Pre-booking Recommended.
We anticipate this event being incredibly popular we therefore recommend that you prebook your FREE admission to our London site.
Join us for a fun-filled day to celebrate 80 years since Victory in Europe (VE) Day. Families can enjoy creative workshops, dress up in 1940s fashion, and experience the joy of VE Day as it was in 1945.
Best Dressed Family Prize
Wear your favourite 1940s outfit, civilian clothing or Allied uniforms only.
You could win a prize for best dressed family!
Bunting Decorating Workshop
Decorate bunting with us to help celebrate VE Day.
Location: H3/H4 Aeronauts Lunch Space (behind simulators)
Date: Saturday 10th May
Timings: Drop in from 11.00 – 13.00 and 14.00 – 16.00
Ticket Price: FREE
Recommended Age: Fun for all the family!
Biscuit Decorating Workshop
Design and decorate biscuits inspired by 1940s styles.
Location: H3/H4 Aeronauts lunch space (behind simulators)
Date: Saturday 10th May
Timings: Drop in from 11.00 – 13.00 and 14.00 – 16.00
Ticket Price: FREE
Recommended age: Fun for all the family!
Decorate our street party tablecloth!
On VE Day, many communities held street parties in celebration. Add your drawings to our giant tablecloth and find out how neighbours celebrated VE Day in 1945.
Location: H3/H4 Aeronauts lunch space (behind simulators)
Date: Saturday 10th May
Timings: Drop in from 11.00 – 13.00 and 14.00 – 16.00
Ticket Price: FREE
Recommended Age: Fun for all the family!
Try On Real RAF Outfits
Step into the past by wearing original RAF uniforms and VE Day clothing.
Location: H4 (by the stairs, past the simulators)
Date: Saturday 10th May
Timings: All day
Ticket Price: FREE
Recommended Age: Fun for all the family!
1940s Photobooth
Snap a photo in 1940s outfits and take home a memory.
Location: H4 (by the stairs, past the simulators)
Date: Saturday 10th May
Timings: All day
Ticket Price: FREE
Recommended Age: Fun for all the family!
Please note: This activity includes flashing images and may not be suitable for people with photo-sensitive epilepsy.
Storytelling in the Art Gallery
Listen to exciting VE Day stories for all ages.
Location: In the Art Gallery, H5
Date: Saturday 10th May
Timings: 15-minute sessions from 11.15am – 12.15pm, and 2.45pm – 3.45pm
Ticket Price: FREE
Recommended Age: Fun for all the family!
Live Music
Enjoy live performances of 1940s music and Churchill’s speech.
Location: H4 and H5, in front of the Lancaster and near Fighter Four
Date: Saturday 10th May
What’s happening and when:
- 10.50 am – Churchill Speech and remembrance
- 11.00 am – Military Wives Choir
- 11.30 am – RAF Honington Big Band (45mins)
- 12.45pm – RAF Honington Big Band (45 mins)
- 2.00pm – Hot Swing Boheme (30 mins)
- 3.00pm – Hot Swing Boheme (30 mins)
Ticket Price: FREE
Recommended Age: Fun for all the family!
Archives Revealed
Come and meet our Archive and Library team, and view some original material from our collection. The display will feature documents including log books, photographs and personal letters, which convey the path to victory, and show how personnel and their families experienced VE Day.
Location: H345 Foyer
Date: Saturday 10th May
Timings: All day
Ticket Price: FREE
Recommended Age: Fun for all the family!
The Next Morning
Watch for free this National Theatre Production, showcasing the hopes of young people the next morning after VE Day. On show all day, just pop in.
Set in contemporary Britain, The Next Morning interweaves three stories of children uncovering
personal reflections from the day peace was declared in Europe in 1945.
As a wartime time capsule is uncovered in an allotment, a granddaughter discovers a diary in
the attic, and a grandson reads an unsent letter to a father lost in the war, memories of VE Day
resonate with new meaning. A new generation listens, reads, and remembers as the echoes of
history come alive through diaries, keepsakes, and family stories — culminating in a new time
capsule buried for the future.
Location: Lecture Theatre, H345 Foyer
Date: Saturday 10th May
Timings: All day
Ticket Price: FREE
Recommended Age: Fun for all the family!