Making Egypt at the Young V&A is the UK’s first child-centered exhibition around creativity in ancient Egypt.
The museum, located in Bethnal Green, London, is offering free term-time tickets to the exhibition for schools on Monday to Thursday mornings from 3rd March - 18th July 2025 and from 8th September - 17th October 2025.
The exhibition, titled Making Egypt, is running from 15th February to 2nd November 2025 and will showcase how Egypt has inspired design creativity through ancient artefacts and contemporary art and design. It will be divided into three sections: storytelling, communicating and making – each exploring Egyptian creativity in a different way.
Over 200 creative works spanning over 5,500 years from the V&A’s collection, along with national loans will be displayed.
Items will range from the fully painted inner sarcophagus of Princess Sopdet-em-haawt and ancient inscribed monuments, to contemporary comics, games and films, including Moon Knight, Minecraft, LEGO® and The Mummy (1999).
Hands-on activities will be available, designed to bring learners closer to the tools, materials and skills used in ancient Egypt. Activities will include drawing with scale, deciphering hieroglyphics and designing amulets.
Benjamin Hinson, curator of Making Egypt, said: “Ancient Egypt fascinates us like no other society. As a fundamentally visual culture, Egypt has influenced art, design and performance for centuries and remains just as compelling today.
“From exploring Egypt’s stories, making processes and techniques to thinking about the heritage and cultural presentation of objects from an ancient society, Making Egypt will offer our young visitors fresh insights into the creative practices of one of the longest-lasting civilizations in the world, showcasing how an ancient culture can inspire the future makers of today.”
For more information about the exhibition visit www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/making-egypt.
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