My honest review of London’s £135,000,000 V&A East Museum that took 10 years to build

Metro gets a first look at London’s newest museum (Picture: David Parry)

Museums rarely elicit public displays of emotion.

They educate, sure; prompt reflection, yes. On a good day, they challenge. But it’s not often that they provoke a physical response.

Much to my delight, visitors at the newly opened V&A East Museum were swaying – some all out dancing – to the sound in their headphones.

A decade in the making, V&A East is finally here.

Located in Stratford, on the same stretch as the BBC, Sadler’s Wells East and UAL, it is V&A’s fin...