Plan a visit
Admission to the V&A is free
Some exhibitions and events carry a separate charge.
Exhibitions are free for Members.
Museum opening hours
Daily: 10.00 – 17.45
Friday: 10.00 – 22.00
Exhibitions close 15 minutes prior to Museum closing.
Reduced gallery openings on Fridays after 17.30.
Closed 24, 25 & 26 December.
Tunnel entrance
Daily: 10.00 – 17.40
Friday: 10.00 – 22.00
Getting here
Eating & Drinking
Enjoy a wide selection of food and drink in a choice of three exceptional spaces: the world's oldest museum restaurant with its beautifully designed period rooms, the Garden Cafe or our new Courtyard Cafe in the Exhibition Road Quarter.
Find out more about our cafésMain Café
Daily: 10.00 – 17.15
Friday: 10.00 – 21.30
The Garden Café
The Garden Café is open year-round, weather permitting in December and January.
The Courtyard Café
Daily: 08.30 – 17.30
Friday: 08.30 – 21.30
Please note: The Courtyard Café opening are subject to change.
More information: v&a@benugo.com
Family visits
Visit the V&A for a fun and creative day out for all the family
Free activities are available every day and special workshops run during school holidays.
Lunch time
Children's meal deals and high chairs are available in our cafés.
Packed lunches can be eaten in the Sackler Centre for arts education Lunchroom or in The John Madejski Garden.
Breastfeeding
You are welcome to breastfeed throughout the Museum. Quiet spaces are available for those who prefer privacy
Maps
Use our interactive map to discover the many treasures in our galleries, find out where events are happening in the Museum or just check the location of the café, shops, toilets, lifts or cloakrooms.
Printed maps are available at all entrance points of the Museum, and you can also print a map of the V&A before your visit.
Toilet facilities
Toilets can be found on levels 0 to 4. Baby changing facilities are found on levels 0, 1, 2, and 4.
Accessible Toilets:
Level 0 - Exhibition Road | Sackler Centre
Level 1 - Sackler Centre | Grand Entrance | Room 33
Level 2 - Room 56
Level 3 - Room 66
Level 4 - Room 123 | Lecture Theatre
Cloakrooms
Cloakrooms can be found in the Grand Entrance and Exhibition Road Quarter.
All large bags and wheeled cases must be checked in.
Luggage is charged per item:
£1 - Coats, small bags, umbrellas, child scooters, prams and pushchairs.
£3 - Cabin bags (56cm x 45cm x 21cm).
£5 - Large bags, folding bikes and adult scooters.
Items cannot be accepted 30 minutes prior to the Museum closing.
A dedicated pushchair storage area is available in the Exhibition Road Quarter.
Access
Our galleries are fully accessible and we have a wide range of services for disabled visitors
Assistance dogs are welcome. Wheelchairs, walking frames, sound enhancement equipment for guided tours, large print maps and a full access guide to the Museum are available from the information desk in the Grand Entrance.
The V&A shop
Find inspiration in our incredible range of exclusive gifts, jewellery, books, fashion, prints & posters, fabrics and much more...
Shop & bookshop
Daily: 10.00 – 17.30
Friday: 10.00 – 21.30
Other opening hours
The National Art Library
Daily: 10.00 – 17.30 (closed Sunday & Monday)
Friday: 10.00 – 18.30
Plus seasonal closures
Study Rooms
Prints and Drawings, RIBA Architecture, Ceramics and South & South East Asia
Access by appointment only
Archives
Archive of Art & Design, the V&A Archive, Beatrix Potter Archives and Theatre & Performance Archives
Access by appointment only
Clothworkers’ Centre for the Study and Conservation of Textiles and Fashion
Access by appointment only
Gallery closures
Room 38a
Rooms 91 – 93 (Jewellery) will be closed for refurbishment 3 January – 11 April 2019
Gallery 220 – will be closed between 13:00 – 16:00, 29 December
The John Lyons Charity Community Gallery – will be closed between 13:00 – 16:00, 29 December
If you are coming to the Museum to see something in a specific gallery, you are advised to contact us in advance of your travel.
Tel: +44 (0)20 7942 2000
Monday – Sunday, 09.30 – 17.30
Book a tour
Get closer to the Museum and its collections with our programme of free and private group tours
Find out morePhotography and sketching
Photography and sketching are welcomed throughout most of the Museum, except in some temporary exhibition spaces.
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Places to stay
There are a wide selection of accommodation options close to the V&A. The following hotels support the Museum:
The Kensington Hotel
The Egerton House Hotel
Jumeirah Carlton Tower
Starhotels UK
Edwardian Hotels London
Baglioni Hotel London
Maybourne Hotel Group