Happy birthday Young V&A - 150 years old! 🥇 East London's first ever museum. 🎨 Vincent Van Gogh was an early visitor. 🦋 Now transforming and reopening next summer as the Young V&A, a museum dedicated to children from 0 - 14 their families & carers.

Huge thanks to our panel Ed Vere, CeCe Sammy-Lightfoot, hellycharman, Filo 4.0 🍄 and Albert Potrony for their wisdom, ideas and insight into nurturing and celebrating young creativity. #reinventfest Young V&A V&A

Alex Newson, Chief Curator Young V&A shares our new acquisitions including Cubetto by Filo 4.0 🍄 FINH #ReinventFest

Dr Pip Simpson, Director of Design, Estate and Public Programme V&A introducing the new Young V&A opening next year! #reinventfest

Museum fans come and find out the plans for the new Young V&A vam due to open next year just down the road -what goes into planning such a great project. Today Writeidea Festival 2025 Tower Hamlets Events MuseumofLondon V&A QMUL English & Drama Migration Museum Oxford House

What better place to spend a slightly damp weekend in November than here #BethnalGreenLibrary Writeidea Festival 2025 for a whole world of talks and poems and music Tower Hamlets Events Curating London Guardian culture QMUL English & Drama London Met School of Art, Architecture and Design Rich Mix Oxford House LoveBethnalGreen @RoughTradeBooks

Drumroll please 🥁 We’re officially opening our doors on Saturday 1 July! Get ready to spark your creativity at our brand new museum for children & young people: bit.ly/3y6incU

Exciting news about Young V&A officially opening on July 1st! I’ve seen the plans and it looks amazing!

🤩 The winners have been announced! 🤩 Fifteen illustrated benches designed by schoolchildren have been chosen to go on display for the Coronation celebrations. Well done to all the schools! Find a list of all the winning schools here on our website ➡️ fal.cn/3wOnV

There is an artist in all of us 🎨 We’re celebrating the publication of Ed Vere’s new children’s book ‘The Artist’ with PuffinBooks ✨ Discover the story of one brave artist’s epic adventure to share her art - find out more: bit.ly/3m7TY4G

📢Want to be our first designer onsite at YV&A? We're thrilled to be taking applications for a six-month placement in The Shed - a dedicated space in our new Design Gallery! Playful, collaborative and engaging with young audiences? Find out more: bit.ly/40cs59q

The cherry on top 🍒 Looking fresh for our opening in two weeks! ⏰

The new Young V&A opens this Saturday and having now seen it myself I can’t stress enough how incredible it is. I’m excited for the next generation of London kids who get to grow up with this creative environment on their doorstep!

Today HRH The Princess of Wales met with local schoolchildren in our new museum to celebrate our opening 🌟 Pupils from Globe Primary School in Bethnal Green helped shape our new museum and they loved sharing their experiences. We open this Saturday! The Prince and Princess of Wales

Book for our Quiet Morning on Sunday 19 November 👐 Our galleries will be open for families of children who benefit from visiting us at a quieter and calmer time, with sensory stories and tactile making. Find out more about how the event will run: bit.ly/3s1JZ3M

Almost time for London Conference. London at its heart is a multicultural city, enriching all our lives. But as national policy makes the UK less inviting, and economic changes make us less attractive, how do we remain an open and welcoming city? centreforlondon.org/conference/lon…

How do we keep families living & thriving in London? Hear from: - @Joeli_Brearly, @pregnantscrewed - CatherineRitmanSmith, Young V&A - Cllr Claire Holland, London Councils - Wendy Thomson, University of London - Jon Tabbush, Centre for London centreforlondon.org/conference/lon…

Great to join the conversation at The London Conference today with Centre for London . Will be sharing what we have learned from London families Young V&A #IsLondonInCrisis

T’was a treat indeed! Congrats Professor John Potter 💙 and lovely to see you Dr Kate Cowan !

The winner of the #FamilyFriendlyMuseum Award 2024 is Young V&A! 🏆 This free East London museum was created with and by children from birth to the early teens. It is a much-loved and vital part of its local community in East London. Congratulations Young V&A!