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Who’s in ‘The Shed’ at Young V&A right now?‘Old Heap’ is a collaborative project by artist  & designer Orin Bristow. The...
17/01/2025

Who’s in ‘The Shed’ at Young V&A right now?

‘Old Heap’ is a collaborative project by artist & designer Orin Bristow. They have set up a Riso printing studio in order to explore an experimental and workshop-driven approach to printed matter and DIY publishing. Visitors are invited into their studio ‘The Shed’ twice a week to experiment with drawing, poetry and collage exercises.

‘Old Heap’ runs until the end of February, open Thursdays 11:00 - 13:00 and Saturdays 14:00 - 16:00.

The placement is supported by the Danish Arts Foundation in collaboration with Young V&A.

🎉 A HUGE thank you to our amazing community for helping us reach 1 MILLION visitors at Young V&A! 🙌8 year old Ayyub (cen...
31/12/2024

🎉 A HUGE thank you to our amazing community for helping us reach 1 MILLION visitors at Young V&A! 🙌

8 year old Ayyub (centre) was the 1 millionth guest welcomed through the doors at Bethnal Green this morning - one of our regular visitors alongside his family.

Whether you’ve explored our exhibitions, participated in workshops, or simply enjoyed our creative space, YOU are what makes this place so special. Here’s to the next million moments of creativity, learning, and inspiration in 2025!

Young V&A is proud to be Art Fund Museum of the Year 2024 and Kids in Museums Family Friendly National Winner 2024.

Apples roasting on an open fire ❤️🎄Season’s greetings from us (and the rabbits of Beatrix Potter)! We hope you have as m...
25/12/2024

Apples roasting on an open fire ❤️🎄

Season’s greetings from us (and the rabbits of Beatrix Potter)! We hope you have as much fun as these rabbits are.

🎨 The third watercolour in Beatrix Potter’s sequence ‘The Rabbits’ Christmas Party’. Here the rabbits are shown gathered around a fireplace awaiting a dessert of roasted apple.

Join furniture designer Max Lamb for a family SEND design workshop this Saturday at Young V&A.Journey off on a sensory e...
06/12/2024

Join furniture designer Max Lamb for a family SEND design workshop this Saturday at Young V&A.

Journey off on a sensory exploration of design materials and techniques and discover Max’s tactile library of objects – in a space where there are no wrong answers. Designed for children and young people aged 5-14 who enjoy exploring with the world through touch, and inclusive of all developmental needs.

The workshop runs from 10.30 - 12.30. Arrive at any time, but last entry is 12.15. Adult accompaniment required, and there might be a short wait to enter the workshop.

🔗 Visit https://www.vam.ac.uk/info/access-at-young-va for accessibility info.

📷 Helen Lawson

Get interactive with this years festive installation!Over 800 tactile springs that light up when touched make 'Quantum J...
30/11/2024

Get interactive with this years festive installation!

Over 800 tactile springs that light up when touched make 'Quantum Jungle: Festive Edition' created by artist, engineer and designer Robin Baumgarten. On display in the Town Square, this free interactive installation reflects on festivals of light around the world through touch, movement and colour.

On display until 19 January 2025 at Young V&A.

We're pleased to announce our next major exhibition - Making Egypt. Tickets on sale now, V&A members go free. Specifical...
20/11/2024

We're pleased to announce our next major exhibition - Making Egypt. Tickets on sale now, V&A members go free.

Specifically created for children and families, we'll take you on a fascinating journey through the ancient past to the modern day, exploring how stories and images from ancient Egypt continue to influence art, design and popular culture today.

An Exhibition Pass allows unlimited visits to Making Egypt throughout its run.

Making Egypt runs from 15 Feb - 02 Nov 2025 at Young V&A, Bethnal Green. Tickets - https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/making-egypt

- Inner sarcophagus of Princess Sopdet-em-haawt - Courtesy of David Aaron
- LEGO® Architecture Great Pyramid of Giza ©2024 The LEGO Group
- Nine photographic prints on aluminium, by Chant Avedissian, 1990 © Victoria and Albert Museum

We’re thrilled to announce the winner of our first Young V&A Design Competition: Ruby Parish! 🎉  Inspired by a brief to ...
08/11/2024

We’re thrilled to announce the winner of our first Young V&A Design Competition: Ruby Parish! 🎉 
 
Inspired by a brief to design a portable object that enhances one of the senses, Ruby (age 12) created the playful “Smelling Horns,” a unique idea inspired by ear trumpets to focus and enhance scents. Her clever design and passion for making captured our imaginations.
 
Huge congratulations, Ruby! 🌟

The smelling horns will be on display at Young V&A very soon – watch this space!



Photography by Felicity McCabe

We’re proud to share that Young V&A is the winner of Kids in Museums' Family Friendly Museum Award 2024! The national aw...
16/10/2024

We’re proud to share that Young V&A is the winner of Kids in Museums' Family Friendly Museum Award 2024! The national award is presented to a museum, gallery or heritage site in the UK that provides a great visitor experience for families - and this wouldn't be possible without the hard work of everyone across the museum. Thank you so much!

📷 © Luke Hayes

Alice in Wonderland 📖 🐰 These ruralist paintings by Sir Peter Blake show different scenes from Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice’s ...
06/10/2024

Alice in Wonderland 📖 🐰

These ruralist paintings by Sir Peter Blake show different scenes from Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’. ‘We still believe in painting with oil paint on canvas, putting the picture in the frame and hopefully, that someone will like it, buy it, and hang it on their wall to enjoy it’

🖼️ - Sir Peter Blake - Alice In Wonderland (1970-1)

The Octopus Club have opened the Nearly New Store at Young V&A, located on the top floor of the museum 🛍️Working in coll...
26/09/2024

The Octopus Club have opened the Nearly New Store at Young V&A, located on the top floor of the museum 🛍️

Working in collaboration to help parents and caregivers to save money, reduce waste, and raise awareness of the benefits of shopping through the circular economy.

Discover a range of great quality baby and kids clothing, scooters, buggies, backpacks and more. The stock is range of second hand, sample and surplus items, with prices from £5 - £500 and savings from 30-70% on RRP.

Come in and take a look - you might find your new favourite item! 🐙

The Self-Portrait by Quentin Blake 🖼️ 🖌️ Sir Quentin Blake made this illustration for a mental health hospital in London...
09/09/2024

The Self-Portrait by Quentin Blake 🖼️ 🖌️

Sir Quentin Blake made this illustration for a mental health hospital in London. It forms part of the ‘Ordinary Life in Vincent Square’ series, which Blake made for the NHS between 2010 and 2011.

Depicting a young person smiling in front of their own self-portrait, the picture was created after asking a small group of staff and patients what they would like Blake to draw. Blake used a quill to give the illustration softness, and an artistic angle to inspire the young patients to be creative. 🎨

Japan: Myths to Manga closes this Sunday! 🕰️ See everything from Studio Ghibli, Astro-boy to Pokémon in our exhibition e...
05/09/2024

Japan: Myths to Manga closes this Sunday! 🕰️

See everything from Studio Ghibli, Astro-boy to Pokémon in our exhibition exploring art, technology and design.

If you haven’t managed to take a trip through the landscape and folklore of Japan, then get a ticket via the link in our bio ⛓️‍💥

Supported by Toshiba

📸 - David Parry

Gathering nuts to eat over summer bank holiday 🌰 Beatrix Potter’s drawing here was a proof for The Tale of Squirrel Nutk...
23/08/2024

Gathering nuts to eat over summer bank holiday 🌰

Beatrix Potter’s drawing here was a proof for The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, around 1903. We hope you can take some time to relax over the weekend, regardless if you’re scurrying around nature or staying at home ❤️

© Victoria and Albert Museum, London / courtesy of Frederick Warne & Co.

Japan: Myths to Manga closes on Sunday 8th September! ⏰ ⛰️ ✨ Don’t miss out on an exciting trip through Japanese history...
16/08/2024

Japan: Myths to Manga closes on Sunday 8th September! ⏰ ⛰️ ✨

Don’t miss out on an exciting trip through Japanese history - and explore how landscape and folklore have influenced Japan’s culture, technology and design 🇯🇵

Ticket link in bio 🔗

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Supported by Toshiba

📸 - David Parry

When the DJ plays your favourite tune 🎶 Thanks to everyone who visited us for National Play Day last week, we had loads ...
14/08/2024

When the DJ plays your favourite tune 🎶

Thanks to everyone who visited us for National Play Day last week, we had loads of fun.

played music for us in our Town Square, inspired us to make sounds, we jumped around in the garden with Future Kidz, fixed toys with and saw some imaginative inventions from .school.of.art ❤️

Check out What’s On via the link in our bio 🔗

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Creating real toys from kid’s drawings 🐱Liepa, aged 8, who designed this cat toy with  : ‘I love cats and this one is bl...
08/08/2024

Creating real toys from kid’s drawings 🐱

Liepa, aged 8, who designed this cat toy with : ‘I love cats and this one is blue, the colour of dreams. A mischievous, happy friend who’s interested in everything, likes people who are kind to animals and curls up with his toy fish when he is sleepy.’

Let’s hear it for toys which are the odd ones out.

Summer holidays have arrived ☀️ We have a bunch of exciting events coming up in August, starting with National Play Day ...
03/08/2024

Summer holidays have arrived ☀️

We have a bunch of exciting events coming up in August, starting with National Play Day on the 7th, Create! Studio workshops with artist Emily Hopkins and family Fridays.

Check out ‘What’s On' at Young V&A on our website and get involved 👋

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