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

Make Do and Mend

Until Sun Nov 15 Kids

A display of objects which have been salvaged and refashioned to make useful new items, with an eye on both the environment and the wallet. Contemporary designers and local school children have mad...

Wonderland

Until Jan 10 2010 Museums & Attractions

Eighty prints by 50 artists from the East London Printmakers collective, exploring myths and fairytales from the Brothers Grimm to global folklore.

Childhood

Until Sun Nov 29 Museums & Attractions

Part of the 'Photomonth' festival, this selection of images is from photographer Paul Trevor's 'Eastender Archive' and surveys the area as from a child's point of view from the 1970s to the 1990s.

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

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