V&A Museum of Childhood - Get Musical This Christmas

V&A Museum of Childhood Christmas Newsletter

Get musical this Christmas! 26 November - 5 January Join us for musical festive fun for the whole family throughout the Christmas season! From our Christmas Designer Market & Sing A Long Saturdays to our Sounds of Christmas Display and Audio Walk, there's something for everyone! #SoundsLikeChristmas Find out more

FAMILY & ADULT EVENTS & ACTIVITIES FAMILY EVENT Christmas Designer Market Sunday 26 November FREE, All Ages Enter into the Christmas spirit with a glass of mulled wine, a mince pie, & the melodic sounds of the Becontree Brass Band whilst you discover unique gifts from some of London’s most exciting established & emerging independent designers Find out more ► FAMILY ACTIVITY Sounds of Christmas Display and Audio Walk 27 November 2017- 5 January 2018  FREE, Ages 5+ Come on an unusual sensory journey through the Museum. Pick up an audio trail and be guided by a colourful narrator around the Museum and into a series of objects that will spark your imagination through sound. Explore the changing sounds of Christmas through our new Museum display. The audio trail features specially commissioned pieces by the acclaimed sound artist Neil Luck. Find out more ► ADULT EVENT Christmas Colour, Listen and Rest Thursday 7 December Adults Escape the stress of Christmas with an evening of relaxing music and creativity. Feel a sense of intense well-being using beautiful colours to embellish the drawings of artist Amy Brown, whilst enjoying a glass of wine and from award-winning harpist, Ruby Aspinall, and musician, M G Boulter, in the museum’s atmospheric environment Find out more ► ADULT EVENT Ensemble Perpetuo, Childhood Revisited Wednesday 20 December Adults Ensemble Perpetuo will take you on a journey through the museum performing a beautiful repertoire, inspired by childhood, and accompanied by the museum’s curators. From Janáček and Mozart to Debussy you will be enraptured in this historic Find out more ► VIEW ALL EVENTS

EXHIBITIONS & DISPLAYS DISPLAY Sister Brother Opens 25 November FREE Admission The roles we are given within the family group are embedded from an early age and become defining elements of who we are.  We often describe ourselves in relation to our sister or brother and compare similarities and differences. This set of portraits by Madeleine Waller aims to explore sibling relationships and how they affect our sense of identity. Find out more ► EXHIBITION Michael Morpurgo:  A Lifetime in Stories Until 25 February 2018 FREE Admission Michael Morpurgo is one of Britain’s best loved story makers and this unique exhibition showcases, the notebooks and manuscripts that became the classics we know today. Explore the secrets behind Michael’s storytelling through his original drafts, adaptations, scripts and unpublished manuscripts. Find out more ►

Sounds Like Christmas at the V&A South Kensington 27 November 2017 - 6 January 2018Featuring choirs, candlelit concerts, pop-up performances, film screenings, a spectacular Christmas tree created by set designer Es Devlin, decoration making workshops and more, the festive period will be celebrated through music from opera to Christmas number ones. Learn More