The Latest Breaking News from Young VA

V&A workers hold ballot to strike over pay and heatwave conditions

Union calls for museum to become accredited London living wage employer and let staff carry water during shifts

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26

Inside Aardman: Wallace & Gromit and Friends at Young V&A – A grand family day out

5/5 Beware, this show may encourage children to pursue a career in the creative industries

Evening Standard · Feb 27

Curator hopes London Aardman exhibition can inspire future animators

Inside Aardman: Wallace And Gromit And Friends opens at the Young V&A in Bethnal Green on Thursday.

Evening Standard · Feb 10

The best art and architecture of 2023

Our critics’ high points include a ceramic wedding cake you can climb inside to Alice Neel’s fearless portraits, plus a new children’s V&A and a school with lumpy yellow walls

The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2023

Young V&A: Museum of Childhood rebrand excels at playful spaces but misses chances to go deeper

The former Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green has reopened its doors as the newly styled “Young V&A” after a “£13m programme of reimagining”. The new offering marks an effort to embed creativity into the visitor experience, with child-centred design at the heart of its new strategy.

The Conversation · Jul 17, 2023

Writer angry as V&A London children’s museum removes trans and queer books from view

‘This decision was not intended to be exclusionary’ the V&A tell us

Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2023

‘Share the Parthenon marbles’, mayor Sadiq Khan tells the British Museum

‘There’s a discussion to share some of this stuff’ Khan told a Greek newspaper

Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2023

Young V&A review – child’s play with added wonder

The old name was better, but the £13m revamp of the former Museum of Childhood in east London is a lighter, brighter magical toyshop

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2023

Young V&A review: ‘The cobwebs have been truly blown away’

After a three-year, £13m reimagining, the former Museum of Childhood has been reborn as a joyful and inspiring paradise of play

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2023

Young V&A crafted as a ‘joyful’ space for children and families

Young V&A opens in east London promising a ‘joyful’ experience for children of all ages

Wallpaper · Jun 27, 2023