everything you want to be is a paper bag, glue, some marker pens and your imagination ✂️🎨🧵 You can be anything! What do you choose? ... 🎶 Music by Julian Vera, distributed by XX Music. 📽️ Filmed and edited by Helen Lawson
Today we are excited to announce the next stage of the ambitious transformation of V&A Museum of Childhood. Introducing Young V&A. The UK’s premier national museum entirely dedicated to children, designed with young people.teachers and families Opening 2023 with a host of new acquisitions, the new museum will be a place for young people to play, create, debate and design for tomorrow. Learn more here: https://www.vam.ac.uk/info/young
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