V and A Museum of Childhood
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Cambridge Heath Road, Tower Hamlets, London E2 9PA
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10am-5.45pm
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The Museum of Childhood houses the UK's largest collection of toys including dolls, dolls' houses, puppets, games, and toys. Collections showcase all aspects of childhood, from games throughout the ages to a historical look at cots, prams and feeding bottles (including a 19th century ceramic bottle). The World in the East End exhibit tells stories of childhood from the East End through toys and stories, and there are plenty of hands-on exhibits including rocking horses, windup trains, and gravity powered cars. The Museum opened in 1872, when a prefabricated iron structure originally intended for South Kensington was moved to Bethnal Green. Originally, the museum housed collections from the Great Exhibition of 1851, and the art collection of Sir Richard Wallace (now The Wallace Collection).
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London > Apartment > Apartment
Patriot Square, E2 | 4 minutes from V and A Museum of Childhood
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11 Mare Street, Hackney, London E8 | 10 minutes from V and A Museum of Childhood
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136 Kingsland Road, Hackney, London E2 | 19 minutes from V and A Museum of Childhood
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21-23 Vyner Street, Hackney, London E2 | 9 minutes from V and A Museum of Childhood
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45 Vyner Street, Hackney, London E2 | 9 minutes from V and A Museum of Childhood
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30 Vyner Street, Hackney, London E2 | 9 minutes from V and A Museum of Childhood
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231 Cambridge Heath Road, Tower Hamlets, London E2 | 1 minute from V and A Museum of Childhood
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231 Cambridge Heath Road, Tower Hamlets, London E2 | 1 minute from V and A Museum of Childhood
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Arch 10, Gales Gardens, Tower Hamlets, London E2 | 2 minutes from V and A Museum of Childhood
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Unit 1a Watermans Building, Assembly Passage, Tower Hamlets, London E1 | 10 minutes from V and A Museum of Childhood
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5-15 Old Ford Road, Tower Hamlets, London E2 | 3 minutes from V and A Museum of Childhood
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Grove Road, Tower Hamlets, Tower Hamlets, London E3 | 12 minutes from V and A Museum of Childhood
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Grove Road, Tower Hamlets, Tower Hamlets, London E3 | 12 minutes from V and A Museum of Childhood
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277 Globe Road, Tower Hamlets, London E2 | 3 minutes from V and A Museum of Childhood
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277 Globe Road, Tower Hamlets, London E2 | 3 minutes from V and A Museum of Childhood
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255 Globe Road, Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, London E2 | 3 minutes from V and A Museum of Childhood
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255 Globe Road, Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, London E2 | 3 minutes from V and A Museum of Childhood
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379 Bethnal Green Road, Tower Hamlets, London E2 | 4 minutes from V and A Museum of Childhood
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379 Bethnal Green Road, Tower Hamlets, London E2 | 4 minutes from V and A Museum of Childhood
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199 Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green Gardens, E2 | 1 minute from V and A Museum of Childhood
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199 Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green Gardens, E2 | 1 minute from V and A Museum of Childhood
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359 Bethnal Green Road, Tower Hamlets, London E2 | 7 minutes from V and A Museum of Childhood
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359 Bethnal Green Road, Tower Hamlets, London E2 | 7 minutes from V and A Museum of Childhood
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Bistrotheque
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23-27 Wadeson Street, Hackney, London E2 | 9 minutes from V and A Museum of Childhood
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23-27 Wadeson Street, Hackney, London E2 | 9 minutes from V and A Museum of Childhood
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2 Fournier Street, Broadgate, Spitalfields, London E1 | 19 minutes from V and A Museum of Childhood
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2 Fournier Street, Broadgate, Spitalfields, London E1 | 19 minutes from V and A Museum of Childhood
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380 Old Street, Shoreditch, London EC1V | 21 minutes from V and A Museum of Childhood
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380 Old Street, Shoreditch, London EC1V | 21 minutes from V and A Museum of Childhood
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