Unions have suspended a planned strike at the V&A following an improved pay offer, allowing the museum’s London sites to remain open. Prospect and PCS have agreed to talks with museum management facilitated by Acas.

The development, reported on 26 October 2026, changes the immediate prospect of disruption at the museum. The unions’ decision pauses the planned industrial action while providing for further discussions with management over pay.

The suspension does not, on the information available, establish that a final pay agreement has been reached. The confirmed position is that the offer has improved, the planned strike has been suspended and both unions have agreed to participate in the talks.

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For visitors, the immediate consequence is that the London sites will stay open. For management and the unions, the agreed next step is the Acas-facilitated process; no timetable or outcome for those discussions is specified in the available information.

The available information gives no pay figures or detailed terms of the improved offer.