Drop-in Design: Your Future City

This October half term, families are invited to imagine, redesign and build shared public buildings and landmarks of tomorrow in this hands-on drop-in design workshop. 

What might a library look like in 2050? Choose a school, hospital, library, train station or something entirely new and reinvent it for the future.  

Take inspiration from Design 1900–Now galleries, which explore how design has changed the ways we live, work, travel, communicate and more, over the past 125 years. Work with surprising materials, shapes, structures and ideas found in the collection, to get designing and making your own futuristic buildings.  

Using recycled materials, bring your ideas to life by making a mini model of your dream building. Then add it to our city of the future that will grow and change over five days. 

This is a free, drop-in event for families to enjoy all together; no child can be left unattended. Suitable for ages 5+.   
 
Visit Essentials and Accessibility  
Food and drinks - Children's meal deals and highchairs are available in our cafés. Packed lunches can be eaten in the Lunchroom or John Madejski Garden.
   
Breastfeeding & Baby Changing - Breastfeeding is welcome throughout the V&A. Quiet spaces are available for those who prefer privacy. Baby changing facilities are available in most toilets.
   
Buggy Park - There are main buggy park areas near Cromwell Road entrance and the cloakroom near Exhibition Road entrance. Ask a member of staff to direct you to a buggy park.
 
This visual story provides images and information to help you plan and prepare for your visit to the museum V&A South Kensington visual story.

The Museum is accessible and step-free. Please find further information by clicking here. 

Ear defenders - ear defenders are available to pick up from the Learning Centre Desk. 

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If you have any further questions, please email the families team on families@vam.ac.uk. 

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