The V & A Museum Of Childhood

The V & A Museum of Childhood is located on Cambridge Heath Road in East London, is open every day of the year excepting Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Years Day and excepting a minority of activities is completely free.

The museum has four permanent displays these are:

The Front Room Gallery that showcases work from the museums community programme and outreach projects.

The Moving Toy Gallery that houses optical toys, battery operated toys, rocking horses, magnetic toys...all sorts of toys that move for children of all ages.

The Creativity Gallery looks at how children express their creativity, the gallery is made up of four sections, imagine, Be Inspired, Explore and Make It Happen. The section is dedicated to play and aims to build confidence and self-esteem.

The Childhood Galleries take a look at the social history of childhood organised into the following themes Babies, Home, Playing Outside, What We Wear, Who will I be, How We Learn, Good Times, Children In Trouble and World In The East End.

In addition to the permanent displays there are always numerous new exhibitions and free activities for families, please check our Family section for more details on these free events, exhibitions courses and activities.

The V & A Museum of Childhood is open from 10am until 5.45pm.

Find out more about the V & A Museum of Childhood.

How to get there

The closest tube station is at Bethnal Green. If travelling by bus the 8, 106, 254, 309, 388, D3 and D6 all serve Bethnal Green.