Plan a visit
Hours & admission
Admission to the Victoria and Albert Museum 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 times.
Closed 24, 25 & 26 December.
Tunnel entrance
Daily: 10.00 - 17.40
Friday: 10.00 - 22.00
Getting here
Victoria and Albert Museum
The V&A café
Enjoy a wide selection of food and drink in three beautifully designed period rooms, in the world's oldest museum restaurant.
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Daily: 10.00 - 17.15
Friday: 10.00 - 21.30
The Garden Café is closed in December and January
More information at 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 are available in the café. High chairs are provided in the main and Garden Café.
Packed lunches can be eaten in the Learning Centre's Lunchroom on the 3rd floor and the garden.
Toilet facilities
Toilets can be found on levels 0 to 4. Disabled access toilets can be found on levels 1 to 4. Baby changing facilities are found on levels 0, 1, 2, and 4.
Cloakrooms
Cloakrooms can be found in the Grand Entrance and Exhibition Road entrance.
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 submitted to the cloakroom less than 30 minutes before the Museum closes will not be accepted.
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, lifts or toilets.
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.
Accessibility
There is full access to the galleries 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.
Other opening hours
Galleries
Reduced gallery openings on Fridays after 18.00
The National Art Library
Daily: 10.00 - 17.30 (Closed Sunday & Monday)
Friday: 10.00 - 18.30
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, Beatrice 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 70: Early silver
Room 71: Huguenot, Regency and Virtuoso silver
Room 72: Boxes and Micromosaics
Room 73: Italian Souvenirs
Rooms 17-20: Buddhist Sculpture
We aim to open all galleries at all times.
Contact
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 2211
Monday to Friday, 09.00 - 17.30
Book a tour
Get closer to the Museum and its collections with our programme of free and private group tours.
Learn morePhotography and sketching
Photography and sketching are welcomed throughout most of the Museum, except in some temporary exhibition spaces.
Photography, sketching and other gallery guidelines
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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