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9 Aug 2025

Create your own art and design sourcebook with help from the V&A.

Discover how designers gather inspiration and develop ideas by creating your own postcard-sized sourcebook – a mini reference book filled with sketches, textures, colours and patterns. Then, explore items from the V&A collection to inspire and enrich your work.

In this hands-on session, you'll be guided through the creative process, sparking ideas and helping you fill your book with visual references, just like a designer would.

All materials will be provided and no prior experience needed – just bring your curiosity and creativity.

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For:
Families
How to attend:
In-person only
Good to know:
This is a free, drop-in event.

Need to know

The museum is open every day 10am – 5pm.

If you have time, why not also visit our free galleries and get more in-depth with Docklands history? And don't forget that under-12s get free entry to our Secrets of the Thames exhibition with fascinating finds from our city's foreshore.

Our address is London Museum Docklands, No. 1 Warehouse, West India Quay, London E14 4AL. We're just a few minutes away from Canary Wharf and West India Quay.

Check our need to know page to get the answers to all the frequently asked questions about visiting, facilities and accessibility

Our building is accessible and we have lifts on every floor. If you need any help, please ask our friendly Hosts at the Information Desk when you arrive.

You'll find everything you need to know on our access page.

Our family-friendly cafe is the perfect place to sit down and relax for a bite or tea break. We have lunch boxes for kids, sandwiches, pastries, snacks and a wide selection of hot and cold drinks.

You’ll also find our shop with a curated range of gifts and souvenirs, including posters, prints, toys, books and jewellery.

More about shopping, eating & drinking

Prams and buggies are welcome in the museum. However, due to our Secrets of the Thames exhibition, buggy parking is limited on the Ground Floor.