About Us
The V&A Museum of Childhood aims to encourage everyone to explore the themes of childhood past and present and develop an appreciation of creative design through our inspirational collections and programmes.
The Museum (located in Bethnal Green) is part of the V&A, housing the national childhood collection. The galleries are designed to show the collections in a way which is accessible to adults and children of all ages.
We have a dynamic programme of temporary exhibitions, daily activities and seasonal events, and an excellent education programme with popular teaching sessions and resources linked directly to the National Curriculum. With its strong commitment to cultural diversity and social inclusion, the Museum has established very close links with its local communities through a diverse programme of collaborative visual arts and oral history projects.
Meet the Staff
Who are we? What do we do? What's it like to work at the Museum of Childhood? What are our favourite childhood memories? Find out more about us...
Press and Media
The Museum building provides an excellent location for filming, and its collections and displays make an attractive backdrop for photography.
Contact Us
Key contacts from learning to marketing, exhibitions to corporate hire...
Jobs
Welcoming nearly 400,000 visitors through its doors every year, the V&A Museum of Childhood houses the nation's collection of childhood-related objects from the 1600s to the present day. The collection features toys - including dolls, dolls' houses, puppets and teddy bears - games, childcare, clothing, furniture and art.
Internships
We run student and graduate internships in the following departments: Collections, Exhibitions, Director's Office, Marketing and Learning.
Keep Up to Date
From Twitter to Facebook to Flickr, keep up to date with the Museum.
History of the Museum
Bethnal Green in the Tudor era was a popular London suburb for the new gentry. There was good agricultural land and opportunities for hunting grounds, plenty of space for large homes, not far from the Thames and it was very handy for the City of London.
Committee
The V&A Museum of Childhood is part of the Victoria and Albert Museum which is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and a charity exempt from registration under the Charities Act of 1993.
Development
Over the past several years, the V&A Museum of Childhood has implemented a Masterplan to transform it into a first-class destination for all visitors.
Awards
The V&A Museum of Childhood has won a number of awards in recent years. Find out more here.
Parade by Sir Peter Blake
A limited edition silkscreen print by Sir Peter Blake, made specially for the V&A Museum of Childhood to promote the Museum's re-opening in 2006. All the toys featured in the print are objects in the Museum's collection.
About this Website
The V&A Museum of Childhood site is designed for easy accessibility to browser levels 4.0 and above, for best results a more recent browser is recommended. The site avoids the use of Adobe Flash or other add-on applications in all navigation and in the main content areas. The site uses QuickTime for panoramas and video streaming.
Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to us. To protect your privacy we provide this notice to explain our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way information about you is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested.
