Back-Packs
Family using Magic Glasses back-pack, © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Borrowing a back-pack
Back-packs are free to borrow and do not need to be booked. They are available every day from the Sackler Centre and can also be collected from the Main Entrance during most school holidays. The last back-pack of the day is issued at 16.00.
A form of printed ID such as a driving licence or debit card is required to borrow a Back-Pack.
Choosing a back-pack
Choose from the following bags (subject to availability and daily gallery closures):
- NEW! - Discovering Architecture
Created with Architect Mike Davies from Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, learn about architectural drawings, colour, 'connecting spaces', light and materials, then construct a model and draw your own building.
Created with support from Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners - Emperor's Party
Imagine you are an Indian Emperor preparing for a spectacular party. - Fancy Furnishings
Learn what life was like for a rich lady and gentleman in Georgian Britain. - Magic Glasses
Explore the colour, design and shape of decorative glass. - Middle Eastern Marvels
Explore amazing geometric patterns and discover special treasures from palaces and mosques. - Time Traveller
Find out about everyday life in Medieval Europe including what people wore, how they wrote and what they ate and drank.
Part of the Arab World Family Learning Programme supported by the Saïd Foundation.
Recommended for Early Years
- Agent Animal
Search the museum to find 6 animals hiding in the Japan, China and South Asia Galleries. Agent Animal contains audio buttons and four fabric sensory jigsaw cubes.
Agent Animal was funded by Westminster Council and developed in partnership with the Westminster Sure Start programme and five families from the Knightsbridge and Belgravia Parents Forum.
'The activities in the back-packs were very, very good because there were surprises when you looked inside them.' Romilly (6), Paul (father)
Family using Agent Animal bag, © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Contents of the V&A Middle Eastern Marvels back-pack, © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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You may not have thought of including a gift to a museum in your will, but the V&A is a charity and legacies form an important source of funding for our work. It is not just the great collectors and the wealthy who leave legacies to the V&A. Legacies of all sizes, large and small, make a real difference to what we can do and your support can help ensure that future generations enjoy the V&A as much as you have.
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Buy nowEvent - Back-packs & Trails
Sat 27 December 2008–Tue 31 December 2013
FAMILY EVENT: Journey across the V&A with fantastic stories, games and multi-sensory materials. Choose from Back-packs, trails or, for the under 5s, an Agent Animal bag.
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