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Recent years
 
A few galleries were redesigned in the 1990s including the Indian, Japanese, 
Chinese, iron work, the main glass galleries and the main silverware gallery 
which was further enhanced in 2002 when some of the Victorian decoration 
was recreated. This included two of the ten columns having their ceramic 
decoration replaced and the elaborate painted designs restored on the ceiling. 
As part of the 2006 renovation the mosaic floors in the sculpture gallery were 
restored—most of the Victorian floors were covered in linoleum after the 
Second World War. After the success of the British Galleries, opened in 2001, 
it was decided to embark on a major redesign of all the galleries in the 
museum; this is known as "FuturePlan", and was created in consultation with 
the exhibition designers and masterplanners Metaphor. The plan is expected 
to take about ten years and was started in 2002. To date several galleries have 
been redesigned, notably, in 2002: the main Silver Gallery, Contemporary; in 
2003: Photography, the main entrance, The Painting Galleries; in 2004: the 
tunnel to the subway leading to South Kensington tube station, New signage 
throughout the museum, architecture, V&A and RIBA reading rooms and 
stores, metalware, Members' Room, contemporary glass, the Gilbert 
Bayes sculpture gallery; in 2005: portrait miniatures, prints and drawings, 
displays in Room 117, the garden, sacred silver and stained glass; in 2006: 
Central Hall Shop, Islamic Middle East, the new café, sculpture galleries. 
Several designers and architects have been involved in this work. Eva 
Jiřičnádesigned the enhancements to the main entrance and rotunda, the new 
shop, the tunnel and the sculpture galleries. Gareth Hoskins was responsible 
for contemporary and architecture, Softroom, Islamic Middle East and the 
Members' Room, McInnes Usher McKnight Architects (MUMA) were 

responsible for the new Cafe and designed the new Medieval and Renaissance 
galleries which opened in 2009.
Recently, controversy surrounded the museum's proposed building of an £80 
million extension called The Spiral, designed by Daniel Libeskind, which was 
criticised as out of keeping with the architecture of the original buildings. The 
Spiral's design was described by some as looking like jumbled cardboard 
boxes. In September 2004, the museum's board of trustees voted to abandon 
the design after failing to receive funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The central garden was redesigned by Kim Wilkie and opened as 
the John Madejski Garden, on 5 July 2005. The design is a subtle blend of the 
traditional and modern, the layout is formal; there is an elliptical water feature 
lined in stone with steps around the edge which may be drained to use the 
area for receptions, gatherings or exhibition purposes. This is in front of the 
bronze doors leading to the refreshment rooms, a central path flanked by 
lawns leads to the sculpture gallery; the north, east and west sides have 
herbaceous borders along the museum walls with paths in front which 
continues along the south façade; in the two corners by the north façade there 
is planted an American Sweetgum tree; the southern, eastern and western 
edges of the lawns have glass planters which contain orange and lemon trees 
in summer, these are replaced by bay trees in winter. 
At night both the planters and water feature may be illuminated, and the 
surrounding façades lit to reveal details normally in shadow, especially 
noticeable are the mosaics in the loggia of the north façade. In summer a café 
is set up in the south west corner. The garden is also used for temporary 
exhibits of sculpture, for example a sculpture by Jeff Koons was shown in 
2006. It has also played host to the museum's annual contemporary design 
showcase, the V&A Village Fete since 2005. 
The collection departments are further divided into sixteen display areas, 
whose combined collection numbers over 6.5 million objects, not all items are 

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displayed or stored at the V&A. There is a repository at Blythe House, West 
Kensington, as well as annex institutions managed by the V&A,
also the 
Museum lends exhibits to other institutions. The following lists each of the 
collections on display and the number of objects within the collection. 

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