Museums & Galleries · London
Young V&A
📍 E2 9PH
Photo: Matt Brown (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- Exhibition on stop-motion animation with Aardman characters
- See never-before-seen models, sets and storyboards
- Try your hand at parts of stop-motion animation
- Drop-in and play sessions including Sound Explorers and Play Saturdays
- Open studio sessions meeting designers
Young V&A is a museum in Bethnal Green designed for children, young people and families to imagine, play and design. You can explore the collection, take part in drop-in activities like Sound Explorers and Play Saturdays, meet designers in open studio sessions, and visit the Inside Aardman: Wallace & Gromit and Friends exhibition, which takes you behind the scenes of stop-motion animation with models, sets and storyboards. It's well suited to families and school groups, with self-guided visits or workshops available to book. Admission is free, and the museum is open daily. It's in London, just 0.2 miles from Cambridge Heath station, with around 400 bookable places to stay within 5 miles, and Hampstead Heath (Mens Pond) beach 5 miles away.
Practical details
- Open
- Daily 10.00–17.45, galleries close 17.00
- Booking
- Free admission; self-guided visits or workshops can be booked for schools
- Best for
- Children, young people and families
- Accessibility
- SEND Play sessions available
From the attraction's own website on 20 Sep 2026 — check before you travel.
Facilities
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Disabled Access
- ✓ Baby Changing
- ✓ Gift Shop
- ✓ WiFi
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- Cambridge Heath 0.2 miles
- Bethnal Green 0.4 miles
- Whitechapel 0.7 miles
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