V&A East Museum opens in London with ‘The Music is Black: A British Story’ exhibition | Songlines
Friday, April 17, 2026

V&A East Museum opens in London with ‘The Music is Black: A British Story’ exhibition

By Lucia Gadau

New five-storey museum in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park launches on April 18 with landmark exhibition charting 125 years of Black British music

Inside V&A East Museum’S Why We Make Galleries © David Parry For The V&A (11)

V&A East Museum (Photo: David Parry)

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