The latest on V&A East Museum: it opened on April 18, 2026 in Stratford, London, with its inaugural exhibition The Music is Black: A British Story, and broader programming planned across the East Bank site. Local coverage notes the museum fills a key part of the East Bank cultural quarter and includes collaborations with east London communities.[2][3][4]
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It’ll launch with an exhibition covering 125 years of Black British music
www.timeout.comSir Sadiq Khan opened the new venue
ground.newsIt’s been a busy few years for London’s iconic Victoria & Albert museum, thanks to a whole bunch of major development projects on the go across the city.Fir
www.timeout.comLondon’s new V&A East Museum opens on 18 April 2026 with a music-focused inaugural show, expanding the capital’s major art and design offer in the Olympic Park.
www.thetraveler.orgThe V&A East, designed by the Irish architecture firm O'Donnell + Tuomey, will open to the public on April 18, 2026.
www.artnews.comV&A East director Gus Casely-Hayford tells Sky News his new museum and storehouse will celebrate diversity through its artists, curators and staff, while also making sure the East End venues serve the entire community rather than just a privileged few.
news.sky.comV&A East opens in Stratford this weekend (Saturday 18th April). Entry is free.
www.skiddle.comDedicated to creative opportunity and its power to bring change. Two free cultural destinations – V&A East Storehouse and Museum – will open up the V&A collection for all, celebrate making in all its forms and create new possibilities for everyone.
www.vam.ac.ukV&A East is dedicated to creative opportunity and its power to bring change. Two free cultural destinations – V&A East Storehouse and Museum – opening in east London, 2025. Go behind-the-scenes of our new spaces, find out about the objects and stories we are researching and gathering for display, and meet the people from east London and around the world who are helping to shape V&A East.
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