"which is due to open to the public on Saturday, April 18 2026. Opening just shy of a decade after it was first announced as part of the £1.1 billion development of Stratford's East Bank cultural quarter, the 7,000 square metre museum will bring together exhibits that speak to both east London's creative heritage and the voices that are shaping contemporary culture across the globe today."
"Also announced today are details of the free-to-visit permanent galleries, new commissions and temporary exhibitions that comprise the museum's opening displays. These include the Why We Make Galleries, a permanent display spread across two of the museum's five floors. The galleries will feature 500 objects from the V&A's collection, arranged into ten key themes addressing the most pressing issues in contemporary society, from representation, identity and wellbeing to social justice and environmental action."
V&A East will open to the public on April 18, 2026 as a 7,000 square metre museum in Stratford's East Bank cultural quarter. The museum forms part of a broader programme of V&A developments across London, following a Bethnal Green revamp that reopened in June 2023 and the recent V&A East Storehouse. The new site will display 500 objects in the Why We Make Galleries across two floors, organised into ten themes that address representation, identity, wellbeing, social justice and environmental action. Early visitors will also see the first iteration of a six-monthly creative commissions programme.
Read at Time Out London
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