Meet the Team: Transforming the Museum of Childhood
There are a lot of people on the team tasked with reinventing the V&A Museum of Childhood. We need a wide group of museum professionals invested in the project who have different types of...
View ArticleThe vital role of creative education
The recent publication of Arts Council England’s ‘Durham Commission on Creativity and Education.’ The work of an impressive cohort of educationalists, academics, teachers, and artists The post The...
View ArticleMoving House: Decant of the Museum of Childhood Stores
Before embarking on our transformation of the V&A Museum of Childhood we need to complete a number of what we call ‘enabling’ projects. These are activities which need to be done before we can...
View ArticleBirthday Bear
Every November our regular postbag becomes punctuated with little colourful birthday cards. They are often carefully hand-decorated and filled with illustrations, scraps and stickers. The cards come...
View ArticleTakeover Day at the V&A Museum of Childhood
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View ArticleThe Second Half! More Rugby at the V&A
When I wrote the first part of this post back in the autumn, I had every intention of getting part two out for the 2019 Rugby World Cup Final. Alas, it came around all too... The post The Second Half!...
View ArticleCan elephants get BAFTAs? My televisual adventure with Pumpie
Can elephants get BAFTAs? My televisual adventure with Pumpie. History is full of famous elephants. From Hannibal’s army to Jumbo, Elmer to Mr. Snuffleupagus, the size, demeanour and general...
View ArticleAgain, what are museum objects for? And who cares anyway?
Many of us are at home, practising social distancing or self-isolation as a result of the Covid-19 global pandemic. Friends and family have been sending me messages about how they are spending their...
View ArticleA Russian Museum of Childhood?
I’ve been learning Russian for a few years and each term in class we look at a different theme: most recently childhood, toys and games. I’ve been looking for objects in the V&A’s collection...
View ArticleTime for Play Residency
I am a Danish architect who specialises in museum and community projects. My residency began with an exploration of outdoor play and reimagined traditional street games, looking to connect the Museum...
View ArticlePlayful ways to recreate the Museum of Childhood
In my job as Senior Creative Producer at the Museum of Childhood, I get to work with our Activity Assistants, who are the people who bring all sorts of creative ideas to the museum floor... The post...
View ArticleOn playifying your home
I have noticed over the last few months the multiple and diverse stages we have found in our home spaces; platforms from which we can express ourselves while not being able to be with our... The post...
View ArticleMoC doodles: Are you ready to join in?
Do you doodle? The V&A Museum of Childhood Doodle Club has been a weekly feature in our social channels for a couple of months, and we’ve had a number of responses from our friends and... The post...
View Article#LetsMakeWednesdays – Portraits
A portrait is a picture, drawing or painting of a person. It can include images of animals, clothing, places or colours that mean something to the person in the portrait. For thousands of years...
View ArticleThe Outdoor Gallery
The lockdown has fundamentally changed our local communities. We rediscovered our parks; new and old digital communities were popping up everywhere. But what effect will these new ‘corona bubbles’...
View ArticleRussian toy bears in hibernation at the V&A Museum of Childhood
In my last blog I looked at a poster for a Russian toy museum which celebrated traditional russian folk toys. The V&A’s V&A Museum of Childhood has a number of traditional toys from all over......
View ArticleThe Outdoor Gallery: Part Two
As I restart my residency at the V&A Museum of Childhood, I reflected on the past few months and my pre-lockdown research. As museums around the world closed their doors, it got me thinking more......
View Article#LetsMakeWednesdays – spectacular sensory stories
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View ArticleSkill and Strategy: A Brief History of Wargames
I was fresh from an MA in Museum Studies and eager to begin my career in the museum capital of the world when the pandemic struck. The post Skill and Strategy: A Brief History of Wargames appeared...
View Article#LetsMakeWednesdays – causes for change!
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