<p class="ingestion featured-caption">The Young Victoria & Albert Museum is located in Bethnal Green, London.Paige Bruton/Business Insider</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>The Young Victoria and Albert Museum recently won a "Museum of the Year" Award. </li><li>The museum reopened after a three-year, $16.8 million redevelopment.</li></ul><p>The Young Victoria and Albert Museum in London describes itself as <a target="_blank" href="https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/museum-life/young-va-open?doing_wp_cron=1721633285.5563321113586425781250">"the world's most joyful museum</a>." In July, it was crowned "Museum of the Year" by nonprofit, Art Fund.</p><p><a target="_blank" class href="https://www.artfund.org/museum-of-the-year/history">The award</a> is given annually to a museum or gallery in the UK and includes a £120,000 ($155,000) prize.</p><p>After closing for three years as part of a £13 million ($16.8 million) redevelopment initiative, the Young V&A now includes three permanent exhibitions: "Play," "Imagine," and "Design."</p><p>Entry to the museum is free, except for its temporary ticketed exhibitions, which currently costs £9 ($11.70) for adults and children aged four and above.</p><p>I traveled to the Young V&A to determine if it really is the "world's most joyful museum."</p>