The Victoria and Albert Museum is in South Kensington

The Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) in London has raised more than ￡30m for ambitious redevelopment plans.

Over the next five years, the museum plans to open galleries dedicated to architecture, sculpture, Islamic art and jewellery, among others.

Next year, a ￡2m redesign of the garden will transform the entire ground floor of the museum.

Mark Jones, director of the V&A, announced the plans at the museum's South Kensington base.

The ￡30m has been raised through private donations - totalling ￡22m - along with grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund the government.

Announcing the plans, Mr Jones said: "I hope that the public will welcome these changes which will make the V&A an ever more attractive and rewarding place to visit."

In November, the museum will open a permanent architecture gallery while a series of separate galleries devoted to sculpture, metalware（）, contemporary glass, miniatures and stained glass（） will open during the next few months.

There are also plans for new cafes, restaurants and shops.

In summer 2005 the new ￡1.5m sculpture gallery will feature work by Rysbrack, Roubiliac, Canova and Bernini.

In 2006 the ￡4.25m Jameel Gallery of Islamic Art opens, while an Education Centre will open in the Henry Cole wing in 2007.

The following year will see the opening of the ￡2.5m William and Judith Bollinger Jewellery Gallery and, by 2009, there will be an entire wing devoted to the V&A's world-class collections of Medieval and Renaissance art.

The plans come hot on the heels of recent developments at the museum, including new galleries for paintings, photography and silver and the contemporary gallery which has recently played host to a number of successful exhibitions.

Mr Jones said: "The British Galleries showed everyone how beautiful and inspiring the V&A's collections can be.

"Our contemporary gallery, opened in 2002, has also been a great success with a series of innovative exhibitions including the current Black British Style.

"Our exhibition Art Nouveau was seen by more than one million people worldwide and Art Deco will also reach this figure."

V&A reveals vision for the future

The Victoria and Albert Museum is in South Kensington

The Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) in London has raised more than ￡30m for ambitious redevelopment plans.

Over the next five years, the museum plans to open galleries dedicated to architecture, sculpture, Islamic art and jewellery, among others.

Next year, a ￡2m redesign of the garden will transform the entire ground floor of the museum.

Mark Jones, director of the V&A, announced the plans at the museum's South Kensington base.

The ￡30m has been raised through private donations - totalling ￡22m - along with grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund the government.

Announcing the plans, Mr Jones said: "I hope that the public will welcome these changes which will make the V&A an ever more attractive and rewarding place to visit."

In November, the museum will open a permanent architecture gallery while a series of separate galleries devoted to sculpture, metalware, contemporary glass, miniatures and stained glass will open during the next few months.

There are also plans for new cafes, restaurants and shops.

In summer 2005 the new ￡1.5m sculpture gallery will feature work by Rysbrack, Roubiliac, Canova and Bernini.

In 2006 the ￡4.25m Jameel Gallery of Islamic Art opens, while an Education Centre will open in the Henry Cole wing in 2007.

The following year will see the opening of the ￡2.5m William and Judith Bollinger Jewellery Gallery and, by 2009, there will be an entire wing devoted to the V&A's world-class collections of Medieval and Renaissance art.

The plans come hot on the heels of recent developments at the museum, including new galleries for paintings, photography and silver and the contemporary gallery which has recently played host to a number of successful exhibitions.

Mr Jones said: "The British Galleries showed everyone how beautiful and inspiring the V&A's collections can be.

"Our contemporary gallery, opened in 2002, has also been a great success with a series of innovative exhibitions including the current Black British Style.

"Our exhibition Art Nouveau was seen by more than one million people worldwide and Art Deco will also reach this figure."
      

(Agencies)

metalware: household articles made of metal（金屬制品，金屬器皿）

stained glass: glass that has been colored in some way; used for church windows（彩色玻璃）