Young V&A

The Young V&A opened in Summer 2023, following a £13 million capital project investment. Young V&A is a national museum dedicated to children and young people. With visitor numbers forecast to be in the region of 550,000 per year, Young V&A has been reimagined as a powerhouse of creativity for the young from infants to early teens. It is a place to imagine, play, create, debate and design for tomorrow, as a new national museum entirely dedicated to children

Designed with and for 0 -14-year olds, Young V&A’s central mission is to inspire young people with the creative ingenuity of art, performance and design, to empower educators to promote creativity, and to influence child-centered museum practice.

Signalling the V&A’s commitment to ‘Generation Alpha’, it accommodates three new permanent galleries entitled Imagine, Play and Design as well as showcasing national collection displays spanning 500 years and from around the world.

Young V&A public commercial offer includes:

• The new Café located centrally in the ‘Town Square’ of the museum
• Two shops
• Paid for family exhibition
• Donation giving
• Venue hire
• Paid learning programmes