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www.museumofchildhood.org.uk

How to find us

Tube:Bethnal Green,Central Line, Zone 2.Overground:Whitechapel andShoreditch High Street.Rail:Cambridge Heath andBethnal Green.Buses: D6, 106, 254, 309 and388 stop outside, 8, 26, 55 and48 stop nearby.

Drop-off point and parking fortwo coaches on CambridgeHeath Road.

Free parking can be arranged forvisitors with specic access needs.

The Museum is wheelchairaccessible.

Assistance dogs are welcomein the Museum.

Limited metered parkingon surrounding roads

MondayFriday.

All details correct at time ofgoing to press.

Front Cover: The Old Pretender Doll,English 168090

information

V&A Museum of ChildhoodCambridge Heath RoadLondonE2 9PAwww.museumofchildhood.org.uk

Switchboard 020 8983 5200Bookings 020 8983 520524 hour information 020 8983 5235

admission frEEOpen daily10.0017.45Last admission 17.30

sHop10.0017.30Selling childrens books, gifts,stationery and pocket money toys.

bEnugo caf at tHE V&amusEum of cHildHood10.0017.00Serving superb lunches, freshlymade sandwiches and salads,delicious cakes and award-winning coffee.

cHildrEns partiEs, corporatEEVEnts and priVatE HirEYou can hire all or part of theMuseum. To nd out more call020 8983 5221.

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Call 020 8983 5205 or emailmocbookings@vam.ac.uk

Unless otherwise stated, all tourslast 60 minutes.

General admission to theMuseum is free.

Guided Tours cost 60 for amaximum of 25 people.

Talks for student groups cost3090 (dependent on thelength of the talk).

To ensure maximum enjoyment,we can only provide guided toursduring the Museums quietertimes weekdays between 14.30to 17.30, and weekends from10.15 to 12.15.

plEasE notE wHEn booKingAll groups must be booked inadvance.

All bookings will be conrmedby letter.

If you cancel your booking withless than 10 working days notice,

you will be charged the full rate.

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tHE royalconnEctionThe Museum has a longrelationship with the RoyalFamily ever since the Prince andPrincess of Wales attended theMuseums opening in 1872. Peekinto a dolls house decorated byQueen Mary. Gaze at a wax dollof Queen Victorias son, Arthur.Wonder at the delicate shoessent to Princess Mary for her

baby. Learn about the strangehistory of the Old Pretender doll,and marvel at a 17th centuryrocking horse reportedly ownedby King Charles I as a child.

Image credit: Doll group, Queen Anne andher Children, England, 183550

cHildHood pastand prEsEntChildhood is universal; however,no two childhoods are the same.Family life, education, wealth,war, health and cultural inuencesshape the experiences ofchildhood. This tour highlightsten objects that reect Britishchildhood over the past 300

years ranging from 18th centuryswaddling bands to 21st century

computer games.

talKs for studEntsA selection of talks, led by amember of our education team,are available for student (post 16)groups studying CACHE, history,post-graduate teacher trainingand NQTs. Sessions can bebooked on the following themes:Childcare and the VictorianNursery (30 minutes); Childrenin Sickness and Health (30 or 60minutes); How Children Learnin Museums (90 minutes); andLearning Outside the Classroom(30 minutes).

Image credit: Baby walker, English, 17001750toys from aroundtHE worldLearn surprising facts about theorigins of well-known toys andgames like Snakes and Ladders,Monopoly and Lego. See hand-made toys made by Africanchildren. Discover the originsof Russian nesting dolls. Findout how the Japanese celebratechildhood. Hear the curious taleof an 18th century Venetianpuppet theatre.

Image credit: Girls festival; Japanese doll

display, Shimazu Co. Ltd, Japan, 1990

tHE VictoriancHild at HomEDuring Queen Victorias 64 yearreign, enormous changes occurred

to the lives of children broughton by new education and labourlaws. This tour compares the livesof children from the early andlate Victorian periods as reectedthrough childrens fashion,furniture, and playthings. Thedolls house collection provides asnapshot of Victorian family lifeand shows the impact of socialand technological changes onthe growing middle classes.

Image credit: Perambulator, English, c 1905

V&a musEum ofcHildHoodFREE ENTRY

The V&A Museum of Childhoodin Bethnal Green is home to thenations collection of childhood-related objects dating from the1600s to the present day.

Explore the collection of toys

including dolls, dolls houses,puppets and teddy bears games,childcare, art, childrens clothingand furniture. Select from a rangeof private tours which feature upto ten key objects relating to yourchosen theme.

cHoosE from onEof our sEt tours:

trEasurEs oftHE musEumThis tour looks at the topten objects in the Museums

collection as selected by thecuratorial team. Marvel at anancient Egyptian doll, a 17thcentury Nuremberg dolls houseand a childs wardrobe designedto look like Kew Palace. Hearabout the Museums historysince opening in 1872.

Image credit: Childs wardrobe,Edmund Joy, England, 1712