REINVENTING THE V&A MUSEUM OF CHILDHOOD

Abstract

In 2018 the Victoria and Albert Museum launched a capital project to transform the Museum of Childhood from a museum of the social and material history of childhood to a powerhouse of creativity for the young. This paper therefore takes the reinvention of the MoC as a case study to explore the process of change and the key drivers for inculcating and realising the transformed museum. In particular, the process of co-design with and for young people is considered as a mechanism for change in creating future facing museums that speak to the needs of young people in a rapidly changing and complex world.

Keywords

• museum
• children
• creativity
• capital transformation
• Museum of Childhood
• the Victoria and Albert Museum