V&A Museum of Childhood

Cambridge Heath Rd, London, E2 9PA Full details & map
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Home to one of the world's finest collections of children's toys, dolls' houses, games and costumes, the V&A Museum of Childhood shines bighter than ever after extensive refurbishment, which has given it an impressive entrance. Part of the V&A museum, the museum has been amassing childhood-related objects since 1872 and continues to do so, with {I}Incredibles{/I} figures complementing bonkers 1970s puppets, Barbie Dolls and Victorian praxinoscopes. There are regular exhibitions upstairs and the V&A Museum of Childhood has plenty of hands-on activities for kids and special events at weekends and during school holidays, while the café helps to revive flagging grown-ups.


Events at V&A Museum of Childhood

Wonderland

Until Jan 10 2010 Museums & Attractions

Eighty prints by 50 artists from the East London Printmakers collective, exploring myths and fairytales from the...

Childhood

Until Sun Nov 29 Museums & Attractions

Part of the 'Photomonth' festival, this selection of images is from photographer Paul Trevor's 'Eastender Archive'...

Sindy in the Sixties

Until Jan 17 2010 Kids

A display dedicated to the Sindy doll, which was launched in 1963 as 'the doll you love to dress'. On show are 70...

V&A Museum of Childhood details

Address
Cambridge Heath Rd, London, E2 9PA

Transport Bethnal Green 

Telephone

020 8983 5200/020 8983 5235 (information line)

V&A Museum of Childhood website

Times 10am-5.45pm daily; closed Dec 24-26 & Jan 1

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we are at the hackney empire with the brightsparks performers who play the babes in the pantomime and would like to do a visit we did come about 8 years ago but shaw you have moved on just wonderd if you have a eductional pack what would help before we come to you

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Posted by brightsparks performers (gloria) on Nov 18 2009 10:39am

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