V&A Museum of Childhood - Moving Museum - Learn to code and make your own mechanical toys this May Half Term

Moving Museum! Keep those hands and minds occupied this May Half Term with artist-led workshops helping you turn your fantasies into reality! Wind-up robots, toy cars and string puppets…the Museum is jumping with moving toys. Take a closer look at some of these intriguing objects with practising artists and makers.There’s plenty of free daily activities for you to drop in to, simply ask at the Information Desk for what is on the day you decide to pop by. Read more

Summer Art Camps  Monday 25 July – Friday 29 July or  Monday 1 – Friday 5 AugustThis summer, use your imagination to make the V&A Museum of Childhood come to life! In these artist-led Summer Camps you can create films, make giant toy cars and have messy fun creating your own Museum collection. Each camp lasts a maximum of 5 days and is jam-packed full of performance, creativity and fun from start to finish. Read more   Montessori Family Day Sunday 5 June 11.00-16.00 Free, Drop-in, All ages Montessori educators lead a Montessori focused play activities for children and their parents and carers. A range of creative activities will be introduced which can be also used in the home. In collaboration with Montessori Centre International and funded by Montessori St. Nicholas Charity. Read more   One-Day Conference on Britain's Child Migrants Saturday 11 June 10.00-16.00 Academics, artists and curators will join together for this one day conference to discuss the impact mass migration of children has on culture and society and the unresolved nature of troubling pasts. This conference marks the closing of the current exhibition On Their Own: Britain's Child Migrants (Until 12 June) Read more

Multi-Storey Orchestra Concert  Wednesday 15 June 20.30 – 21.30 Explore the Museum during this atmospheric late-night performance by Multi-Story Orchestra, as part of the Spitalfields Music Summer Festival. The concert features Gavin Bryar’s deeply moving 'Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet' and work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw.Read more AROUND LONDON:   V&A Museum of Childhood's Annual Summer Festival Sunday 24 July 11.30-16.30  Not to be missed! The Museum’s annual Summer Festival returns this year whatever the weather. With a colourful mix of live music and entertainment right on your doorstep. The Museum will come alive with buzzing programme of dance, walkabout acts, designer stalls, food, face painting, henna, rickshaw rides, games and lots for all to make and do. Read more

Monster Families at Horniman Museum and Gardens Until 30 OctoberDiscover how dinosaurs looked after their eggs, nests and babies in this fascinating interactive family exhibition. See the near-complete skeleton of a dinosaur hatchling, touch a real dinosaur leg bone and come face-to-face with a life-size Tarbosaurus skeleton cast. Read more   Spitalfields Music Festival: Scottish Ensemble & Anna Meredith Monday 6 - Tuesday 7 June 6.30pm & 8.30pm Join The Scottish Ensemble, the UK’s only professional string orchestra, for a world premiere of Vivaldi’s iconic Four Seasons as you’ve never heard it before. The music intertwines Vivaldi’s original with Anna Meredith’s own writing using cadenzas and electronics alongside visual projections to modernise and digitalise a whole new world for Vivaldi’s well-known work. Read more