The redesigned museum, which is set to reopen in Bethnal Green in its original Grade II* listed building in 2023, will be ‘a place to play, create, debate and design for tomorrow’ for children from birth to 14, the V&A said.
The museum's new mission is to inspire young people with the creative ingenuity of design, to empower educators and to act as a leader in child-centred museum practice.
Director of the V&A, Tristram Hunt, said, ‘Young people’s lives have been dramatically altered by the pandemic, yet they have adapted and enriched the soul of the nation in extraordinary ways – from a rainbow campaign honouring the NHS to Sky Brown’s skateboarding achievements for Team GB.
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