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Young V&A
Cambridge Heath Rd, Bethnal Green, London E2 9PA
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Opening times
Daily:
10.00
–
17.45
Galleries close from
17.00
Closed 24 – 26 December
Admission is free
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Young V&A is open seven days a week. General admission is free and you don’t need to book. Children visiting Young V&A must be supervised by an adult at all times.
There are three big galleries at Young V&A, called Imagine, Play and Design. There are sometimes exhibitions which may carry an entrance charge, but there's always something to do.
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Bethnal Green underground (2-minute walk)
Cambridge Heath overground (5-minute walk)
Nearest step-free access station is Whitechapel (18-minute walk)
Buses 106, 254, 388 and D6 stop
nearby
A b
ike station
is nearby or park your bike in front of the museum
Plan your journey with
Transport For London
.
Parking cars nearby is limited, so we advise using public transport. The nearest accessible parking spaces are at
Parmiter Street
.
The nearest step-free access station is Whitechapel (0.8 miles).
Our entrance is step-free and wheelchair accessible.
If you'd like to borrow a wheelchair, fill in this
accessibility aid form
at least 24 hours in advance of your visit.
Disabled visitors are entitled to discounted exhibition tickets. You can add a free companion or carer ticket to every disabled ticket.
Find out What's On and book online.
Our
visual story
shows pictures of the museum and how to access our spaces.
More access information
Toilets
Our toilets are across the building.
Baby changing facilities are in both men's and women's toilets on the lower ground floor.
Accessible toilets are on the lower ground floor. We have a
Changing Places
toilet. Ask for the key at the Welcome Desk. .
Buggy park
​Buggy parking is available in the Welcome Area near the main entrance. An overflow buggy park may be in use during peak times. Personal belongings are left at your own risk.
Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding is welcome in all areas of Young V&A. If you need more privacy you can use the Reading Room on the lower ground floor, or the Common Room during weekends or school holidays.
Lifts
The main lift is on the right as you enter the Town Square. Another lift can be found at the back of the Imagine Gallery.
Shops
The Young V&A Main Shop, on the ground floor, is open during museum opening hours. You can also
shop online
.
We proudly champion UK designers and manufacturers, as well as supporting artisans and social enterprises from all over the world.
The V&A is a charity and every purchase made in our shops helps to support us.
Food
The Town Square Café is open 10.00 – 17.00 Monday to Sunday, with a range of hot and cold meals, cakes and pastries, teas and coffee. Children can pick from our lunchtime meal boxes. Highchairs and bottle warming facilities are available. Alcohol is not permitted on site.
The Town Square Café menu
You are welcome to bring cold food and drink. Our cafe has a bottle warmer and a microwave.
You can eat your packed lunch in the:
Town Square
neighbouring Museum Gardens
Common Room (on weekends and during Tower Hamlets school holidays only)
School groups
with a pre-booked workshop will automatically be allocated a lunch slot in the Community Room. Lunch slots for self-directed groups visiting our galleries are subject to availability.
Contact us for further information:
young@vam.ac.uk
Birthday parties
We don't host birthday parties at Young V&A. We can't accommodate hot food, sharing platters, cakes or candles, and we don't allow visitors to reserve public spaces or decorate areas with balloons or bunting.
Costumes and dressing up
Children aged 14 and under are welcome to wear costumes and express themselves by dressing up at Young V&A, as long as their faces aren't fully covered.
For safeguarding reasons, visitors over the age of 14 are not permitted to wear costumes or dress up at the Young V&A. Masks of any kind may not be worn except for medical or religious purposes.
Lockers and luggage
There are 24 free storage lockers on the lower-ground floor, available for use on a first-come, first-served basis.
Luggage with wheels, and bags larger than 56 × 45 × 21cm, are not allowed in the galleries. We don't have facilities to store large luggage.
The Reading Room
This space offers a calming environment for:
prayer
reading
breastfeeding
a break from sensory stimulation
On the lower ground floor, first-come, first-served.
Balloons
Helium balloons are not allowed inside the museum.
If you are a teacher and interested in booking a visit for a school group, please visit our
schools visits guidelines
page for further information.
Schools visits guidelines
Support for the V&A is more important than ever – we'd like to thank all of our members for continuing to support us.
Please remember to bring your Membership card and identification when you visit. Find out
how to make the most of your Membership
or see our
Membership FAQs.
See our
visiting FAQs
and
Membership visiting FAQs
for further information.
Can't find the answer? Email us:
young@vam.ac.uk
Did you know that Young V&A won Art Fund Museum of the Year in 2024?
Read all about it
Header image: © David Parry courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London