Nursery World - Children to play at museum curator

The V&A Museum of Childhood has transformed a gallery into a working design studio, enabling children to experiment with new ways of displaying objects.

The display and ‘test lab’ area in the galleries is part of refurbishment plans to become the world’s ‘most joyful’ museum.

Children, young people and families are invited to feed back on work in progress, test out display ideas, talk with the team and shape the future of the building.

In Open Studio, visitors are encouraged to physically hold and interact with objects from the V&A collection and to propose design and curatorial ideas for the new galleries.

The studio’s first display, which opens on Friday (14 June) is a special installation of fantastical shoebox rooms made by refugees in Jordan around themes of home and community.

The Giant Dolls’ Houses Project, made in collaboration with Catja de Haas Architects and Oxfam, is part of the London Festival of Architecture and Refugee Week, and will be open for 10 days.

The museum is running a free workshop tomorrow (15 June) for families to make their own shoebox houses in response to the display.

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