Hands-On Exhibits in the Galleries

Children building a model of the Crystal Palace in the British Galleries. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

There are hundreds of exciting hands-on exhibits throughout the Victoria and Albert Museum – look for the hands-on symbol on the Museum map.

Many of our galleries have interactive elements ranging from touch objects to videos, replica costume to computers, including:

• try on Victorian costume or build a replica of the Crystal Palace in the British Galleries (Victorian Discovery Area, Room 122b)
• make a brass rubbing or do a giant slider puzzle made of replica medieval tiles (Discover the Medieval World, Room 10c)
• put your hand inside an armour gauntlet and feel its weight (Renaissance Galleries, Room 62)
• find out how pots are made through touch objects and construction activities (Ceramics Galleries, Room 143)
• dress up in theatre costumes, including Grimaldi the clown, and make sound effects of rain and thunder (Theatre & Performance Galleries, Rooms 103-106)

'How ceramics are fired' interactive in the Ceramics Gallery, © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Armour gauntlet, Room 62, © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Dressing-up area in the Theatre & Performance Galleries, © Victoria and Albert Museum, London