Find out about Family Art Fun! events - from free activities available every day to special workshops in the school holidays. With hundreds of hands-on exhibits, the V&A is a great place to visit with your family.
About Family Art Fun
Why the V&A encourages family visits, and provides activities and events that interest and involve adults and child…
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Hands-on exhibits in the galleries
There are interactive displays throughout the Museum. You can dress up, try on armour, make a brass rubbing or desi…
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Family Art Fun! Trails
Pick up one of our free family trails and set off to explore the Museum through puzzles, drawing and observation ga…
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Backpacks
Our award-winning backpacks are full of brilliant hands-on activities including jigsaws, stories, puzzles, construc…
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Gallery Plays
V&A Gallery Plays tell the story of how and why objects were made and ended up in the Museum. Little Lights Theatre…
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Drop-in Design
Become a design detective and search the V&A for design clues and ideas. Join our team back in the Sackler Centre a…
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Imagination Station
The Imagination Station is all about creativity and ideas. Visit to have fun exploring the museum and let your imag…
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Make-it workshops
The Make-it workshops give families an opportunity to work together with a practising artist or designer in a relax…
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Digital Kids
Come and join us for Digital Kids activities in our state-of-the-art digital studio and get creative with a five mi…
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Facilities
The V&A offers a range of facilities to make your visit more comfortable and enjoyable. Find out what's available t…
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Running a digital educational event in a museum or gallery
A step-by-step guide for museum educators and programmers to setting up and running digital events in museums and galleries.
Beatrix Potter: furnishing the imagination
Beatrix Potter had an interest in furniture and furnishings from childhood. Potter sketched many of the pieces of furniture she acquired for her house at Hill Top, with some of the pieces furnishing scenes in her picture books. At Hill Top, Beatrix arranged each room as a stage on which to play out the stories in her imagination.
Music for the harpsichord
Recordings of 'Venetiana Gagliarda' and 'Passemezzo di nome antico' - pieces likely to have been performed on harpsichord. The harpsichord was a popular instrument in wealthy Italian households.
Beatrix Potter: place as inspiration
Gardens, landscape and nature intrigued Potter and inspired the settings of several books, including the tales of Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny and Tom Kitten. Adopting an animal's perspective, she delighted in sketching objects that an inquisitive rabbit might find appealing: potting sheds, cold frames, water butts, trellises, winding paths, box hedges and vegetable patches.
Bookings & tickets
Bookings and tickets for exhibitions, activities and events
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V&A Family Gift Membership
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Buy nowEvent - Drop in Design
Sun 07 September 2008–Sun 30 December 2012
FAMILY EVENT: Every Sunday and during some school holidays, from 10.30 to 17.00 explore the V&A's collections through drawing and making activities. Choose a challenge, hunt for ideas in the galleries then create and make your own designs as a family - from fantasy doors to fancy hats.
