Childhood

Q&A | ‘We need to ensure all children are able to have a meaningful experience’

Leigh-Anne Stradeski, the head of Eureka! The National Children's Museum, on supporting the development of young people

Young people are co-designing their own spaces for creative learning

Involving under-18s in the museum-making process is taking the sector in a new direction. Beth Williamson reports

Young V&A named family friendly museum of the year

National Civil War Centre and Turner Contemporary also win Kids in Museums awards

Young V&A wins Art Fund Museum of the Year 2024

Children’s museum to invest £120,000 prize in early-years community programme

Digital | Young V&A quizzes, archives brought to life on TikTok, and dinosaurs in 3D

We take a scroll through the latest digital content

Child’s play | Young V&A, London

This revamped museum for children is fun and informative

Young V&A shapes up for a new generation

East London venue has been revamped as a space 'for children' rather than a museum of childhood

Child’s play | Eureka! Science + Discovery, Wirral

This fun, educational attraction engages youngsters, but it's worth planning your visit carefully

Q&A | ‘It’s been thrilling, fulfilling and humbling to see children’s ideas become reality’

As Young V&A prepares to reopen, Helen Charman and Philippa Simpson reflect on how the child-led redevelopment has made them look at museum practice in a new light

National Trust opens first country house for children

Reimagined Sudbury Hall aims to be a first-of-its-kind heritage experience

National Trust to open Children’s Country House

Concept has been developed at Sudbury Hall in Derbyshire

Whizz kid

Gina Koutsika, the director (creativity and skills) of the V&A Museum of Childhood in east London, tells Eleanor Mills about the venue’s forthcoming redevelopment